Oliver Bekker

Oliver Bekker
Personal information
Born (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984
Pretoria, South Africa
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Stellenbosch, South Africa
Career
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2017
The Open Championship DNP
PGA 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,[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 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge.

Professional wins (7)

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 17 Sep 2011 Northern Cape Classic –15 (66-64-68=198) 5 strokes South Africa Bryce Easton
2 19 Feb 2012 Dimension Data Pro-Am –13 (65-70-71-70=276) 2 strokes South Africa Thomas Aiken
South Africa Tyrone Ferreira
3 25 Jan 2013 Telkom PGA Pro-Am –20 (66-64-66=196) 2 strokes South Africa PH McIntyre
South Africa Ryan Strauss
4 6 Aug 2016 Sun City Challenge –6 (74-67-69=210) 1 stroke South Africa Shaun Norris
5 30 Apr 2017 Zambia Sugar Open –19 (68-66-67-72=273) 2 strokes South Africa Jared Harvey
6 21 May 2017 Lombard Insurance Classic –19 (63-70-64=197) Playoff South Africa Justin Harding
7 25 Aug 2017 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge –11 (69-65-65=199) 3 strokes South Africa Tyrone Ferreira
South Africa Alex Haindl
South Africa Ockie Strydom

References

  1. ↑ "Bekker wins Dimension Data Pro-Am". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.


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