Warren peace as he wins Nashua Masters by two

FROM THE SUNSHINE TOUR WEBSITE
Warren Abery dropped two shots in a row on the eighth and the ninth holes in the final round of the Nashua Masters, but he birdied the 10th and 12th to coast to a two-stroke victory at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club, South Africa today.
 “I really played the back nine well all week,” said Abery, “so I said to my caddie as I got rid of the frustrations after the ninth while walking to the tee-shot on number 10: 'So let’s turn the corner and keep at it because it’s going to be difficult out there for everyone.' ”
So, while he was bogey-free on his way home, all his closest competitors buckled under the pressure and in the stiff wind that picked up during the round.
In second, Branden Grace and Oliver Bekker each made two bogeys on the homeward nine – coincidentally the margin between Abery’s 13-under final total after his closing one-under 69 and the 11-under on which they each finished.
Also in second was Alex Haindl, who carded the only bogey-free round of the day with his five-under-par 65.
Alone in fifth was Alan Michell who finished on 10-under for the tournament, while David Hewan was in sixth on nine-under.
For Abery, the fact that he calls the Wild Coast Sun Country Club his “favourite place in the whole world” made for a relatively calm march to victory while the rest of the field battled the elements and their own games.
“It was fun,” he said. “I had my whole family here, and it’s just been a fun week, and an added bonus was the win.”
He knew that he was under threat from Bekker in particular, who moved into the lead after he made his seventh birdie of the day on 12.
“I knew there was a difficult stretch coming home, and my experience really paid off,” he said.
It was the second time Abery has won the Nashua Masters, having won the 2006 title, and it was his sixth Sunshine Tour victory.
It came after he had taken four months off in the middle of the year to be with his wife Kirsten during and after the birth of their daughter Jessica.

“I have come back feeling so relaxed, and understanding that there is more to life than golf,” he said.

While he says he didn’t miss the game during the break, he is keen to convert the current good form into some good results during the final big-money events of the 2010 Sunshine Tour.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
Players from S Africa unless stated.
Prizemoney in South African Rand
267 Warren Abery 66 67 65 69 (190,200).
269 Alex Haindl 64 69 71 65, Oliver Bekker 67 66 70 66, Branden Grace 62 67 69 71 (93,320 each).
270 Alan Michell 62 67 71 70 (49,560).
271 David Hewan 70 61 70 70 (42,480).
273 Martin Maritz 70 66 70 67, Adilson da Silva (Brazil) 69 67 69 68, Jake Roos 64 70 68 71 (30,280 each). 
274 Mark Murless 68 65 72 69 (23,520).
275 Mark Williams 70 64 69 72 (21,480).
276 Doug McGuigan 68 67 73 68, Bradford Vaughan 71 67 70 68, Ulrich van den Berg 68 72 68 68, Tyrone Ferreira 68 70 67 71 (18,390 each). 
277 Charl Coetzee 69 65 75 68, Theunis Spangenberg 66 73 70 68, Ryan Cairns (Zimbabwe) 67 67 72 71, Brett Liddle 68 69 69 71, Jacques Blaauw 64 67 74 72, Colin Nel 69 67 68 73, George Coetzee (RSA) 66 70 68 73 (14,760 each). 
278 Chris Swanepoel 69 67 75 67, Willie van der Merwe 71 68 71 68, Vaughn Groenewald  68 70 71 69, Louis Calitz 71 66 70 71, Clinton Whitelaw 68 67 71 72, Omar Sandys 70 68 68 72, Jean Hugo 67 66 72 73, Neil Schietekat 69 68 68 73, Alan McLean (Scotland) 65 68 71 74, Ben Mannix (England) 69 64 71 74, Attie Schwartzel 67 67 70 74 (11,225.45 each). 
Selected scores:
281 Neil Cheetham (England) 68 68 72 73 (5,880).
288 Jeff Inglis (England) 68 71 76 73 (2,520).