GEORGE GOLF NEWS - Oliver Bekker claimed his second Dimension Data Pro-Am title in a dominant display at Fancourt on Sunday as he won by four shots in front of his home crowd.
Bekker took a five-shot lead into the final round and closed with a measured 68 on the Montagu course to win on 22 under par overall. Sweden’s Adam Blomme took second place on 18 under par with a final round of 66.
Bekker first won this title in 2012 and is now only the third player since the tournament’s inception in 1996 to win the Dimension Data Pro-Am twice, joining Nick Price (1997 and 1998) and Darren Fichardt (2004 and 2010).
“When you start with such a big lead it’s almost a relief that you didn’t waste it,” said Bekker. “It’s amazing to be here in front of my family and friends. It’s not often you play a golf tournament and you’ve got a hundred people following you and you know almost all of them. I’m just elated.”
On another magnificent day on the Garden Route, Bekker parred his way through the first seven holes before his first birdie of the final round on the par-three eighth hole. He added four more birdies on the back nine, and could afford a single bogey to put himself well and truly beyond reach.
Hennie O’Kennedy came storming through the field with a bogey-free round of 65 to finish on 16 under par, and Frenchman Ugo Coussaud tried to make a contest of it with a sublime 63 to finish on 14 under. But Bekker had done more than enough to keep himself beyond any serious challenge.
“I did watch the scoreboard quite a bit and played rather safe. I didn’t try to be too aggressive and make any unforced errors. The course was there for the taking today, but I didn’t want to disappoint anybody and still go out there and put together a good final round.”
Scores:
- 267 - Oliver Bekker 67 68 64 68
- 271 - Adam Blomme 66 67 72 66
- 273 - Hennie O'Kennedy 72 65 71 65, Chris Paisley 71 70 66 66
- 274 - Brandon Stone 69 68 70 67
- 275 - Ugo Coussaud 72 69 71 63, JJ Senekal 67 73 68 67, Conor Purcell 70 66 71 68
- 276 - Yurav Premlall 72 71 68 65, Alvaro Quiros 67 71 70 68, Pieter Moolman 73 67 68 68, Casey Jarvis 64 76 69 67, Wilco Nienaber 70 68 69 69
- 277 - Frederic Lacroix 70 72 67 68, Louis Albertse 70 69 68 70, Adam Breen 67 68 72 70, Craig Howie 69 70 68 70, Jean Hugo 66 74 67 70
- 278 - Lars van Meijel 70 75 67 66, Rhys Enoch 70 71 70 67, Kyle Barker 69 66 72 71, Tom Murray 71 66 69 72
- 279 - Joel Sjoholm 73 68 69 69, Ruaidhri McGee 66 73 70 70, Javier Sainz 69 68 72 70, Garrick Porteous 72 66 71 70, Felix Mory 70 71 68 70
- 280 - Clement Berardo 71 70 70 69, Michael Palmer 71 73 66 70, Nicolai Kristensen 74 68 67 71, Renato Paratore 72 68 70 70, Joel Girrbach 73 65 68 74, Manuel Elvira 69 66 70 75
- 281 - Mateusz Gradecki 70 70 73 68, Alejandro Canizares 68 73 72 68, Euan Walker 71 72 70 68, Benjamin Rusch 71 71 70 69, Jacques Blaauw 68 71 72 70, Toby Tree 71 71 69 70, Stuart Manley 68 74 67 72, Borja Virto 73 68 69 71, Darren Fichardt 73 69 69 70, Martin Rohwer 71 70 69 71, Andrea Pavan 68 74 69 70, Niklas Regner 72 71 68 70
- 282 - Lorenzo Scalise 68 73 71 70, Oliver Farr 68 69 73 72, Malcolm Mitchell 72 71 66 73, Hennie Otto 69 70 70 73, Martin Vorster 69 75 69 69, Luke Jerling 65 68 71 78
- 283 - Henric Sturehed 70 69 74 70, Franklin Manchest 74 72 67 70, Ryan van Velzen 70 67 76 70, Nikhil Rama 73 70 66 74, James Hart du Preez 74 66 73 70
- 284 - Clancy Waugh 66 75 71 72, Emilio Cuartero Blanco 71 68 73 72, Jaco van Zyl 70 72 68 74
- 285 - Jacques Kruyswijk 67 76 70 72, Steven Brown 68 75 70 72, Ricardo Gouveia 73 69 71 72, Christopher Mivis 72 73 68 72, Steven Tiley 71 72 69 73
- 286 - Jeppe Kristian Andersen 75 71 67 73, Keenan Davidse 74 68 69 75
- 287 - Anton Karlsson 70 73 70 74, Shaun Norris 71 68 74 74, James Kamte 69 67 74 77
- 289 - Callum Mowat 68 71 73 77
- 220 - Stefan Wears-Taylor 77 77 66
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