Merrick Bremner

Merrick Bremner
Personal information
Born (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 38)
Durban, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour8
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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

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)

Sunshine Tour wins (8)

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 South Africa Dean Lambert, South Africa Jaco van Zyl
2 3 Sep 2008 Telkom PGA Pro-Am −16 (63-70-67=200) 3 strokes South Africa Kevin Stone
3 31 May 2013 Lombard Insurance Classic (2) −17 (63-65-71=199) 2 strokes South Africa PH McIntyre
4 19 Oct 2014 BMG Classic −12 (66-71-67=204) 1 stroke South Africa Darren Fichardt
5 22 May 2016 Lombard Insurance Classic (3) −19 (68-66-63=197) Playoff South Africa CJ du Plessis
6 28 Sep 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood −19 (65-65-67=197) 5 strokes Sweden Jonathan Ågren, South Africa Ruan Conradie,
South Africa Clinton Grobler
7 23 Oct 2020 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge −8 (66-72-64=202) 1 stroke South Africa Jacques Blaauw, South Africa Keenan Davidse
8 13 Aug 2022 Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship
(with South Africa Martin Rohwer) 		−28 (60-66-62=188) 6 strokes South Africa Hennie du Plessis and South Africa Jean Hugo,
South Africa Erhard Lambrechts and South Africa Combrinck Smit

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2008 MTC Namibia PGA Championship Zimbabwe Tongoona Charamba, South Africa Nic Henning Charamba won with birdie on third extra hole
Henning eliminated by par on second hole
2 2016 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa CJ du Plessis Won with par on fifth extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (5)

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 Scotland Doug McGuigan
2 22 May 2012 #13 IGT Winter Series −15 (65-64=129) 13 strokes South Africa Dean Lambert
3 16 Jul 2012 #21 IGT Serengeti Challenge −5 (67) Playoff South Africa Allan Versfeld
4 5 Apr 2017 Waterkloof Challenge −19 (66-63-68=197) 4 strokes South Africa Matthew Spacey
5 12 Apr 2017 Kyalami Challenge −15 (68-64-69=201) 2 strokes South Africa Musiwalo Nethunzwi, South Africa Erik van Rooyen

Results in major championships

Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

References

  1. ^ "Merrick Bremner's 64 ties South African Open course record; leads by 2 shots after 1st round". Fox News. 15 November 2012.


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