LIGHTNING FORCES ABANDONMENT OF FINAL 

ROUND IN S AFRICA, EWEN FERGUSON PLACED 6th

Bearsden's Ewen Ferguson finished sixth in the Gauteng North Open stroke-play championship at Pretoria Country Club, South Africa after lightning forced the abandonment of the fourth round with the Scot having only two holes left to play.
The third-round aggregates became the final totals and Ferguson, who was in the mix with a pair of 70s,  totalled level-par 216 after slipping to a four-over-par 76 in the third round on Sunday morning. 
The Bearsden player had two double-bogey 5s at the short 14th and 16th.

He finished 10 shots behind the winner, South African Theunis Bezuidenhourt who shot a third-round 67 for 10-under 206 to win the title by five shots.

Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co) (74) and Connor Syme (Drumoig) (77) shared 12th place on 220.

Craig Ross's third-round 73 left him joint 23rd on 223.

The only other Scot to survive the halfway cut was Scott Gibson but the Southerness man slumped to a third-round 78 with double bogey 6s at the first and third and a double bogey 7 at the long sixth in an outward half of 42.

GAUTENG NORTH OPEN STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Pretoria Country Club, South Africa.

FINAL TOTALS

Tournament cut to 54 holes because of lightning near

finish of fourth round.

par 216 (3x72). players from South Africa unless stated otherwise

206 Theunis Bezuidenhout 67 72 67

211 Jovan Rebola 72 69 70

213 Kyle McClatchie 69 76 68, James du Preez 70 72 71

215 Teaghan Gauche 68 72 75

216 Ewen Ferguson (Sco) 70 70 76

OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS

220 Greig Marchbank 75 71 74, Connor Syme 72 71 77 (T12)

223 Craig Ross 77 73 73(T22)

226 Scott Gibson 73 75 78 (T27)

MISSED THE CUT (154 and better qualified)

156 Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 80 76.

159 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 82 77.

FOURTH ROUND TOTALS THAT WERE
COMPLETED BUT DIDN'T COUNT
291 Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co) 75 71 74 71
295 Connor Syme (Drumoig) 72 71 77 75
301 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 77 73 73 78
303 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 73 75 78 77 (T31)
+Ewen Ferguson had the 17th and 18th holes to play when the lightning storm caused the tournament to be abandoned and the
results declared on the 54-hole aggregates.