Denis Hutchinson

Denis Hutchinson
Personal information
Full name	Denis John Hutchinson
Nickname	Hutchie
Born	14 March 1932 (1932-03-14) (age 79) Umtali, Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality	Zimbabwe  South Africa
Residence	Johannesburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1959
Retired	1999
Professional wins	8
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1960, 1962
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T16: 1962
PGA Championship	DNP

Denis John Hutchinson (born 14 March 1932) is a former professional golfer from Zimbabwe who currently lives in South Africa. He played most of his career on the Sunshine Tour finding success, winning five times there between 1959 and 1970.

Hutchinson was born in Umtali, Southern Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe), and later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. He turned professional not long after winning the South African Open Championship as an amateur in 1959. He went on to win the South African PGA Championship in 1970 and the Dunlop South African Masters three times. Outside of South Africa, he won the French Open in 1966.

Hutchinson retired from tournament golf after playing on the South African Seniors Tour in 1999, and has since become considered as the "voice of golf" in South Africa, having been a mainstay of the SuperSport golf commentary team, as well as working internationally for Sky Sports.^[1] He is also honorary Life President of the PGA of South Africa.

Professional wins

Sunshine Tour wins (5)

• 1959 South African Open Championship (as an amateur)
• 1961 Dunlop South African Masters
• 1962 Dunlop South African Masters
• 1965 Dunlop South African Masters
• 1970 South African PGA Championship

Other wins (3)

This list may be incomplete

• 1963 Woodlawn International (Germany)^[2]
• 1964 Woodlawn International (Germany)^[3]
• 1966 French Open

See also

• Golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins

References

1. ^ "Compleat Golfer honour Sterne". News 24. 19 February 2008. http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/Golf/0,,2-9-29_2273265,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
2. ^ "Hutchinson Wins". The Glasgow Herald: p. 3. 19 August 1963. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SlxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4473%2C2377871. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
3. ^ "Woodlawn Tournament". The Glasgow Herald: p. 4. 10 August 1964. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pG5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1511%2C1019673. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 

External links

• Denis Hutchinson at the Sunshine Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Hutchinson, Denis
Alternative names	Hutchinson, Denis John
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	14 March 1932
Place of birth	Mutare, Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death