South Africa’s Danielle Du Toit secured her second Sunshine Ladies Tour title on Saturday after winning the Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by The City of Cape Town at Durbanville Golf Club.
Du Toit closed with a 72 to win by a single stroke on four under par.
The Netherlands’ Romy Meekers and Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey shared second place on three under following their respective final rounds of 71 and 73.
Du Toit was delighted to see the hard work she’s put into her game finally pay off.
“It’s such a great step forward for me. I’m happy to see the progress. It was tough on the final day, but I had my family and friends here and the crowd was amazing. It’s such a privilege to be in this position. I was having fun all the way to the end. If you give me this again tomorrow I’ll take it, even if I have to lose,” Du Toit said.
Du Toit and Mehaffey started the day tied for the lead. A tense final round followed, with the lead changing hands a few times. Du Toit and Mehaffey were locked in the lead again stepping onto the 10th tee, with both turning at one under for the day.
“I had a slow start and didn’t make any of my putts, with Olivia getting off to a hot start with two early birdies. A mental reset was needed and I told my caddie that I’m just going to play my game and see what happens,” Du Toit said.
Despite a double-bogey on 16, Du Toit took the lead with a vital two-shot swing on the 17th hole where she birdied and Mehaffey bogeyed, giving her the victory.
“I made an incredible clutch putt on the 15th hole, with an unfortunate double-bogey that followed on the 16th. I told my caddie before the start of the17th that we will not go down without a fight. I then hit it to within 15 feet and made my second big clutch putt. On the 18th hole I had another 10-footer for the win, which I really should stop leaving myself, but I am happy to have won,” Du Toit said.
SCORES
212 - Danielle du Toit 71 69 72
213 - Romy Meekers (NED) 71 71 71
213 - Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 69 71 73
214 - Isabella van Rooyen 71 71 72
214 - Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 71 70 73
215 - Charlotte Liautier (FRA) 73 74 68
216 - Lorna McClymont (SCO) 73 74 69
216 - Hayley Davis (ENG) 74 71 71, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 68 73 75
217 - Ellie Gower (ENG) 72 75 70
217 - Lee-Anne Pace 72 74 71, Kiera Floyd 73 73 71, Thalia Martin (ENG) 71 70 76
218 - Ivanna van der Merwe 72 73 73
218 - Hanna Tauber (GER) 72 71 75, Gabrielle Venter 69 73 76, Nadia van der Westhuizen 72 69 77
219 - Kaiyuree Moodley 75 72 72
220 - Chiara Horder (GER) 76 72 72
220 - Kelsey Nicholas 71 73 76, Kaylah Williams 65 77 78, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 74 76 70
221 - Tina Mazarino (NOR) 75 71 75
221 - Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 74 75 72
222 - Lois Lau (FRA) 70 77 75
222 - Cara Gorlei 76 71 75, Hulda Gestsdottir (ISL) 72 76 74, Lora Assad 75 74 73
223 - Michaela Fletcher 75 73 75
223 - Lenanda Nel 76 73 74, Symone Henriques 75 74 74, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 77 72 74, Tiffany Arafi (SUI) 72 77 74, Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 74 76 73
224 - Lianna Bailey (ENG) 72 75 77
224 - Mia Eales-Smith (ENG) 73 74 77, Rebecca Earl (ENG) 72 71 81, Demi Flanagan 76 74 74
225 - Tara Baglione 76 73 76
225 - Bronwyn Doeg 70 75 80, Ashley Chow (CAN) 77 73 75
226 - Doris Chen (TPE) 74 74 78
226 - Emie Peronnin (FRA) 77 73 76
227 - Nina Pegova (WHT) 76 74 77
230 - Gala Dumez (FRA) 74 75 81
231 - Cara Ford 75 75 81
Missed the cut:-
151 - Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 76 75
151 - Bobbi Brown 78 73, Charlotte Millard (a) 77 74, Anita Uwadia (BRI) 76 75, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 78 73
152 - Jordan Rothman 74 78
152 - Tandi McCallum 79 73
153 - Sophie Witt (GER) 78 75
153 - Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 79 74, Chloe Salort (FRA) 75 78, Michaela Vavrova (SVK) 80 73, Zane Kleynhans 77 76
154 - Rosie Belsham (ENG) 74 80
154 - Stacy Bregman 75 79, Gia Raad (a) 75 79, Ellen Hume (ENG) 75 79, Taylor White (SCO) 78 76, Hester Sicking (NED) 79 75, Theresa de Bochdanovits (GER) 77 77
155 - Hannah Karg (GER) 79 76
155 - Odette Booysen (a) 78 77, Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 77 78
156 - Canice Screene (IRL) 74 82
156 - Danielle Hardwick (ENG) 78 78, Kristyna Napoleaova (CZE) 76 80
157 - Maegan Webster (a) 77 80
158 - Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 80 78
158 - Naom Wafula (KEN) 79 79, Linn Wiberg (SWE) 82 76
159 - Lindi Coetzee 80 79
159 - Louise Duncan (SCO) 82 77, Clara Pietri (SUI) 81 78
160 - Chante van Zyl 80 80
161 - Kaylee Webster (a) 84 77
162 - Lee-Ann van der Merwe (a) 80 82
163 - Ellandri van Heerden 78 85
164 - Leontine Petit (FRA) 82 82
164 - Lynette Fourie 79 85
165 - Lilly Speer (a) (GER) 84 81
165 - Shawnelle de Lange 81 84
174 - Kim de Klerk 85 89
177 - Kayla van der Merwe (a) 89 88