This article is about the South African golfer. For the Illinois state legislator, see Diane Pappas.
Deane Pappas
Personal information
Full name
Deane Pappas
Born
(1967-12-12) 12 December 1967 (age 56) Phalaborwa, South Africa
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationality
South Africa Greece
Residence
Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Career
College
University of Arkansas
Turned professional
1992
Current tour(s)
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour
Professional wins
5
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour
2
Korn Ferry Tour
2
Other
1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
DNP
PGA Championship
DNP
U.S. Open
CUT: 2010
The Open Championship
DNP
Deane Pappas (born 12 December 1967) is a South African professional golfer. He has won twice on both the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and on the second-tier United States based Buy.com Tour, now the Web.com Tour.
Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, Limpopo province, South Africa, as the second youngest of four brothers, three of them to became professional golfers. He was a three-time All-American at the University of Arkansas, where he was a teammate of John Daly.
At the 1988 Eisenhower Trophy at Ullna Golf Club in Stockholm, Sweden, Pappas together with his brother Sean, was part of the four-men team representing Greece.
Pappas turned professional in 1992 and joined the Sunshine Tour in 1994. He won for the first time on the tour in 2001, at the prestigious South African PGA Championship. He claimed his second tour victory in 2009 at the Dimension Data Pro-Am.
Between 1996 and 2007, Pappas played extensively in the United States, winning two tournaments on the Buy.com Tour, the first in 2000 and the second the following year He played three seasons on the PGA Tour, the first in 1999 after finishing tied for second place at qualifying school, but has never been able to retain his card.. Pappas and his younger brother, Brenden, in 2001 became the first brothers to graduate simultaneously to the PGA Tour by finishing in the top 15 on the Buy.com Tour money list.
Pappas lives in Arkansas in the United States with his wife Shona, and two children, Callen and Devyn. They currently live in Jonesboro.
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Nike Miami Valley Open −22 (63-64-66-69=262) 6 strokes Joe Daley 3 13 May 2001 Buy.com Virginia Beach Open −11 (65-68-73-71=277) 3 strokes DeanePappas...
Murphy's Cup, SA Railfreight 2002 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with DeanePappas) *Note: The 1998 Korger Senior Classic was shortened to 36 holes due...
Westwood, Simon Hobday, Mark Boucher, Carl Ware 2002 Hugh Baiocchi, DeanePappas, Gary Lineker, Dave King 2001 Simon Hobday, Martin Maritz, Nick Mallet...
Disney Golf Classic −25 (63-68-67-65=263) 1 stroke Chris DiMarco 4 Nov 4 Luke Donald Southern Farm Bureau Classic −15 (66-68-67=201) 1 stroke DeanePappas...
271 −17 2 strokes Hennie Otto South African PGA Championship 2001 AFR DeanePappas 269 −19 3 strokes Don Gammon 2000: No tournament Alfred Dunhill South...
Place Player PGA Tour starts Cuts made Notes 1 Mike Weir 43 17 T2 DeanePappas 6 1 T2 Jonathan Kaye 51 22 T4 Geoffrey Sisk 3 0 T4 Dave Stockton Jr. 151...
Retief Goosen (6) 18 25 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,800,000 DeanePappas (2) 14 Pro-Am 1 Feb Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,200,000 Darren Fichardt...
Milligan, Eoghan O'Connell Greece Ryno Bougas, George Nikitaides, DeanePappas, Sean Pappas Hong Kong Dominique Boulet, Ian Hindhaugh, Richard Kan, Tang...
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Heath Slocum 267 −21 1 stroke Ryuji Imada Buy.com Cleveland Open 2000 DeanePappas 273 −15 1 stroke Tjaart van der Walt Nike Cleveland Open 1999 Matt Gogel...
Japan Golf Tour wins T28 Roland Thatcher 2 0 1 Nationwide Tour win T28 DeanePappas 93 36 2 Nationwide Tour wins, 1 Sunshine Tour win T28 Jay Delsing 483...
Global Information
South Africa
Greece