Merrick Bremner | |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1986 |
Birth Place: | Durban, South Africa |
Weight: | 196lb |
Residence: | Pretoria, South Africa |
Yearpro: | 2005 |
Tour: | Sunshine Tour |
Extour: | European Tour |
Prowins: | 13 |
Sunwins: | 8 |
Otherwins: | 5 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | CUT: 2019 |
Open: | DNP |
Pga: | DNP |
Merrick Bremner (born 26 March 1986) is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the Sunshine Tour, where he has won eight times.
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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 6 Aug 2008 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −18 (67-65-66=198) | 1 stroke | Dean Lambert, Jaco van Zyl | |
2 | 3 Sep 2008 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −16 (63-70-67=200) | 3 strokes | Kevin Stone | |
3 | 31 May 2013 | Lombard Insurance Classic (2) | −17 (63-65-71=199) | 2 strokes | PH McIntyre | |
4 | 19 Oct 2014 | BMG Classic | −12 (66-71-67=204) | 1 stroke | Darren Fichardt | |
5 | 22 May 2016 | Lombard Insurance Classic (3) | −19 (68-66-63=197) | Playoff | CJ du Plessis | |
6 | 28 Sep 2019 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood | −19 (65-65-67=197) | 5 strokes | Jonathan Ågren, Ruan Conradie, Clinton Grobler | |
7 | 23 Oct 2020 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | −8 (66-72-64=202) | 1 stroke | Jacques Blaauw, Keenan Davidse | |
8 | 13 Aug 2022 | Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship (with Martin Rohwer) | −28 (60-66-62=188) | 6 strokes | Hennie du Plessis and Jean Hugo, Erhard Lambrechts and Combrinck Smit |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 2008 | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Tongoona Charamba, Nic Henning | Charamba won with birdie on third extra hole Henning eliminated by par on second hole | |
2 | 2016 | Lombard Insurance Classic | CJ du Plessis | Won with par on fifth extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 6 Mar 2012 |
| −13 (66-69-68=203) | 4 strokes | Doug McGuigan | |
2 | 22 May 2012 |
| −15 (65-64=129) | 13 strokes | Dean Lambert | |
3 | 16 Jul 2012 |
| −5 (67) | Playoff | Allan Versfeld | |
4 | 5 Apr 2017 | Waterkloof Challenge | −19 (66-63-68=197) | 4 strokes | Matthew Spacey | |
5 | 12 Apr 2017 | Kyalami Challenge | −15 (68-64-69=201) | 2 strokes | Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Erik van Rooyen |
Tournament | 2019 | |
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Masters Tournament | ||
PGA Championship | ||
U.S. Open | CUT | |
The Open Championship |