Merrick Bremner
Merrick Bremner | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Durban, South Africa | 26 March 1986
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 | 7 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Sunshine Tour | 7 |
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 and has seven official victories on the Sunshine Tour between 2008 and 2020.
Professional career[]
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 at 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 (7)[]
Sunshine Tour wins (7)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 6 Aug 2008 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −18 (67-65-66=198) | 1 stroke | , Jaco van Zyl |
2 | 3 Sep 2008 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −16 (63-70-67=200) | 3 strokes | |
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 | |
6 | 28 Sep 2019 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood |
−19 (65-65-67=197) | 5 strokes | , , |
7 | 23 Oct 2020 | −8 (66-72-64=202) | 1 stroke | , |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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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 | Won with par on fifth extra hole |
Results in major championships[]
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | CUT |
The Open Championship |
Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
References[]
- ^ "Merrick Bremner's 64 ties South African Open course record; leads by 2 shots after 1st round". Fox News. 15 November 2012.
External links[]
- 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
Categories:
- South African male golfers
- Sunshine Tour golfers
- European Tour golfers
- Sportspeople from Durban
- Sportspeople from Pretoria
- White South African people
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Golf biography stubs
- South African sportspeople stubs