Sunday, April 24, 2016


Blomstrand's closing 63 wins Zambia Open

Christofer Blomstrand carded the round of the tournament on Sunday, firing a 10-under-par 63 to win the Sunshine Tour's Zambia Open at Lusaka Golf Club

Blomstrand’s round included one bogey, nine birdies and an eagle-two at the par-four eighth hole.
He said, “It started on hole eight. I had 130 to the pin and I holed it. So I made an eagle there. I also made birdie on nine so I went to five-under and I just tried to keep calm. I played really well today. “
Blomstrand started the final day eight shots adrift of James Kamte, and his 10-under-par 63 is his lowest tournament score to date.
He said, “I’ve actually done it once before, but not this low. This is my lowest round in my career. I’m really happy to do it like this. I’m really happy, for sure.”
Remaining composed during his round was crucial and he said speaking to his mental coach yesterday was a defining factor in his display. He said:
 “I spoke to my mental coach yesterday, back home in Sweden, and she has helped me with so many things in the last two years. But I actually didn’t look at the leaderboard until I came to the 17th and I saw I was five shots in the lead. I just tried to keep calm and follow my game plan. I did it and I’m really happy. “
Blomstrand has been on a steady rise since finishing tied-eighth at Sunshine Tour Qualifying School, with a tie-60 finish at the Dimension Data Pro-Am, a tie-27 finish at the Eye of Africa PGA Championships and a tie-19 finish at last week’s Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open.
In only his fourth start on the Sunshine Tour, Blomstrand says he is looking forward to the year ahead.
He said,” I think that I need to play a few more tournaments. My biggest goal when I came down here was to finish top 50 so I can get into those events with the European Tour next year. It’s a good way to do it and hopefully I can keep it going.
With the win, Blomstrad says he will take mental confidence into the year ahead. 
“Mentally it’s very big and it’s very important. This game is all about the mentality. If you have a good tournament and you can keep on going from that it’s very important. You have to be yourself and understand how everything works.”
Blomstrand was made to wait to see his fate, having finished more than an hour before the final pairing, which was made up of Ruan de Smit and James Kamte. However, his closest challenger came in the form of CJ du Plessis who carded a two-under-par 71 to finish in sole possession of second place.
Kamte finished in a share of third alongside J.P. Strydom after shooting a two-over-par 75, with de Smit carding a five-over-par 78.
The field was 137 strong until the halfway cut
FINAL TOTALS

