England’s Tommy Fleetwood successfully defended his Nedbank Golf Challenge title on Sunday, three years after profitable the event for the primary time at Sun City.
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“I am going to get stuck in,” he promised on Saturday after ending the third spherical three photographs behind the leaders, Belgian Thomas Detry and Dane Rasmus Hojgaard within the European Tour occasion.
While the co-leaders light within the last spherical at the Gary Player Country Club 175km northwest of Johannesburg, Fleetwood carded a five-under 67 for a one-stroke win.
The 31-year-old was stage with Ryan Fox on the 18th tee within the last spherical, and a superb lengthy putt and a tap-in helped Fleetwood to a par whereas the New Zealander carded a bogey 5.
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Fox needed to play a ‘blind’ second shot after a wayward drive, was wanting the inexperienced in two, went by it along with his chip and two putted.
Finishing second was significantly disappointing for the son of All Blacks legend Grant Fox as he would have changed Rory McIlroy at the highest of the European rankings had he triumphed.
McIlroy, Fox and Fleetwood will compete within the season-closing occasion on the European circuit in Dubai from Thursday.
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Fleetwood birdied 4 holes on the entrance 9 of a last spherical that was interrupted for 3 hours by the specter of lightning.
His solely blip was a bogey at the par-three twelfth, however he recovered his momentum shortly with an eagle two holes later.
The 2020 and 2021 editions of the Nedbank Challenge had been cancelled as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
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Final scores from the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, on Sunday (par 72; GBR & IRL except acknowledged):
277 – Tommy Fleetwood 70-70-70-67
278 – Ryan Fox (NZL) 64-74-72-68
279 – Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 72-69-69-69
280 – Richie Ramsay 69-71-71-69
281 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 73-68-68-72, Sebastian Soderberg (SWE) 71-71-72-67
282 – Gavin Green (USA) 72-65-75-70
283 – Richard Bland 68-68-75-72, Branden Grace (RSA) 70-67-71-75, Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN) 69-69-69-76, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 70-72-69-72, Min Woo Lee (AUS) 68-76-70-69
