Ockie Strydom

A South African professional golfer who plays on the European and Sunshine tours. He claimed his maiden European Tour win at the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Championship. An 11-time South African IGT Challenge Tour winner, he was a runner-up 14 times on the Sunshine Tour before a breakthrough victory. Strydom won the 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen that was part of the 2019-20 Sunshine Tour. In December 2022, Strydom won the Alfred Dunhill Championship, part of the 2023 European Tour, and the 2022-23 Sunshine Tour, where he set a course record 63 in the third round. Two months later, he won the Singapore Classic on the European Tour. He shot a final-round 63 to beat Sami Valimaki by one shot. Was T-4th at the Jonsson Workwear Open, five back of winner Nick Bachem. In the Sunshine Tours 2022-23 season, Strydom played in 14 events winning the Alfred Dunhill, 2nd at the VOG St Francis Links and Lombard Insurance Classic and in the top-ten 8 times. For the year won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, getting him a spot into the 151st Open Championship. Is now a regular on the DP World Tour.