Jonathan Broomhead 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 playoff for the Sunbet Challenge hosted by Time Square at Wingate Park Country Club on Friday.
Broomhead and Strydom finished regulation play tied for the lead on 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 playoff, 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 13th on eight under par.
The Sunshine Tour now travels to the Wild Coast Sun Country Club in September for the Sunbet Challenge hosted by Wild Coast Sun.
SCORES
203 - Jonathan Broomhead 69 66 68 WN
203 - Jean-Paul Strydom 66 66 71 KO
205 - Yurav Premlall 68 70 67, Estiaan Conradie 71 67 67, James Mack 65 69 71, Austin Bautista 69 65 71
206 - Kyle Barker 68 70 68
207 - Christiaan Burke 72 69 66, Jason Roets 75 65 67, Simon du Plooy 68 69 70, Jacquin Hess 67 69 71, Tyran Snyders 68 68 71
208 - Herman Loubser 72 69 67, Ruan Conradie 71 70 67, Warwick Purchase 72 67 69, Ruan Korb 72 65 71, Jacques Blaauw 66 71 71, Marcus Sandile Taylor 68 69 71, Joe Long 70 67 71, Martin Vorster 66 70 72
209 - Louis Albertse 70 70 69, Kyle De Beer 74 64 71, Ricky Hendler 67 71 71, Gerhard Pepler 69 65 75
210 - Graham van der Merwe 72 69 69, Kieran Vincent 70 70 70, Albert Venter 70 70 70, Fredrik From 71 69 70, Jake Redman 70 66 74, George Coetzee 68 67 75
211 - Rowan Lester 69 72 70, Neil Schietekat 64 75 72, Matthew Spacey 71 68 72, Lyle Rowe 71 67 73, Tyrone Ryan 70 67 74
212 - Pierre Viallaneix 73 68 71, Jordan Duminy 68 70 74
213 - Musiwalo Nethunzwi 74 67 72, Luis Carrera 67 73 73, Gregory Mckay 74 66 73, Keelan van Wyk 70 69 74, Martin Rohwer 68 69 76, Ethan Smith 68 68 77
214 - Christian Kriek 69 72 73, James Pennington 71 67 76
215 - Conner Mackenzie 68 72 75
216 - Paul Boshoff 67 74 75, Otto Van Buynder 74 67 75
217 - Anthony Michael 71 70 76
218 - Benjamin Van Wyk 71 70 77, Jack Hawksby 71 68 79
MISSED THE CUT:
142 - Altin van der Merwe 71 71, Rupert Kaminski 72 70, Jean Hugo 74 68, Nikhil Rama 72 70, Pieter Moolman 70 72, Trevor Fisher Jnr 70 72, Luca Filippi 71 71, Christiaan Basson 72 70, Keagan Thomas 72 70, Jordan Burnand 72 70, Mikkel Antonsen 72 70, Samuel Simpson 68 74, Oliver Bekker 72 70, JJ Senekal 72 70, Jacques P de Villiers 68 74, Tyron Davidowitz 71 71
143 - Keenan Davidse 74 69, Tomas Gana 72 71, Tristen Strydom 73 70, Jaco Prinsloo 71 72, Pierre Pellegrin 73 70, Stals Swart 69 74, Marcel Steyn Scholtz 73 70
144 - Luke Jerling 69 75, CJ du Plessis 68 76, Rhys West 72 72, Brandon Meads 73 71, Thomas Spreadborough 75 69, Jason Broomhead 75 69, Leon Vorster 71 73, Danie Van Niekerk 75 69, Jaco Ahlers 73 71, Rourke van der Spuy 72 72, Eric Wowor 72 72
145 - Kyle McClatchie 73 72, Peter Karmis 70 75, Sean Cronje 69 76, Franklin Manchest 70 75, Dylan Mostert 72 73, Xander Basson 72 73, Wynand Dingle 73 72, Karabo Mokoena 77 68, Michael Hollick 71 74, Allister de Kock 73 72, Ruan Groenewald 73 72, Stuart Krog 73 72
146 - Jastice Mashego 71 75, Doug McGuigan 71 75, Ruan de Smidt 71 75, Toto Thimba Jnr 73 73, Quintin Wilsnach 72 74, Allen John 74 72, Stephen Ferreira 71 75, Ryan van der Klis 76 70
147 - Mandla Dlamini Jnr 71 76, Luke Mayo 75 72, Joe Knox 72 75, Robson Chinhoi 76 71, Hennie Otto 73 74, Hennie O'Kennedy 75 72
148 - MJ Viljoen 75 73, Keanu Pestana 76 72, Zachary Chegwidden 74 74, Irvin Mosate wa Mazibuko 78 70, Hayden Griffiths 76 72, Nick Cunningham 74 74, Thabiso Ngcobo 74 74
149 - Christo Roos 72 77, Werner Deyzel 76 73, Heinrich Bruiners 73 76, Keegan Mclachlan 75 74, Makhetha Mazibuko 74 75
150 - Liam Grehan 72 78, Sentanio Minnie 72 78, Tumelo Molloyi 74 76, Trevor Mahoney 75 75, Luke Brown 72 78
151 - Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa 75 76, Slade Pickering 75 76
152 - Keelan Africa 78 74
153 - Thanda Mavundla 74 79
159 - Umar Davids 76 83
WDN - Stefan Wears-Taylor 76 WDN, Ulrich van den Berg 71 RTD