Nico van Rensburg
Nico van Rensburg | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg |
Born | Alberton, South Africa | 24 August 1966
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Sporting nationality | South Africa |
Residence | Pretoria, South Africa |
Career | |
Turned professional | November 1987 |
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Former tour(s) | Asian Tour |
Professional wins | 9 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Asian Tour | 3 |
Sunshine Tour | 6 |
Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg (born 24 August 1966) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour. He has won on the Sunshine Tour six times between 1989 and 2005. He has three Asian Tour victories also.
Van Rensburg was born in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa. He turned professional in 1987. He won his first Sunshine Tour event in 1989 and has played consistently on tour ever since. He currently resides in Pretoria with his wife Elmarie and his children Kristoff and Carmen.
Amateur highlights[]
- Colours for Eastern Transvaal and Transvaal
- Highveld Open
- Eastern Transvaal Closed Championship
- Springs Amateur Championship
Professional wins (9)[]
Asian Tour wins (3)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 Oct 1995 | Merlion Masters | −9 (68-69-69-73=279) | 1 stroke | , |
2 | 18 Oct 1998 | −6 (70-70-69-69=278) | Playoff | Jerry Smith | |
3 | 29 Aug 1999 | Volvo Masters of Malaysia | −18 (69-69-64-68=270) | 4 strokes | Simon Yates |
Asian Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1996 | Richard Kaplan | Lost on first extra hole | |
2 | 1998 | Jerry Smith | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (6)[]
- 1989 Highveld Classic
- 1993 Royal Swazi Sun Classic
- 1994 Winter Tour Championship
- 1999 Vodacom Series: Gauteng
- 2000 Vodacom Series: Gauteng
- 2005 FNB Botswana Open
External links[]
- Nico van Rensburg at the Sunshine Tour official site
Categories:
- South African male golfers
- Sunshine Tour golfers
- Asian Tour golfers
- People from Alberton, Gauteng
- Sportspeople from Pretoria
- Sportspeople from Gauteng
- 1966 births
- Living people