Hennie Otto

Hendrik Johannes "Hennie" Otto (born 25 June 1976) is a South African professional golfer.

Hennie Otto
Personal information
Full nameHendrik Johannes Otto
NicknameHennie
Born (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976
Boksburg, South Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceBoksburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins16
Highest ranking73 (8 June 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour13
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2008
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT10: 2003

Otto was born in Boksburg. He has played golf on the European Tour since 2000 having graduated from the Challenge Tour, but has only finished within the top 100 on the Order of Merit twice, in 2003 when he finished tied for tenth at The Open Championship on his major championship début and in 2008 when he won the Italian Open and finished 37th on the Order of Merit.

Otto has won 13 times on the Sunshine Tour since 1999. He won his second title on the European Tour (co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour) at the South African Open Championship in November 2011.

Professional wins (16)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 11 May 2008 Methorios Capital Italian Open −25 (65-66-63-69=263) 1 stroke Oliver Wilson
2 27 Nov 2011 SA Open Championship1 −14 (70-67-65-72=274) 1 stroke Bernd Wiesberger
3 31 Aug 2014 Open d'Italia (2) −20 (67-62-71-68=268) 2 strokes David Howell

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Alastair Forsyth Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (13)

Legend
South African Opens (1)
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (11)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 May 1999 Pietersburg Classic −17 (65-65-69=199) 4 strokes Ashley Roestoff, Des Terblanche
2 12 Jun 1999 Vodacom Series
at KwaZulu-Natal
−11 (69-64-69=202) 4 strokes Ashley Roestoff
3 11 May 2002 Limpopo Industrelek Classic −14 (66-67-69=202) 1 stroke Des Terblanche
4 24 Nov 2002 Nashua Masters −1 (67-70-73-69=279) 1 stroke Ciaran McMonagle, Gavin McNeill,
Mark McNulty, Roger Wessels
5 2 Feb 2003 The Tour Championship −17 (71-64-68-68=271) 2 strokes Trevor Immelman
6 9 Sep 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Erinvale
−14 (71-63-68=202) 1 stroke Thomas Aiken
7 11 May 2007 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2)
at Pretoria CC
−15 (67-65-69=201) 3 strokes James Kamte
8 15 Nov 2009 MTC Namibia PGA Championship −8 (72-70-72-66=280) Playoff Titch Moore
9 28 Feb 2010 Vodacom Championship (2) −28 (65-61-67-67=260) 9 strokes Jbe' Kruger
10 20 Feb 2011 Dimension Data Pro-Am −16 (68-71-66-68=273) 4 strokes James Kingston
11 1 Oct 2011 Platinum Classic −17 (69-63-67=199) 2 strokes Darren Fichardt
12 27 Nov 2011 SA Open Championship1 −14 (70-67-65-72=274) 1 stroke Bernd Wiesberger
13 25 Oct 2019 Sibaya Challenge −13 (69-66-62=197) 1 stroke James Hart du Preez

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2009 MTC Namibia PGA Championship Titch Moore Won with par on first extra hole
2 2013 Investec Cup Jaco van Zyl Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Jaco Ahlers, Ross McGowan Ahlers won with par on fourth extra hole
Otto eliminated by par on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 10 Oct 1999 Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 −10 (74-69-66-69=278) Playoff Pello Iguaran

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1999 Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Pello Iguaran Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Open Championship T10 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Otto never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Match Play
Championship T48 T63 50
Invitational T77 T65 T29
Champions T62 T53
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. "Week 23 2008 Ending 8 Jun 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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