Jaco wins Jo'burg City Masters by two strokes
By VIREN VARMA
JOHANNESBURG — Jaco Prinsloo birdied four of his last seven holes to hold off a
spirited challenge from fellow South African Omar Sandys and win the Jo'burg
City Masters at Country Club Johannesburg on Thursday.
One
back at the start, Prinsloo closed with a solid 68 to reach 12-under for the
tournament, beating Sandys, who carded the day’s low score of a 67, by two
shots for his first Big Easy Tour win since 2013.
England’s
Jeff Inglis joined the South African duo Jacquin Hess and Francois Coetzee for
a share of third on seven-under as MENA Tour’s Jamie Elson, who led by one shot
overnight, returned a final round 75 to settle for solo sixth a further shot
adrift.
“It’s
been a while since I won on the Big Easy, but, it’s very nice to win the
co-sanctioned event with the MENA Tour. It just feels like it’s a step higher,”
said Prinsloo.
“The
last leaderboard was on hole number 15’s green,” Prinsloo said of the pressure
that was being applied by the chasing pack, “and, I still had a three-shot lead
there. I thought ‘OK, this looks pretty simple’, and all of a sudden on 17,
Omar (Sandys) was on 10-under and put some pressure on me. But luckily I kept
calm and put the ball in the right spaces, and yeah got it done.”
“I
just had to keep doing the things I have done the last two days,” said
27-year-old South African, “and, it’s always a little bit tougher to do that on
the last day; a little bit more pressure. But, I managed to stay calm.”
Elsewhere,
Sweden’s Henric Sturehed signed for a 71 to finish in a three-way tie for
seventh on five under, one ahead of fellow MENA Tour member Antonio Costa of
Chile and two better of Fredrik From, the winner of the Pattana Golf Championship
in Thailand last month.
England’s
Sam Hobday took the honours in the amateur division on eight over after closing
with a 78 as Brazil’s Tiago Lobo, who hit the front on day one with a 73,
failed to keep the momentum going, missing the cut on Wednesday after a
second-round 78.
Ends...
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