Hennie Otto

Hennie Otto
Personal information
Full name	Hendrik Johannes Otto
Nickname	Hennie
Born	(1976-06-25) 25 June 1976 (age 45) Boksburg, South Africa
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Boksburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	European Tour Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	16
Highest ranking	73 (8 June 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	13
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2008
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T10: 2003

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

Otto was born in Boksburg. He has played golf on the European Tour since 2000 having graduated from the Challenge Tour, but has only finished within the top 100 on the Order of Merit twice, in 2003 when he finished tied for tenth at The Open Championship on his major championship début and in 2008 when he won the Italian Open and finished 37th on the Order of Merit.

Otto has won 13 times on the Sunshine Tour since 1999. He won his second title on the European Tour (co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour) at the South African Open Championship in November 2011.

Professional wins (16)[]

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	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 (13)[]

Legend

South African Opens (1)

Tour Championships (1)

Other Sunshine Tour (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 May 1999		−17 (65-65-69=199)	4 strokes	Ashley Roestoff, Des Terblanche
2	12 Jun 1999	at KwaZulu-Natal	−11 (69-64-69=202)	4 strokes	Ashley Roestoff
3	11 May 2002		−14 (66-67-69=202)	1 stroke	Des Terblanche
4	24 Nov 2002	Nashua Masters	−1 (67-70-73-69=279)	1 stroke	, , 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 CC	−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		−13 (69-66-62=197)	1 stroke

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

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

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	10 Oct 1999		−10 (74-69-66-69=278)	Playoff

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1999			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

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

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances[]

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1996

References[]

External links[]

• Hennie Otto at the European Tour official site
• Hennie Otto at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Hennie Otto at the Official World Golf Ranking official site