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

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

Early life

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Otto was born in Boksburg.

Professional career

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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)

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European Tour wins (3)

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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   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. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2008 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal   Alastair Forsyth Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (14)

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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   Ashley Roestoff,   Des Terblanche
2 12 Jun 1999 Vodacom Series (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 −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
14 2 Jun 2023 SunBet Challenge (Sun City) −6 (71-72-67=210) Playoff   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   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
4 2023 SunBet Challenge (Sun City)   Hayden Griffiths Won with par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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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   Pello Iguaran

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1999 Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99   Pello Iguaran Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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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

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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

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Amateur

References

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