| Oliver Bekker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (age 40) Pretoria, South Africa | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa | ||
| Residence | Stellenbosch, South Africa | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2008 | ||
| Current tours | PGA Tour of Australasia Sunshine Tour | ||
| Former tours | European Tour Web.com Tour Challenge Tour LIV Golf | ||
| Professional wins | 9 | ||
| Highestranking | 84 (15 May 2022)[1] (as of 23 November 2025) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Sunshine Tour | 8 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2022 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2017 | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
| |||
Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South Africanprofessional golfer.
Bekker plays on theSunshine Tour where he has won seven times. He won the 2011Northern Cape Classic, the 2012Dimension Data Pro-Am,[2] the 2013Telkom PGA Pro-Am and the 2016Sun City Challenge. He won three times in 2017, theZambia Sugar Open, theLombard Insurance Classic, and theSun Wild Coast Sun Challenge.
In April 2021, Bekker lost in a four-man playoff at theLimpopo Championship.[3] In December, he finished second in theSA Open Championship; one shot behindDaniel van Tonder.[4] At the end of the season he graduated to theEuropean Tour for 2022 via the Challenge Tour rankings.[5]
In May 2022, Bekker broke into the top 100 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking for the first time after losing out in a playoff for theCatalunya Championship.[6] In June 2022, he played in the inauguralLIV Golf Invitational Series event. Along with several other players, he was subsequently fined by the European Tour and suspended from threePGA Tour co-sanctioned events.[7]
In February 2023, Bekker won theDimension Data Pro-Am for the second time in his career. The event was co-sanctioned between theChallenge Tour and the Sunshine Tour.[8]
In October 2025, Bekker played on thePGA Tour of Australasia with the prospect of moving to Australia. He won theNexus Advisernet Bowra & O'Dea WA Open in his second start of the2025–26 season.[9]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Sep2011 | Northern Cape Classic | −15 (66-64-68=198) | 5 strokes | Bryce Easton |
| 2 | 19 Feb2012 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −13 (65-70-71-70=276) | 2 strokes | Thomas Aiken,Tyrone Ferreira |
| 3 | 25 Jan2013 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −20 (66-64-66=196) | 2 strokes | PH McIntyre,Ryan Strauss |
| 4 | 6 Aug2016 | Sun City Challenge | −6 (74-67-69=210) | 1 stroke | Shaun Norris |
| 5 | 30 Apr2017 | Zambia Sugar Open | −19 (68-66-67-72=273) | 2 strokes | Jared Harvey |
| 6 | 21 May 2017 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −19 (63-70-64=197) | Playoff | Justin Harding |
| 7 | 25 Aug 2017 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | −11 (69-65-65=199) | 3 strokes | Tyrone Ferreira,Alex Haindl,Ockie Strydom |
| 8 | 12 Feb2023 | Dimension Data Pro-Am1 (2) | −22 (67-68-64-68=267) | 4 strokes |  Adam Blommé |
1Co-sanctioned by theChallenge Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Lombard Insurance Classic | Justin Harding | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2021 | Limpopo Championship | Hennie du Plessis,Brandon Stone,Daniel van Tonder | Stone won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Oct2025 | Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O'Dea WA Open | −7 (73-71-68-69=281) | 1 stroke |  Cameron John |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Feb2023 | Dimension Data Pro-Am1 | −22 (67-68-64-68=267) | 4 strokes | Adam Blommé |
1Co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Limpopo Championship | Hennie du Plessis,Brandon Stone,Daniel van Tonder | Stone won with birdie on first extra hole |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Catalunya Championship |  Adri Arnaus | Lost to par on sixth extra hole |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | ||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | |||||||
| Championship | |||||||
| Invitational | 75 | ||||||
| Champions | T69 |
"T" = Tied