At The 2024 American Express, Christiaan Bezuidenhout was declared a runner-up, yet he received the winning prize money due to Dunlap’s amateur status. This 30-year-old South African professional turned pro in 2015 and has had no wins on the PGA Tour. He has competed in 89 events so far and has made cut in 69 of them.

With great potential in his appearance in this season’s Memorial Tournament, Bezuidenhout’s career looks shining. As of the second round’s conclusion, he sits proudly at T2. But what about his personal life? Does this OWGR 57th-ranking golfer have a partner to support him when things go hard? Let us find out.

When did Christiaan Bezuidenhout marry Kristen Hart?

Christiaan Bezuidenhout proposed to her long-time girlfriend, Kristen Hart, on March 19th, 2020. In a close-friend ceremony at Boschendal, Bezuidenhout married Kristen Hart on September 19th, 2021.

He shared a photo from their wedding day on his Instagram handle with the caption, “Mr & Mrs Bezuidenhout!” They have also repeatedly mentioned how their wedding day is their ‘forever favorite day’. Kristen Bezuidenhout graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 2017. She has two sisters named Megan and Veronica.

Kristen Bezuidenhout’s post suggests how the couple has been traveling since before they were married and after. From kayaking to wildlife safaris, they never seem to stop moving. Beaches are the other destinations where the couple can be sighted.

Mr. and Mrs. Bezuidenhout also announced the news of their expecting a baby on 23rd May 2023. And about 6 months later, on 3rd November 2023, the couple was blessed with a son, whom they named, John Christiaan Bezuidenhout. On their Instagram, they both wrote, “Praise the Lord for our perfect little boy! John Christiaan Bezuidenhout, you are so loved. 💙”

Although Christiaan Bezuidenhout imparts a confident outlook, his childhood was spent alone and he struggled with speech issues.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout found golf as an escape

After Bezuidenhout was seen stuttering in an interview following his runner-up position at American Express, many wanted to know what Bezuidenhout struggled with. The golfer had once poisoned himself as a two-year-old child. He mistakenly took a sip of a Coke bottle that had rat poison in it. Ever since then, Bezuidenhout had difficulty with his nervous system as well as speech. The golfer also revealed that he dreaded winning in a golf tournament as a kid because it would require him to give a speech.

Yet a young Christiaan Bezuidenhout grew up in a golfing family. He has always tried to escape from ‘people’ and ‘places’ and chose golf as a way out. He stated how much he liked golf because it was an individual sport and he was always by himself. Bezuidenhout confessed, “I was always a loner, practiced on my own. I took myself away from people and places with people there. Golf was like an escape from my circumstances.”

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