Hennie Otto

Hennie Otto
Personal information
Full nameHendrik Johannes Otto
Born (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976 (age 48)
Boksburg, South Africa
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceBoksburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins17
Highest ranking73 (8 June 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour14
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2008
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT10: 2003

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

Early life

Otto was born in Boksburg.

Professional career

Otto earned a place on the European Tour for 2000 by graduating from the Challenge Tour, but struggled to establish himself on the tour. In 2003, while splitting time between the European and Challenge Tours, he finished tied for tenth at The Open Championship in his major championship début and went on to finish 73rd in the European Tour Order of Merit. In 2008, again playing with limited European Tour status, he won the Italian Open and finished 37th on the Order of Merit. The win gave him full membership for the first time since 2004; this he maintained through the 2017 season, winning the 2011 South African Open Championship and the Italian Open again three years later.

Including the South African Open win, Otto has won 14 times on the Sunshine Tour since 1999.

Professional wins (17)

European Tour wins (3)

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

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2008 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Scotland Alastair Forsyth Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (14)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (12)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 8 May 1999 Pietersburg Classic −17 (65-65-69=199) 4 strokes South Africa Ashley Roestoff, South Africa Des Terblanche
2 12 Jun 1999 Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal) −11 (69-64-69=202) 4 strokes South Africa Ashley Roestoff
3 11 May 2002 Limpopo Industrelek Classic −14 (66-67-69=202) 1 stroke South Africa Des Terblanche
4 24 Nov 2002 Nashua Masters −1 (67-70-73-69=279) 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Ciaran McMonagle, Republic of Ireland Gavin McNeill,
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty, South Africa Roger Wessels
5 2 Feb 2003 The Tour Championship −17 (71-64-68-68=271) 2 strokes South Africa Trevor Immelman
6 9 Sep 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale −14 (71-63-68=202) 1 stroke South Africa Thomas Aiken
7 11 May 2007 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Pretoria −15 (67-65-69=201) 3 strokes South Africa James Kamte
8 15 Nov 2009 MTC Namibia PGA Championship −8 (72-70-72-66=280) Playoff South Africa Titch Moore
9 28 Feb 2010 Vodacom Championship (2) −28 (65-61-67-67=260) 9 strokes South Africa Jbe' Kruger
10 20 Feb 2011 Dimension Data Pro-Am −16 (68-71-66-68=273) 4 strokes South Africa James Kingston
11 1 Oct 2011 Platinum Classic −17 (69-63-67=199) 2 strokes South Africa Darren Fichardt
12 27 Nov 2011 SA Open Championship1 −14 (70-67-65-72=274) 1 stroke Austria Bernd Wiesberger
13 25 Oct 2019 Sibaya Challenge −13 (69-66-62=197) 1 stroke South Africa James Hart du Preez
14 2 Jun 2023 SunBet Challenge (Sun City) −6 (71-72-67=210) Playoff South Africa Hayden Griffiths

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 MTC Namibia PGA Championship South Africa Titch Moore Won with par on first extra hole
2 2013 Investec Cup South Africa Jaco van Zyl Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open South Africa Jaco Ahlers, England Ross McGowan Ahlers won with par on fourth extra hole
Otto eliminated by par on first hole
4 2023 SunBet Challenge (Sun City) South Africa Hayden Griffiths Won with par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 10 Oct 1999 Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 −10 (74-69-66-69=278) Playoff Spain Pello Iguaran

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1999 Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Spain 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

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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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