Deane Pappas

Deane Pappas
Personal information
Full name	Deane Pappas
Born	12 December 1967 (1967-12-12) (age 43) Phalaborwa, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Florida, United States
Career
College	University of Arkansas
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	2
Nationwide Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2010
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP

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 Nationwide Tour.

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 currently lives in Florida in the United States with his wife Shona, and two children, Callen and Devyn.

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)

• 2001 South African PGA Championship
• 2009 Dimension Data Pro-Am

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

• 2000 BUY.COM Cleveland Open
• 2001 BUY.COM Monterrey Open

Other wins (1)

• 2002 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Hugh Baiocchi)

See also

• 2001 Buy.com Tour graduates
• 2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Deane Pappas at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Deane Pappas at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Pappas, Deane
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	12 December 1967
Place of birth	Phalaborwa, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death