Deon Germishuys claimed his second Sunshine Tour title when he won the Limpopo Championship by two strokes at the Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Estate on Sunday.
Germishuys signed for a final round of 66 to win on 22 under par and add to his victory in the 2022 Sishen Classic.
Jacques Blaauw, who led by one stroke over Germishuys going into the final round, finished second on 20 under par with a closing 69.
Jacques Kruyswijk (66) and Dylan Mostert (66) shared third place on 17 under par.
“I don’t know where to start,” said a relieved Germishuys. “Jacques played great golf for the first three days and even today in the final round.”
Blaauw started well with a birdie at the first while Germishuys made a bogey as early as the second hole. But as the putts dried up for Blaauw thereafter, Germishuys found his form on the greens. He birdied the third and then made his charge with four straight birdies from the sixth hole.
“I thought I had Jacques after nine holes after I made four birdies in a row, but he just didn’t back off,” said Germishuys.
Blaauw made four birdies on the back nine, but also two bogeys. Kruyswijk came with his own charge of five birdies in six holes from the ninth. But Germishuys made two birdies of his own on the back nine that proved enough to secure him the victory.
'WORKED OUT WELL'
“I feel like the gameplan that my caddie and I worked out this week really helped. We just tried to hit as many shots to the middle of the green and make some putts, and obviously I put a new putter in the bag this week. It was a new feeling for me but it worked out well.
“As we walked up the 18th I said to my caddie that it was basically perfect all day except for the one shot on the 12th. The whole week I wasn’t hitting my irons close enough but I found something on the practice range this morning and it was perfect. It was really perfect the whole day around.”
The Sunshine Tour completes its season with this week’s Tour Championship delivered by The Courier Guy at Serengeti Estates, where the top 50 available professionals on the Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy will battle it out for glory.
SCORES:
266 - Deon Germishuys 66 66 68 66
268 - Jacques Blaauw 67 65 67 69
271 - Jacques Kruyswijk 67 68 70 66, Dylan Mostert 70 68 67 66
272 - Keenan Davidse 69 65 71 67
274 - Louis Albertse 68 70 69 67, Jean Hugo 67 67 72 68
275 - Gerhard Pepler 70 69 69 67, James Mack 68 71 66 70, Dylan Naidoo 70 68 64 73
276 - MJ Viljoen 69 68 72 67, Ryan Van Velzen 74 63 69 70
277 - Zander Lombard 67 64 76 70, Jonathan Broomhead 69 69 69 70, Wilco Nienaber 66 71 68 72, Lyle Rowe 71 66 68 72
278 - Benjamin Follett-Smith 74 67 70 67, Kyle Barker 71 71 66 70, Keegan Mclachlan 69 69 70 70, Rupert Kaminski 68 67 71 72
279 - Ricky Hendler 70 69 72 68, Michael Hollick 66 73 70 70, Stuart Krog 71 70 68 70, Jovan Rebula 67 68 73 71, Sean Bradley 70 69 69 71
280 - Hennie O'Kennedy 70 70 72 68, Jacques P de Villiers 67 72 71 70
281 - Luke Jerling 72 69 70 70, Kyle De Beer 70 72 68 71, Fredrik From 69 69 70 73, Ethan Smith 66 70 71 74
282 - Ruan Korb 71 67 72 72, James Hart du Preez 70 72 71 69, Christiaan Basson 72 70 71 69, Conner Mackenzie 70 71 73 68
283 - Allister de Kock 72 70 69 72, Rhys West 70 73 69 71, Yurav Premlall 71 72 67 73, Martin Vorster 70 70 73 70, Karabo Mokoena 68 70 70 75
284 - Luca Filippi 68 74 70 72, Tristen Strydom 68 75 69 72, Neil Schietekat 71 70 72 71, Heinrich Bruiners 76 67 70 71, Wynand Dingle 67 72 75 70, Keelan van Wyk 71 72 72 69
285 - Robin Williams 70 70 72 73, Peter Karmis 74 66 72 73, LB Boshoff 70 71 71 73, Nikhil Rama 69 72 72 72, Luke Brown 70 69 74 72
286 - Toto Thimba Jnr 74 68 74 70, Tyron Davidowitz 73 70 75 68
287 - Madalitso Muthiya 71 70 70 76, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 71 70 74 72, Anthony Michael 67 76 72 72, Kyle McClatchie 73 70 73 71, Dylan Kayne 72 70 75 70
288 - Willie Olivier 71 69 77 71
289 - Gerhard Trytsman 73 69 76 71, Tristin Galant 71 72 75 71, Travis Ladner 73 69 77 70
290 - Jake Redman 73 69 71 77, Siyanda Mwandla 73 70 70 77, Warwick Purchase 74 68 72 76, Ryan Tipping 72 71 77 70
291 - Leon Visser 71 69 75 76, Steven Le Roux 69 73 76 73
292 - Makhetha Mazibuko 71 71 74 76
293 - Simon du Plooy 72 71 76 74
WDN - Danie Van Niekerk 71 70 78 WDN, David Meyers 73 69 76 RTD
Missed the cut:-
144 - Jason Roets 70 74, Anton Karlsson 71 73, Ruan Conradie 73 71, Jack Hawksby 74 70, Reinhardt Blaauw 75 69, Jastice Mashego 72 72, Dayne Moore 72 72, Erhard Lambrechts 71 73, Sean Cronje 72 72
145 - Alex Haindl 72 73, Gregory Mckay 72 73, CJ du Plessis 75 70, Ronald Rugumayo 74 71, Ulrich van den Berg 72 73, Umar Davids 73 72, Thabang Simon 73 72
146 - Luke Trocado 74 72, Irvin Mazibuko 72 74, Rourke van der Spuy 70 76, Herman Loubser 74 72, Merrick Bremner 73 73, Quintin Wilsnach 69 77, Wade Jacobs 71 75, Joe Long 71 75, Trevor Fisher Jnr 71 75, Richie O'Donovan 72 74, Marcel Steyn Scholtz 71 75, Richard Joubert 75 71
147 - Albert Venter 71 76, Austin Bautista 72 75, Adriel Poonan 75 72, Jbe Kruger 70 77, Keagan Thomas 77 70, Vaughn van Deventer 79 68
148 - Matthew Spacey 74 74, Robson Chinhoi 73 75
149 - Tumelo Molloyi 76 73, Estiaan Conradie 76 73, Pierre Pellegrin 72 77, Jonathan Waschefort 77 72, Drikus Joubert 73 76, Combrinck Smit 74 75, Samuel Simpson 73 76, Nyasha Muyambo 75 74
150 - Ruan de Smidt 72 78, Aneurin Gounden 74 76, Jared Harvey 73 77
151 - Franklin Manchest 76 75, Keelan Africa 74 77, Nicholaus Frade 74 77, Haydn Porteous 77 74
152 - Alphius Kelapile 77 75
153 - Evance Vukeya 76 77, Lwazi Gqira 78 75
155 - James Pennington 75 80
156 - Louis Botha 80 76
157 - Lindani Ndwandwe 79 78
158 - Mandla Dlamini Jnr 78 80, Sentanio Minnie 83 75, Ricco Motsa 80 78
160 - Michael Kok 77 83
WDN - James Kamte 79 WDN WDN