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Des Terblanche
Personal information
Full name	Desmond Terblanche
Born	(1965-10-27) 27 October 1965 (age 59) Vryburg, South Africa
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb; 20 st 7 lb)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Kathu, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1987
Former tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	17
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	7
Other	7

Desmond Terblanche (born 27 October 1965) is a South African professional golfer who plays currently on the Sunshine Tour. He has won 12 times on the Sunshine Tour, along with three wins on the Asian Tour.

Terblanche was born in Vryburg, South Africa. He won the Junior World Championship in 1983. He turned professional in 1987. He was married in 1988 and has two teenage children. His 12 wins on the Sunshine Tour came between 1989 and 2007.

Amateur wins

1980-83 Junior Springbok
1983 World Junior Champion
1985 SA under 23

Professional wins (17)

Asian PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	10 Aug 1997	Sabah Masters	−7 (73-72-70-66=281)	Playoff	Thammanoon Sriroj
2	20 Dec 1997	Volvo Asian Matchplay	Concession		Brett Partridge
3	3 Dec 2000	Thailand Open	−19 (67-65-70-67=269)	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1997	Sabah Masters	Thammanoon Sriroj	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Nov 1989	Railfreight Bloemfontein Classic	−10 (74-67-67-70=278)	2 strokes	John Bland, Wayne Westner
2	15 Sep 1996	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	−16 (69-68-63=200)	1 stroke	Bobby Lincoln
3	19 Oct 1996	FNB Pro Series (Botswana)	−13 (65-65-70=200)	2 strokes	John Mashego
4	27 Jun 1997	Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape)	−5 (75-68-68=211)	2 strokes	André Cruse
5	17 Sep 2000	Emfuleni Classic	−13 (68-68-67=203)	1 stroke	James Kingston, Bradford Vaughan
6	18 May 2003	Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open	36 pts (13-18-5=36)	Playoff	Adilson da Silva
7	5 May 2007	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open (2)	50 pts (14-11-13-12=50)	2 strokes	James Kamte

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2003	Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open	Adilson da Silva	Won with par on first extra hole

Other South African wins (7)

1989 Iscor Newcastle Classic
1991 Kalahari Classic, SA Winter Championships, Chipkin Catering Supply Sun City Pro-Am (tied with Justin Hobday)
1993 Highveld Classic, Mmabatho Sun Leopard Park Classic
1994 Royal Swazi Sun Classic

External links

Des Terblanche at the Sunshine Tour official site
Des Terblanche at the European Tour official site

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