Hennie Otto


Hendrik Johannes "Hennie" Otto 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 at the South African Open Championship in November 2011.

Professional wins (16)

European Tour wins (3)

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12008Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Alastair ForsythLost to birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (13)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 May 1999Pietersburg Classic−17 4 strokes Ashley Roestoff, Des Terblanche
212 Jun 1999Vodacom Series
at KwaZulu-Natal
−11 4 strokes Ashley Roestoff
311 May 2002Limpopo Industrelek Classic−14 1 stroke Des Terblanche
424 Nov 2002Nashua Masters−1 1 stroke Ciaran McMonagle, Gavin McNeill,
Mark McNulty, Roger Wessels
52 Feb 2003The Tour Championship−17 2 strokes Trevor Immelman
69 Sep 2005Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Erinvale
−14 1 stroke Thomas Aiken
711 May 2007Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Pretoria CC
−15 3 strokes James Kamte
815 Nov 2009MTC Namibia PGA Championship−8 Playoff Titch Moore
928 Feb 2010Vodacom Championship −28 9 strokes Jbe' Kruger
1020 Feb 2011Dimension Data Pro-Am−16 4 strokes James Kingston
111 Oct 2011Platinum Classic−17 2 strokes Darren Fichardt
1227 Nov 2011SA Open Championship1−14 1 stroke Bernd Wiesberger
1325 Oct 2019Sibaya Challenge−13 1 stroke James Hart du Preez

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12009MTC Namibia PGA Championship Titch MooreWon with par on first extra hole
22013Investec Cup Jaco van ZylLost to par on first extra hole
32014Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Jaco Ahlers, Ross McGowanAhlers won with par on fourth extra hole
Otto eliminated by par on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11999Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Pello IguaranWon with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Note: Otto only played in The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur