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

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. He has played golf on the

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since 2000 having graduated from the

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, but has only finished within the top 100 on the Order of Merit twice, in 2003 when he finished tied for tenth at

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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

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in November 2011.

Professional wins (16)

European Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Sunshine Tour wins (13)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in major championships

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

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing South Africa): 1996

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* * * South African male golfers Sunshine Tour golfers European Tour golfers People from Boksburg Sportspeople from Gauteng White South African people 1976 births Living people {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub