Nico van Rensburg

Nico van Rensburg
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg
Born	(1966-08-24) 24 August 1966 (age 58) Alberton, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1987
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	3
Other	3

Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg (born 24 August 1966) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour. He has won on the Sunshine Tour six times between 1989 and 2005. He has three Asian Tour victories as well.

Early life

Van Rensburg was born in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa.

Professional career

In 1987, Van Rensburg turned professional. He won his first Sunshine Tour event in 1989 and has played consistently on tour ever since.

Personal life

Van Rensburg currently resides in Pretoria with his wife Elmarie and his children Kristoff and Carmen.

Amateur wins

• Colours for Eastern Transvaal and Transvaal
• Highveld Open
• Eastern Transvaal Closed Championship
• Springs Amateur Championship

Professional wins (9)

Asian PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Oct 1995	Merlion Masters	−9 (68-69-69-73=279)	1 stroke	Don Fardon, Pisit Infasang
2	18 Oct 1998	Kuala Lumpur Open	−6 (70-70-69-69=278)	Playoff	Jerry Smith
3	29 Aug 1999	Volvo Masters of Malaysia	−18 (69-69-64-68=270)	4 strokes	Simon Yates

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1996	Royal Thai Classic	Richard Kaplan	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1998	Kuala Lumpur Open	Jerry Smith	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 Apr 1999	Vodacom Series (Gauteng)	−15 (71-65-65=201)	2 strokes	Don Gammon
2	7 May 2000	Vodacom Series (2) (Gauteng)	−16 (67-65-68=200)	11 strokes	André Cruse, Justin Hobday
3	19 Mar 2005	FNB Botswana Open	−15 (68-66-67=201)	1 stroke	Warren Abery

Other wins (3)

• 1989 Highveld Classic
• 1993 Royal Swazi Sun Classic
• 1994 Winter Tour Championship

External links

• Nico van Rensburg at the Sunshine Tour official site