Merrick Bremner

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Merrick Bremner
Personal information
Born (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 39)
Durban, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, 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 Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2019
The Open Championship 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.

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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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
16 Aug 2008 Lombard Insurance Classic −18 (67-65-66=198)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Lambert, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
23 Sep 2008 Telkom PGA Pro-Am −16 (63-70-67=200)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Stone
331 May 2013 Lombard Insurance Classic (2)−17 (63-65-71=199)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg PH McIntyre
419 Oct 2014 BMG Classic −12 (66-71-67=204)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
522 May 2016 Lombard Insurance Classic (3)−19 (68-66-63=197)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg CJ du Plessis
628 Sep 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood−19 (65-65-67=197)5 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Jonathan Ågren, Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Conradie,
Flag of South Africa.svg Clinton Grobler
723 Oct 2020 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge −8 (66-72-64=202)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Blaauw, Flag of South Africa.svg Keenan Davidse
813 Aug 2022 Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship
(with Flag of South Africa.svg Martin Rohwer)		−28 (60-66-62=188)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis and Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo,
Flag of South Africa.svg Erhard Lambrechts and Flag of South Africa.svg Combrinck Smit

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

IGT Pro Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
16 Mar 2012#5 IGT Summer Series−13 (66-69-68=203)4 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan
222 May 2012#13 IGT Winter Series−15 (65-64=129)13 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Lambert
316 Jul 2012#21 IGT Serengeti Challenge−5 (67)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Allan Versfeld
45 Apr 2017Waterkloof Challenge−19 (66-63-68=197)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Matthew Spacey
512 Apr 2017Kyalami Challenge−15 (68-64-69=201)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen

Results in major championships

Tournament2019
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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