Christiaan Bezuidenhout (pronounced [ˈkrəstijɑːn bəˈzœydənˌɦœut]; born 18 May 1994) is a South African professional golfer who is a three-time winner on the European Tour.
In the first event of the season, the 2016 BMW SA Open, co-sanctioned with the European Tour, he finished runner-up to Brandon Stone.
[5] Later in 2016, he won a smaller tournament on the Sunshine Tour, the Sun Fish River Challenge, and finished runner-up in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final.
[3][4][6] He was third in the 2019 BMW PGA Championship to enter the world top 100 for the first time and finished the season 18th in the European Tour Order of Merit.
In January 2020, Bezuidenhout lost in a sudden death playoff at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic to Lucas Herbert.
Playing his final hole, he held the outright lead but found the water with his third shot resulting in a bogey finish.
The following month he won the Dimension Data Pro-Am in South Africa and advanced into the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking.
[8] A week later, Bezuidenhout claimed a wire-to-wire victory at the South African Open which was played at Gary Player Country Club.