Oliver Bekker
| Oliver Bekker | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 December 1984 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa |
| Residence | Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 84 (15 May 2022)[1] (as of 8 September 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 7 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South African professional golfer.
Bekker plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won seven times. He won the 2011 Northern Cape Classic, the 2012 Dimension Data Pro-Am,[2] the 2013 Telkom PGA Pro-Am and the 2016 Sun City Challenge. He won three times in 2017, the Zambia Sugar Open, the Lombard Insurance Classic, and the Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge.
Professional wins (7)
Sunshine Tour wins (7)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Sep 2011 | Northern Cape Classic | –15 (66-64-68=198) | 5 strokes | Bryce Easton
|
| 2 | 19 Feb 2012 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | –13 (65-70-71-70=276) | 2 strokes | Thomas Aiken Tyrone Ferreira
|
| 3 | 25 Jan 2013 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | –20 (66-64-66=196) | 2 strokes | PH McIntyre Ryan Strauss
|
| 4 | 6 Aug 2016 | Sun City Challenge | –6 (74-67-69=210) | 1 stroke | Shaun Norris
|
| 5 | 30 Apr 2017 | Zambia Sugar Open | –19 (68-66-67-72=273) | 2 strokes | Jared Harvey
|
| 6 | 21 May 2017 | Lombard Insurance Classic | –19 (63-70-64=197) | Playoff | Justin Harding
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| 7 | 25 Aug 2017 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | –11 (69-65-65=199) | 3 strokes | Tyrone Ferreira Alex Haindl Ockie Strydom
|
References
- ^ "Week 20 2022 Ending 15 May 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Bekker wins Dimension Data Pro-Am". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
External links
- Oliver Bekker at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Oliver Bekker at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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