Oliver hungry for more Dimension Data Pro-Am glory

GOLF NEWS - Oliver Bekker has clearly felt comfortable in his hometown this week and is looking very much at home at the top of the leaderboard as he takes a five-stroke lead into today’s final round of the Dimension Data Pro-Am at Fancourt.

A 64 on the Outeniqua course on Saturday lifted Bekker to 18 under par overall and on track to add to his 2012 victory in this Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tour event.

Listen to the interview with Oliver Bekker here

The South African’s nearest challenger is countryman Luke Jerling on 13 under par following his 71 on the Montagu course.

Bekker, now a DP World Tour campaigner, decided to return to the Sunshine Tour this week to enjoy the privilege of playing a tournament where he can sleep in his own bed and have his family with him.

“You don’t get to do that too often. It’s great to have that family time, and I also have a lot of local support here. It’s a special event for me,” said Bekker.

Bekker took full advantage of another perfect day in George and an Outeniqua golf course that is the most forgiving of the three courses here at Fancourt used for this tournament.

“Outeniqua is a very scoreable golf course and it was nice to do just that. I played well and it was nice to hole a few putts on the back nine. I gave myself a lot of opportunities. All in all, it was a very good day. I knew my golf was good and that if I could get a few putts in today I would get a low one.”

Bekker was most pleased with being able to make his move on the weekend after he’d worked his way into a competitive position over the first two rounds.

“I feel like my game has been moving this way. In the last few weeks, I’ve been making good starts and then over the weekend I’ve let it slip, so it’s nice to produce a good round on the Saturday and move in the right direction. I’ve always enjoyed playing Fancourt and I always fancy myself to do well in this event.”

Scores:

