Deane Pappas

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title: "Deane Pappas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["south-african-male-golfers", "greek-male-golfers", "sunshine-tour-golfers", "pga-tour-golfers", "arkansas-razorbacks-men's-golfers", "korn-ferry-tour-graduates", "south-african-expatriate-golfers-in-the-united-states", "people-from-phalaborwa", "1967-births", "living-people", "20th-century-greek-sportsmen", "20th-century-south-african-sportsmen"] description: "South African golfer" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deane_Pappas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| | residence | Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. | | college | University of Arkansas | | yearpro | 1992 | | tour | Sunshine Tour | | extour | PGA Tour | | prowins | 5 | | pgawins | | | eurowins | | | japwins | | | asiawins | | | sunwins | 2 | | auswins | | | nwidewins | 2 | | chalwins | | | champwins | | | seneurowins | | | otherwins | 1 | | majorwins | | | masters | DNP | | usopen | CUT: 2010 | | open | DNP | | pga | DNP | | wghofid | | | wghofyear | | | award1 | | | year1 | | | awardssection | | ::

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| residence = Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = University of Arkansas | yearpro = 1992 | tour = Sunshine Tour | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 5 | pgawins = | eurowins = | japwins = | asiawins = | sunwins = 2 | auswins = | nwidewins = 2 | chalwins = | champwins = | seneurowins = | otherwins = 1 | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = CUT: 2010 | open = DNP | pga = DNP | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = 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.

Early life and amateur career

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.

Professional career

In 1992, Pappas turned professional. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 1994. Pappas 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. 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.

Personal life

Pappas lives in the American state of Arkansas with his wife Shona, and two children, Callen and Devyn. They currently live in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Professional wins (5)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 11 Feb 2001 | South African PGA Championship | −19 (68-67-67-67=269) | 3 strokes | ZAF Don Gammon | | 2 | 25 Jan 2009 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −20 (65-66-69-68=268) | 8 strokes | ZAF James Kamte | ::

Buy.com Tour wins (2)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 18 Jun 2000 | Buy.com Cleveland Open | −15 (70-67-69-67=273) | 1 stroke | ZAF Tjaart van der Walt | | 2 | 18 Mar 2001 | Buy.com Monterrey Open | −17 (67-68-67-69=271) | 1 stroke | USA Keoke Cotner, USA Tim Petrovic | ::

Other wins (1)

• 2002 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Hugh Baiocchi)

Results in major championships

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Tournament	2010
U.S. Open	CUT
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CUT = missed the halfway cut

Note: Pappas only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Greece): 1988

References

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