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South African professional golfer

Hennie du Plessis
Personal information
Born (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 28)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceHartbeespoort Dam, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Other2

Hennie du Plessis (born 14 October 1996) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He also played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Professional career

Du Plessis turned professional in 2015 and joined the Sunshine Tour after finishing number one at Q-School. 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. In March he won the Steyn City Team Championship with Jean Hugo.

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.

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.

Playing on the 2022 European Tour, du Plessis made all but one cut in his first nine starts. He finished tied 3rd at the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain, two strokes behind winner Pablo Larrazábal, and tied for 6th at the Catalunya Championship, trailing winner Adri Arnaus by three strokes. He came close to 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 in South Africa. 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.

Du Plessis finished runner-up at the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational London, a single stroke behind his compatriot Charl Schwartzel, to collect a US$2,125,000 check. He also won the team event together with an all-South African team of Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen, to collect a further $750,000.

Professional wins (4)

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 Ockie Strydom
2 7 Mar 2018 Steyn City Team Championship
(with South Africa Jean Hugo) 		−23 (66-66-61=193) 1 stroke South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout and South Africa Kyle McClatchie

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2017 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen South Africa Ockie Strydom Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2018 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge 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

IGT Pro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 27 May 2015 GFG Academy Classic −13 (65-68-70=203) Playoff South Africa Bryandrew Roelofsz

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.
  7. "LIV Golf Invitational Final Purse, Prize Money, Payouts for Entire Field in London: Schwartzel Bags $4 Million for Victory". Sports Illustrated. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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