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, 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. In December, he finished second in the SA Open Championship; one shot behind Daniel van Tonder. At the end of the season he graduated to the European Tour for 2022 via the Challenge Tour rankings.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Professional wins (10) Sunshine Tour wins (9) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up117 Sep 2011Northern Cape Classic−15 (66-64-68=198)5 strokes Bryce Easton219 Feb 2012Dimension Data Pro-Am−13 (65-70-71-70=276)2 strokes Thomas Aiken, Tyrone Ferreira325 Jan 2013Telkom PGA Pro-Am−20 (66-64-66=196)2 strokes PH McIntyre, Ryan Strauss46 Aug 2016Sun City Challenge−6 (74-67-69=210)1 stroke Shaun Norris530 Apr 2017Zambia Sugar Open−19 (68-66-67-72=273)2 strokes Jared Harvey621 May 2017Lombard Insurance Classic−19 (63-70-64=197)Playoff Justin Harding725 Aug 2017Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge−11 (69-65-65=199)3 strokes Tyrone Ferreira, Alex Haindl, Ockie Strydom812 Feb 2023Dimension Data Pro-Am1 (2)−22 (67-68-64-68=267)4 strokes Adam Blommé922 Feb 2026Jonsson Workwear Durban Open1−16 (65-68-67=200)2 strokes Christofer Blomstrand 1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12017Lombard Insurance Classic Justin HardingWon with par on first extra hole22021Limpopo Championship Hennie du Plessis, Brandon Stone, Daniel van TonderStone won with birdie on first extra hole
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up119 Oct 2025Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O'Dea WA Open−7 (73-71-68-69=281)1 stroke Cameron John
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Feb 2023Dimension Data Pro-Am1−22 (67-68-64-68=267)4 strokes Adam Blommé222 Feb 2026Jonsson Workwear Durban Open1−16 (65-68-67=200)2 strokes Christofer Blomstrand 1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12021Limpopo Championship Hennie du Plessis, Brandon Stone, Daniel van TonderStone won with birdie on first extra hole
Playoff record European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12022Catalunya Championship Adri ArnausLost to par on sixth extra hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20172018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament2019202020212022Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipCUTU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipNT CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2012201320142015201620172018Match PlayChampionshipInvitational75ChampionsT69
"T" = Tied
See also 2021 Challenge Tour graduates
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