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Nico van Rensburg

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Nico van Rensburg
Personal information
Full nameNicholas Marthinus van Rensburg
Born (1966-08-24) 24 August 1966 (age 58)
Alberton, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour3
Sunshine Tour3
Other3

Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg (born 24 August 1966) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour. He has won on the Sunshine Tour six times between 1989 and 2005. He has three Asian Tour victories also.

Van Rensburg was born in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa. He turned professional in 1987. He won his first Sunshine Tour event in 1989 and has played consistently on tour ever since. He currently resides in Pretoria with his wife Elmarie and his children Kristoff and Carmen.

Amateur highlights

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  • Colours for Eastern Transvaal and Transvaal
  • Highveld Open
  • Eastern Transvaal Closed Championship
  • Springs Amateur Championship

Professional wins (9)

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Asian PGA Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 15 Oct 1995 Merlion Masters −9 (68-69-69-73=279) 1 stroke Australia Don Fardon, Thailand Pisit Infasang
2 18 Oct 1998 Kuala Lumpur Open −6 (70-70-69-69=278) Playoff United States Jerry Smith
3 29 Aug 1999 Volvo Masters of Malaysia −18 (69-69-64-68=270) 4 strokes Scotland Simon Yates

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1996 Royal Thai Classic South Africa Richard Kaplan Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 1998 Kuala Lumpur Open United States Jerry Smith Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 23 Apr 1999 Vodacom Series (Gauteng) −15 (71-65-65=201) 2 strokes Zimbabwe Don Gammon
2 7 May 2000 Vodacom Series (2) (Gauteng) −16 (67-65-68=200) 11 strokes South Africa André Cruse, South Africa Justin Hobday
3 19 Mar 2005 FNB Botswana Open −15 (68-66-67=201) 1 stroke South Africa Warren Abery

Other wins (3)

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  • 1989 Highveld Classic
  • 1993 Royal Swazi Sun Classic
  • 1994 Winter Tour Championship
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