Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South African

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Professional career

Bekker plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won seven times. He won the 2011 Northern Cape Classic, the 2012

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, the 2013

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and the 2016 Sun City Challenge. He won three times in 2017, the

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, the Lombard Insurance Classic, and the

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. In April 2021, Bekker lost in a four-man playoff at the Limpopo Championship. In December, he finished second in the SA Open Championship; one shot behind

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. At the end of the season he graduated to the

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for 2022 via the Challenge Tour rankings. In May 2022, Bekker broke into the top 100 of the

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for the first time after losing out in a playoff for the Catalunya Championship. In June 2022, he played in the inaugural

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event. Along with several other players, he was subsequently fined by the European Tour and suspended from three

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co-sanctioned events.

Professional wins (7)

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1) Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

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* * * South African male golfers Lamar Cardinals golfers European Tour golfers Sunshine Tour golfers LIV Golf players Sportspeople from Pretoria People from Stellenbosch White South African people 1984 births Living people {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub