Oliver Bekker

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019

Personal

• Competed on the Sunshine Tour from 2008-18, earning seven wins, including three in 2017. Won the 2017/18 Commissioner's Award and the Players' Player of the Year Award on the Sunshine Tour.
• South African Junior Team member as a junior golfer.
• At Lamar University was named an honorable mention All-American, a 2006-07 Academic All-American, the Southland Conference Student Athlete of the Year in 2007, and Southland Conference Freshman of the Year in 2006.
• Mom was an accomplished South African junior tennis player.
• Walk-up song would be "OK" by Robin Schulz ft. James Blunt.
• Aspires to one day be a business owner and share trader.
• Got engaged in the Kruger National Park.
• One superstition is not playing with No. 3 golf balls.
• Supports the Birdies4Rhinos initiative to help protect the African Rhino.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Finished the season at No. 105 on the Regular Season points list. Recorded two top-10s in 18 starts, including a season-best T9 at the LECOM Health Challenge.

• Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament: Used four rounds of 66 to finish T8 guaranteeing him 12 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019.
• LECOM Health Challenge: Carded a final-round 8-under 64 to finish T9 at 17-under at the LECOM Health Challenge for his second top-10 of the 2019 season.
• Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship: With a final-round 67, finished T10 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship, his first career top-10 finish.