Hennie du Plessis

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Hennie du Plessis
Personal information
Born (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 25)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceKempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Other1

Hennie du Plessis (born 14 October 1996) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour and Sunshine Tour.

Professional career[]

Du Plessis turned professional in 2015 and joined the Sunshine Tour after finishing number one at Q-School.[1] In 2016 he recorded five top-5 finishes, including a tie for second at Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun, behind Madalitso Muthiya. On the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour he won the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen, clinching his maiden Sunshine Tour title on his 21st birthday.[2] In March he won the with Jean Hugo.[3]

Du Plessis tied for 6th at both of the South African Opens played in 2020, in January and December. At the 2021 installment, which lost European Tour co-sanctioning as a result of COVID-19 related travel restrictions, he finished solo 3rd, which helped him break into the top-200 on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.[4]

Du Plessis played on the 2021 Challenge Tour, where he lost a four-way playoff at the Limpopo Championship to Brandon Stone. He finished 28th in the Road to Mallorca ranking.[5]

In 2022, du Plessis went in search of a first European Tour victory in wire-to-wire style when he took a two-shot lead into the final round of the MyGolfLife Open. He was part of a four-way tie after a 62 on day one and followed that with a 65 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend. A 70 in round three was enough to move him to 19 under and give him a two stroke advantage. A final day 72 saw him drop to a tie for 6th, 3 strokes shy of the three-way playoff won by Pablo Larrazábal.[6]

Professional wins (2)[]

Sunshine Tour wins (2)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 14 Oct 2017 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen 		−12 (66-66-72=204) Playoff South Africa
2 6 Mar 2018
(with South Africa Jean Hugo) 		−23 (66-66-61=193) 1 stroke South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout and South Africa

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2017 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen 		South Africa Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2018 Brazil Adilson da Silva, South Africa Darren Fichardt,
South Africa Vaughn Groenewald 		Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2021 Limpopo Championship South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Brandon Stone,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder 		Stone won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)[]

  • 2018 Gary Player Invitational Pro-Am (South Africa)

Playoff record[]

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 Limpopo Championship South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Brandon Stone,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder 		Stone won with birdie on first extra hole

References[]

  1. ^ "Two-time winner Du Plessis signs up". Team South Africa. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Du Plessis celebrates 21st birthday with Sishen win". eNCA. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Player Profile Hennie du Plessis". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Hennie du Plessis". OWGR. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Ranking". European Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Du Plessis keeps his nose in front in South Africa". European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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