199 - Oliver Bekker 67 68 64
204 - Luke Jerling 65 68 71
205 - Manuel Elvira 69 66 70, Adam Blomme 66 67 72
206 - Tom Murray 71 66 69, Joel Girrbach 73 65 68
207 - Craig Howie 69 70 68, Wilco Nienaber 70 68 69, Brandon Stone 69 68 70, Chris Paisley 71 70 66, Adam Breen 67 68 72, Conor Purcell 70 66 71, Louis Albertse 70 69 68, Kyle Barker 69 66 72, Jean Hugo 66 74 67
208 - Pieter Moolman 73 67 68, Hennie O'Kennedy 72 65 71, Alvaro Quiros 67 71 70, JJ Senekal 67 73 68
209 - Garrick Porteous 72 66 71, Felix Mory 70 71 68, Javier Sainz 69 68 72, Nicolai Kristensen 74 68 67, Malcolm Mitchell 72 71 66, Ruaidhri McGee 66 73 70, Stuart Manley 68 74 67, Hennie Otto 69 70 70, Frederic Lacroix 70 72 67, Casey Jarvis 64 76 69, Nikhil Rama 73 70 66
210 - Renato Paratore 72 68 70, Michael Palmer 71 73 66, Jaco van Zyl 70 72 68, Borja Virto 73 68 69, Oliver Farr 68 69 73, James Kamte 69 67 74, Martin Rohwer 71 70 69, Joel Sjoholm 73 68 69
211 - Andrea Pavan 68 74 69, Rhys Enoch 70 71 70, Keenan Davidse 74 68 69, Niklas Regner 72 71 68, Darren Fichardt 73 69 69, Toby Tree 71 71 69, Jacques Blaauw 68 71 72, Clement Berardo 71 70 70, Yurav Premlall 72 71 68
212 - Lorenzo Scalise 68 73 71, Ugo Coussaud 72 69 71, Steven Tiley 71 72 69, Benjamin Rusch 71 71 70, Lars van Meijel 70 75 67, Emilio Cuartero Blanco 71 68 73, Callum Mowat 68 71 73, Clancy Waugh 66 75 71
213 - Christopher Mivis 72 73 68, Euan Walker 71 72 70, Ryan Van Velzen 70 67 76, Alejandro Canizares 68 73 72, James Hart du Preez 74 66 73, Jeppe Kristian Andersen 75 71 67, Ricardo Gouveia 73 69 71, Shaun Norris 71 68 74, Franklin Manchest 74 72 67, Mateusz Gradecki 70 70 73, Steven Brown 68 75 70, Anton Karlsson 70 73 70, Henric Sturehed 70 69 74, Martin Vorster 69 75 69, Jacques Kruyswijk 67 76 70
214 - Sam Bairstow 70 75 69, Dylan Naidoo 68 73 73, Thomas Aiken 69 74 71, Dan Erickson 73 72 69, Matteo Manassero 71 74 69, Jaco Prinsloo 76 67 71, Pavan Sagoo 71 76 67, Luke Brown 74 68 72, David Boote 75 72 67, Trevor Fisher Jnr 73 78 63, Tristen Strydom 74 69 71, Victor Rufian 72 71 71, Max Schmitt 72 75 67, Heinrich Bruiners 71 73 70, Fredrik From 70 70 74, Ivan Cantero Gutierrez 72 73 69
215 - Dylan Mostert 74 71 70, Estiaan Conradie 76 68 71, Mikael Lundberg 72 78 65, Rourke van der Spuy 76 66 73, Francesco Laporta 73 72 70, JC Ritchie 69 71 75, Rupert Kaminski 70 74 71
216 - Stephen Ferreira 73 72 71, Merrick Bremner 67 76 73, Jonathan Thomson 71 77 68, Liam Johnston 73 70 73, Oliver Lindell 71 75 70, Keagan Thomas 72 75 69, Lyle Rowe 69 74 73
217 - Christiaan Burke 71 70 76, Robin Petersson 77 73 67, Ashley Chesters 75 76 66, Joachim B. Hansen 73 73 71, Derek Ackerman 69 74 74
218 - Wynand Dingle 75 70 73, Marc Hammer 72 74 72, Gerard du Plooy 68 74 76, Combrinck Smit 73 72 73, Yan Wei Liu 72 70 76
219 - Lucas Vacarisas 73 74 72, Elias Bertheussen 73 73 73, Ruan Korb 75 74 70, Jamie Rutherford 75 72 72, Lorenzo Gagli 76 73 70, Anthony Michael 71 73 75
220 - Daniel O'Loughlin 73 77 70, Siyanda Mwandla 75 74 71, Stefan Wears-Taylor 77 77 66, Luca Filippi 69 79 72, Gregorio de Leo 76 73 71, Jean-Paul Strydom 73 79 68, Pierre Pineau 68 77 75, Benjamin Follett-Smith 71 77 72, Alfie Plant 69 75 76, OJ Farrell 75 72 73
221 - Adriel Poonan 74 73 74, Marco Penge 73 77 71, Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 71 78 72, Keith Horne 70 75 76
222 - Philip Eriksson 75 71 76, Gary Boyd 78 75 69, Alan McLean 73 76 73, Kyle McClatchie 78 77 67, Jovan Rebula 73 78 71, Sean Bradley 71 73 78, Toto Thimba Jnr 76 74 72
223 - Velten Meyer 75 76 72, Lindani Ndwandwe 76 71 76, Jacquin Hess 76 77 70
224 - Ruan Conradie 76 75 73
225 - Divan van den Heever 70 76 79, Oscar Lengden 76 72 77, Benjamin Poke 73 77 75
226 - Alex Haindl 77 72 77
227 - CJ du Plessis 76 77 74, Lucas Bjerregaard 81 64 82, Chris Wood 78 73 76, Robert Foley 76 71 80, Sean Cronjé 80 74 73
228 - Callan Barrow 72 75 81, Makhetha Mazibuko 74 81 73, Herman Loubser 74 80 74
229 - Aneurin Gounden 81 73 75, Koen Kouwenaar 77 75 77