1Christofer Blomstrand (SWE)SWE253,600.00-1627673716963
2CJ du Plessis (RSA)RSA184,000.00-1327970677171
=3Jean-Paul Strydom (RSA)RSA94,640.00-1228071726770
=3James Kamte (RSA)RSA94,640.00-1228066746575
5Merrick Bremner (RSA)RSA66,080.00-1128173706672
=6Steve Surry (ENG)ENG44,440.00-1028271727168
=6Bryce Easton (RSA)RSA44,440.00-1028274716869
=6Chris Swanepoel (RSA)RSA44,440.00-1028271687172
=6Jean Hugo (RSA)RSA44,440.00-1028269706974
=10Rourke van der Spuy (RSA)RSA27,072.00-928378677068
=10Jonathan Agren (SWE)SWE27,072.00-928371707369
=10Jaco Prinsloo (RSA)RSA27,072.00-928370746970
=10JC Ritchie (RSA)RSA27,072.00-928376676971
=10Colin Nel (RSA)RSA27,072.00-928369727072
=15Scott Vincent (ZIM)ZIM21,920.00-828471707271
=15Louis de Jager (RSA)RSA21,920.00-828470727072
=15Ulrich van den Berg (RSA)RSA21,920.00-828467717076
=18Keenan Davidse (RSA)RSA19,573.33-728573707171
=18Erik van Rooyen (RSA)RSA19,573.33-728571697174
=18Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA)RSA19,573.33-728573716774
=21Danie van Tonder (RSA)RSA17,280.00-628673727170
=21Tyrone Mordt (RSA)RSA17,280.00-628674726872
=21Lindani Ndwandwe (RSA)RSA17,280.00-628672707173
=21Andrew Georgiou (CYP)CYP17,280.00-628669667576
=21Ruan de Smidt (RSA)RSA17,280.00-628670706878
=26Lyle Rowe (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528774707370
=26Wallie Coetsee (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528772727370
=26Le Roux Ferreira (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528775697172
=26Russel Franz (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528771707373
=26Morne Buys (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528768757173
=26MJ Viljoen (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528773736873
=26Doug McGuigan (SCO)SCO14,280.00-528770697375
=26Zander Lombard (RSA)RSA14,280.00-528773697075
=34Jack Harrison (ENG)ENG11,840.00-428868708169
=34Bradford Vaughan (RSA)RSA11,840.00-428874717271
=34Madalitso Muthiya (ZAM)ZAM11,840.00-428870737372
=34Oliver Bekker (RSA)RSA11,840.00-428871737272
=34Calvin Pearson (RSA)RSA11,840.00-428869707673
=34Ryan Tipping (RSA)RSA11,840.00-428870747074
=40Justin Harding (RSA)RSA10,080.00-328974727469
=40Allan Versfeld (RSA)RSA10,080.00-328968737573
=40Stephen Ferreira (POR)POR10,080.00-328973707373
=40Alexander Knappe (GER)GER10,080.00-328973707373
=40JJ Senekal (RSA)RSA10,080.00-328976696975
=45Andrew Curlewis (RSA)RSA8,960.00-229074717273
=45Teboho Sefatsa (RSA)RSA8,960.00-229073726877
47Jaco Ahlers (RSA)RSA8,480.00-129170757175
=48Vaughn Groenewald (RSA)RSA8,000.00Par29272737770
=48Etienne Bond (RSA)RSA8,000.00Par29273727275
=50Neil Schietekat (RSA)RSA7,200.00+129369767573
=50Lean Boezaart (RSA)RSA7,200.00+129374737373
=50Teaghan Gauche (RSA)RSA7,200.00+129367767575
=53Heinrich Bruiners (RSA)RSA5,786.67+229476687872
=53Henry Featherstone (ENG)ENG5,786.67+229473737672
=53Stefan Engell Andersen (KEN)KEN5,786.67+229473747473
=53Kevin Rundle (RSA)RSA5,786.67+229471767473
=53Jeff Hopkins (IRL)IRL5,786.67+229473737474
=53Ryan Cairns (ZIM)ZIM5,786.67+229472697380
=59Nemanja Savic (SRB)SRB4,800.00+329571767573
=59Drikus van der Walt (RSA)RSA4,800.00+329572707974
=59Jason Froneman (RSA)RSA4,800.00+329569737479
62Jared Harvey (RSA)RSA4,480.00+429672728072
=63Dwayne Basson (RSA)RSA4,240.00+529771767575
=63Breyten Meyer (RSA)RSA4,240.00+529773717677
=65Michael Hollick (RSA)RSA3,920.00+629871767675
=65Dayne Moore (ZAM)ZAM3,920.00+629870777477
67Steven Ferreira (RSA)RSA3,680.00+729975717776
68Thanda Mavundla (RSA)RSA3,520.00+830075707778
69TC Charamba (ZIM)ZIM3,200.00
DSQ756776*
69CUT (147 and better qualified for final rounds

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PosPlayerWinningsParScore
1C. Blomstrand253,600.00-16276
2C. du Plessis184,000.00-13279
3J. Strydom94,640.00-12280
3J. Kamte94,640.00-12280
5M. Bremner66,080.00-11281
6S. Surry44,440.00-10282
6B. Easton44,440.00-10282
6C. Swanepoel44,440.00-10282
6J. Hugo44,440.00-10282
10R. van der Spuy27,072.00-9283
10J. Agren27,072.00-9283
10J. Prinsloo27,072.00-9283
10J. Ritchie27,072.00-9283
10C. Nel27,072.00-9283

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