Deane Pappas

Deane Pappas (born 12 December 1967) is a South African professional golfer. He has won twice on both the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and on the second-tier United States based Buy.com Tour, now the Web.com Tour.

This article is about the South African golfer. For the Illinois state legislator, see Diane Pappas.
Deane Pappas
Personal information
Full nameDeane Pappas
Born (1967-12-12) 12 December 1967
Phalaborwa, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceJonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional1992
Retired2011
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2010
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Pappas was born in Phalaborwa. He was a three-time All-American at the University of Arkansas, where he was a teammate of John Daly. He lives in Arkansas in the United States with his wife Shona, and two children, Callen and Devyn. They manage Ridgepointe Country Club in Jonesboro.[1]

Pappas turned professional in 1992 and joined the Sunshine Tour in 1994. He won for the first time on the tour in 2001, at the prestigious South African PGA Championship. He claimed his second tour victory in 2009 at the Dimension Data Pro-Am.

Between 1996 and 2007, Pappas played extensively in the United States, winning two tournaments on the Buy.com Tour, the first in 2000 and the second the following year. He has played three seasons on the PGA Tour, the first in 1999 after finishing tied for second place at qualifying school, but has never been able to retain his card.

Pappas's younger brother, Brenden, is also a professional golfer. In 2001, they became the first brothers to graduate simultaneously to the PGA Tour by finishing in the top 15 on the Buy.com Tour money list.

Professional wins (5)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 11 Feb 2001 South African PGA Championship −19 (68-67-67-67=269) 3 strokes Don Gammon
2 25 Jan 2009 Dimension Data Pro-Am −20 (65-66-69-68=268) 8 strokes James Kamte

Buy.com Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Jun 2000 Buy.com Cleveland Open −15 (70-67-69-67=273) 1 stroke Tjaart van der Walt
2 18 Mar 2001 Buy.com Monterrey Open −17 (67-68-67-69=271) 1 stroke Keoke Cotner, Tim Petrovic

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships
Tournament 2010
U.S. Open CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Pappas only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Ridgepointe Country Club – Contacts". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
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