Merrick Bremner

Merrick Bremner
Personal information
Born	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 Durban, South Africa
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour	Sunshine Tour
Former tour	European Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	8
Other	5
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.

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.

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.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin 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 Ågren, Ruan Conradie, Clinton Grobler
7	23 Oct 2020	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	−8 (66-72-64=202)	1 stroke	Jacques Blaauw, Keenan Davidse
8	13 Aug 2022	Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship (with Martin Rohwer)	−28 (60-66-62=188)	6 strokes	Hennie du Plessis and Jean Hugo, Erhard Lambrechts and Combrinck Smit

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(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

IGT Pro Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Mar 2012	#5 IGT Summer Series	−13 (66-69-68=203)	4 strokes	Doug McGuigan
2	22 May 2012	#13 IGT Winter Series	−15 (65-64=129)	13 strokes	Dean Lambert
3	16 Jul 2012	#21 IGT Serengeti Challenge	−5 (67)	Playoff	Allan Versfeld
4	5 Apr 2017	Waterkloof Challenge	−19 (66-63-68=197)	4 strokes	Matthew Spacey
5	12 Apr 2017	Kyalami Challenge	−15 (68-64-69=201)	2 strokes	Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Erik van Rooyen

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

External links

• Merrick Bremner at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Merrick Bremner at the European Tour official site
• Merrick Bremner at the Official World Golf Ranking official site