Oliver Bekker
Birth date11 December 1984 (age 41)
Birth placePretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st)
ResidenceStellenbosch, South Africa
Yearpro2008
TourPGA Tour of Australasia
Sunshine Tour
Asian Tour
ExtourEuropean Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
LIV Golf
Prowins10
Sunwins9
Auswins1
Chalwins2
MastersDNP
UsopenCUT: 2017
OpenDNP
PgaCUT: 2022
Award 1Sunshine Tour
Players' Player of the Year
Year 12017–18

Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South African professional golfer.

Professional career

Bekker plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won seven times. He won the 2011 Northern Cape Classic, the 2012 Dimension Data Pro-Am,[1] the 2013 Telkom PGA Pro-Am and the 2016 Sun City Challenge. He won three times in 2017, the Zambia Sugar Open, the Lombard Insurance Classic, and the Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge.

In April 2021, Bekker lost in a four-man playoff at the Limpopo Championship.[2] In December, he finished second in the SA Open Championship; one shot behind Daniel van Tonder.[3] At the end of the season he graduated to the European Tour for 2022 via the Challenge Tour rankings.[4]

In May 2022, Bekker broke into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time after losing out in a playoff for the Catalunya Championship.[5] In June 2022, he played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event. Along with several other players, he was subsequently fined by the European Tour and suspended from three PGA Tour co-sanctioned events.[6]

In February 2023, Bekker won the Dimension Data Pro-Am for the second time in his career. The event was co-sanctioned between the Challenge Tour and the Sunshine Tour.[7]

In October 2025, Bekker played on the PGA Tour of Australasia with the prospect of moving to Australia. He won the Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O'Dea WA Open in his second start of the 2025–26 season.[8]

Professional wins (10)

Sunshine Tour wins (9)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
117 Sep 2011Northern Cape Classic−15 (66-64-68=198)5 strokesBryce Easton
219 Feb 2012Dimension Data Pro-Am−13 (65-70-71-70=276)2 strokesThomas Aiken, Tyrone Ferreira
325 Jan 2013Telkom PGA Pro-Am−20 (66-64-66=196)2 strokesPH McIntyre, Ryan Strauss
46 Aug 2016Sun City Challenge−6 (74-67-69=210)1 strokeShaun Norris
530 Apr 2017Zambia Sugar Open−19 (68-66-67-72=273)2 strokesJared Harvey
621 May 2017Lombard Insurance Classic−19 (63-70-64=197)PlayoffJustin Harding
725 Aug 2017Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge−11 (69-65-65=199)3 strokesTyrone Ferreira, Alex Haindl,
Ockie Strydom
812 Feb 2023Dimension Data Pro-Am1 (2)−22 (67-68-64-68=267)4 strokesAdam Blommé
922 Feb 2026Jonsson Workwear Durban Open1−16 (65-68-67=200)[a]2 strokesChristofer Blomstrand

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12017Lombard Insurance ClassicJustin HardingWon with par on first extra hole
22021Limpopo ChampionshipHennie du Plessis, Brandon Stone,
Daniel van Tonder		Stone won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
119 Oct 2025Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O'Dea WA Open−7 (73-71-68-69=281)1 strokeCameron John

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Feb 2023Dimension Data Pro-Am1−22 (67-68-64-68=267)4 strokesAdam Blommé
222 Feb 2026Jonsson Workwear Durban Open1−16 (65-68-67=200)[a]2 strokesChristofer Blomstrand

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12021Limpopo ChampionshipHennie du Plessis, Brandon Stone,
Daniel van Tonder		Stone won with birdie on first extra hole

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12022Catalunya ChampionshipAdri ArnausLost to par on sixth extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. OpenCUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament
PGA ChampionshipCUT
U.S. Open
The Open ChampionshipNT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018
Match Play
Championship
Invitational75
ChampionsT69

"T" = Tied

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "Bekker wins Dimension Data Pro-Am". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Van Tonder wins SA Open, Bezuidenhout locks up Masters spot". Associated Press. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Coley, Ben (24 November 2021). "Challenge Tour graduates player profiles as DP World Tour welcomes new members". Sporting Life. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. ^ Butler, Lynn (3 May 2022). "SA golfer Bekker breaks into top 100 after playoff agony in Spain". News24. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  6. ^ Hibbett, James (28 June 2022). "LIV Rebels Continue On DP World Tour After £100,000 Fines". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Oliver Bekker wins second Dimension Data Pro-Am title". IOL. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  8. ^ Keipert, Steve (19 October 2025). "Oliver Bekker keeps it interesting until the end in winning an unpredictable WA Open". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 October 2025.