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 Challenge Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Web.com 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: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South African professional golfer.
Professional career[]
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,[1] 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 .
In April 2021, Bekker lost in a four-man playoff at the Limpopo Championship.[2] In December, he finished second in the SA Open Championship; one shot behind Daniel van Tonder.[3]
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,
|
| 3 | 25 Jan 2013 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −20 (66-64-66=196) | 2 strokes | PH McIntyre,
|
| 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 |
|
| 6 | 21 May 2017 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −19 (63-70-64=197) | Playoff | Justin Harding
|
| 7 | 25 Aug 2017 | −11 (69-65-65=199) | 3 strokes | , ,
|
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Lombard Insurance Classic | Justin Harding
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2021 | Limpopo Championship | , Brandon Stone, Daniel van Tonder
|
Stone won with birdie on first extra hole |
Playoff record[]
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Limpopo Championship | , Brandon Stone, Daniel van Tonder
|
Stone won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships[]
| Tournament | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship | |
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships[]
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | |||||||
| Championship | |||||||
| Invitational | 75 | ||||||
| Champions | T69 |
"T" = Tied
References[]
- ^ "Bekker wins Dimension Data Pro-Am". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Van Tonder wins SA Open, Bezuidenhout locks up Masters spot". Associated Press. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
External links[]
- Oliver Bekker at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Oliver Bekker at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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