Merrick Bremner
| Merrick Bremner | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 March 1986 Durban, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa |
| Residence | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 13 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 8 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2019 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Merrick Bremner (born 26 March 1986) is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the Sunshine Tour, where he has won eight times.
Professional career
[edit]In 2012, Bremner led by two strokes after the first round of the SA Open Championship. He shot a course record 64 at Serengeti GC and eventually finished the tournament in a tie for 33rd after carding an 80 in the final round.[1]
Bremner has also played on the European Tour where his best finish was T3 in the 2014 D+D Real Czech Masters.
Bremner played in his first major championship at the 2019 U.S. Open; he missed the halfway cut.
Professional wins (13)
[edit]Sunshine Tour wins (8)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Aug 2008 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −18 (67-65-66=198) | 1 stroke | Dean Lambert, Jaco van Zyl
|
| 2 | 3 Sep 2008 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −16 (63-70-67=200) | 3 strokes | Kevin Stone
|
| 3 | 31 May 2013 | Lombard Insurance Classic (2) | −17 (63-65-71=199) | 2 strokes | PH McIntyre
|
| 4 | 19 Oct 2014 | BMG Classic | −12 (66-71-67=204) | 1 stroke | Darren Fichardt
|
| 5 | 22 May 2016 | Lombard Insurance Classic (3) | −19 (68-66-63=197) | Playoff | CJ du Plessis
|
| 6 | 28 Sep 2019 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood | −19 (65-65-67=197) | 5 strokes |  Jonathan Ågren, Ruan Conradie, Clinton Grobler
|
| 7 | 23 Oct 2020 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | −8 (66-72-64=202) | 1 stroke | Jacques Blaauw, Keenan Davidse
|
| 8 | 13 Aug 2022 | Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship (with Martin Rohwer)
|
−28 (60-66-62=188) | 6 strokes | Hennie du Plessis and Jean Hugo, Erhard Lambrechts and Combrinck Smit
|
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | MTC Namibia PGA Championship |  Tongoona Charamba, Nic Henning
|
Charamba won with birdie on third extra hole Henning eliminated by par on second hole |
| 2 | 2016 | Lombard Insurance Classic | CJ du Plessis
|
Won with par on fifth extra hole |
IGT Pro Tour wins (5)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Mar 2012 | #5 IGT Summer Series | −13 (66-69-68=203) | 4 strokes |  Doug McGuigan
|
| 2 | 22 May 2012 | #13 IGT Winter Series | −15 (65-64=129) | 13 strokes | Dean Lambert
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| 3 | 16 Jul 2012 | #21 IGT Serengeti Challenge | −5 (67) | Playoff | Allan Versfeld
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| 4 | 5 Apr 2017 | Waterkloof Challenge | −19 (66-63-68=197) | 4 strokes | Matthew Spacey
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| 5 | 12 Apr 2017 | Kyalami Challenge | −15 (68-64-69=201) | 2 strokes | Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Erik van Rooyen
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Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
References
[edit]- ^ "Merrick Bremner's 64 ties South African Open course record; leads by 2 shots after 1st round". Fox News. 15 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- Merrick Bremner at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Merrick Bremner at the European Tour official site
- Merrick Bremner at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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