Online Reporter
Takudzwa Chitsiga
Zimpapers Sports Hub
ZIMBABWEAN professional golfer Kieran Vincent continued with his fine form after he made the cut at the Sunbet Challenge hosted by Time Square at Wingate Park Country Club in Pretoria, South Africa at the weekend.
Vincent has been taking part in the Sunshine Tour tournaments and last week he also made it into the money zone for the Vodacom Origins of Golf.
A total of four professional golfers including Vincent, Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa, Stuart Krog and Robson Chinhoi were part of the field and it was Vincent only who made the cut after carding rounds of 70, 70 and 70 for a six-under-par for a six-way tie for position 25.
The tournament was won by Jonathan Broomhead who claimed his fourth Sunshine Tour title in the space of 16 months after beating Jean-Paul Strydom on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off.
Broomhead and Strydom finished regulation play tied for the lead at 13-under-par after their respective final rounds of 68 and 71.
Strydom started his final round with a two-shot lead over the field but could only find two birdies and a bogey during his final round.
This opened the door for Broomhead who rolled in five birdies, only dropping one shot, on his way into the play-off where a par was good enough to earn him the title.
It’s been a remarkably quick rise to four Sunshine Tour titles for Broomhead, and this victory moves him into second place on the Sunshine Tour’s Courier Guy Order of Merit.
Yurav Premlall continued his good form. After losing in a playoff last week, Premlall closed with a 67 on Friday to share third place on 11 under par alongside Estiaan Conradie (67), James Mack (71) and Australia’s Austin Bautista (71).
Herman Loubser, the current lead on the Courier Guy Order of Merit, finished tied for 13th on eight under par.
