Desvonde Botes

Desvonde Botes
Personal information
Full name	Desvonde Pierre Botes
Nickname	Boats
Born	2 November 1974 (1974-11-02) (age 37) Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Hartbeespoort, South Africa
Spouse	Cisna (m.2003)
Children	Jean (b.2005), Charlene (b.2007)
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	13
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T64: 2000
PGA Championship	DNP

Desvonde Pierre Botes (born 2 November 1974) is a South African professional golfer.

Botes was born in Pretoria. After winning the South African Amateur Championship in 1991 at the age of 16 years and 5 months, 20 days younger than the record set by Ernie Els, Botes turned professional at the start of 1992. His first professional victory came in the Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge on the Southern Africa Tour in 1993.

Following further successes on the Southern Africa Tour, including the South African Masters in 1998, Botes attempted to qualify for the European Tour. He did not manage to gain full exemption in 1999, but returned the following year to win the European Tour Qualifying School less than a week after claiming his second Platinum Classic title in South Africa. He finished just outside the top 100 in the Order of Merit, with a best finish of 5th in the Benson & Hedges International Open.

Back problems in 2002 and 2003, meant Botes was unable to retain his place on the European Tour. He returned to South Africa and won the Parmalat Classic on his way to 3rd place on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. That promising form prompted another attempt at the European Tour Qualifying School. He claimed the last card for the 2004 season, but made only five cuts in the regular tour events, with a best finish of 9th, and failed to retain his playing privileges for the following season. Since then he has competed on the Sunshine Tour with limited success, although he has managed to win several titles on the less competitive Winter Swing of the schedule.

Professional wins (14)

Sunshine Tour wins (13)

• 1993 Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge
• 1996 Zambia Open
• 1997 Bosveld Classic, Vodacom Series: Western Cape, Platinum Classic
• 1998 Pietersburg Classic, South African Masters
• 1999 Vodacom Series: Free State
• 2000 Platinum Classic
• 2003 Parmalat Classic
• 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour – Gauteng, Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour – Eastern Cape
• 2006 Seekers Travel Pro-Am

Other wins (1)

• 2000 European Tour Qualifying School

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

External links

• Desvonde Botes at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Desvonde Botes at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Botes, Desvonde
Alternative names	Botes, Desvonde Pierre
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	2 November 1974
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death