Merrick Bremner

Merrick Bremner (born 26 March 1986) is a South African professional golfer.

Merrick Bremner
Personal information
Born (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986
Durban, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Bremner plays on the Sunshine Tour. He has five official victories on the Sunshine Tour: the 2016 Lombard Insurance Classic, the 2014 BMG Classic and the 2008 and 2013 Lombard Insurance Classic, and the 2008 Telkom PGA Pro-Am.

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 at the 2014 D+D Real Czech Masters.

Bremner played in first major championship at the 2019 U.S. Open, he missed the halfway cut.

Professional wins (6)

Sunshine Tour wins (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
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 Agren, Ruan Conradie,
Clinton Grobler

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
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

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

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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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