He won the 1991 Fancourt Hall of Fame tournament on the Sunshine Tour and represented South Africa at the 1992 World Cup.

He played on the European Tour in 1993 and 1994 and was runner-up in the 1993 Turespaña Iberia Open de Canarias.

In December 1991 he won the Fancourt Hall of Fame tournament, two strokes ahead of Anders Forsbrand.

[4] In November he played with Ernie Els for South Africa in the 1992 World Cup in Madrid.

[7] Basson played again on the European Tour in 1994 but had less success, with just one top-10 finish and ending the season 127th in the Order of Merit.