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. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up16 Aug 2008Lombard Insurance Classic−18 (67-65-66=198)1 stroke Dean Lambert, Jaco van Zyl23 Sep 2008Telkom PGA Pro-Am−16 (63-70-67=200)3 strokes Kevin Stone331 May 2013Lombard Insurance Classic (2)−17 (63-65-71=199)2 strokes PH McIntyre419 Oct 2014BMG Classic−12 (66-71-67=204)1 stroke Darren Fichardt522 May 2016Lombard Insurance Classic (3)−19 (68-66-63=197)Playoff CJ du Plessis628 Sep 2019Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood−19 (65-65-67=197)5 strokes Jonathan Ågren, Ruan Conradie, Clinton Grobler723 Oct 2020Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge−8 (66-72-64=202)1 stroke Jacques Blaauw, Keenan Davidse813 Aug 2022Bain'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.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12008MTC Namibia PGA Championship Tongoona Charamba, Nic HenningCharamba won with birdie on third extra holeHenning eliminated by par on second hole22016Lombard Insurance Classic CJ du PlessisWon with par on fifth extra hole
IGT Pro Tour wins (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up16 Mar 2012#5 IGT Summer Series−13 (66-69-68=203)4 strokes Doug McGuigan222 May 2012#13 IGT Winter Series−15 (65-64=129)13 strokes Dean Lambert316 Jul 2012#21 IGT Serengeti Challenge−5 (67)Playoff Allan Versfeld45 Apr 2017Waterkloof Challenge−19 (66-63-68=197)4 strokes Matthew Spacey512 Apr 2017Kyalami Challenge−15 (68-64-69=201)2 strokes Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Erik van Rooyen
Results in major championships Tournament2019Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenCUTThe Open Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
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