Germany’s Celina Sattelkau claimed back-to-back wins on the Sunshine Ladies Tour with a convincing five-stroke victory in the NTT DATA Ladies’ Pro-Am brought to you by Standard Bank at The Links at Fancourt on Sunday.
Sattelkau closed with a final round of 72 to win on seven under par, with fellow German Sophie Witt taking second place on two under after a closing 73.
It completed an incredible start to this season’s Sunshine Ladies Tour for Sattelkau, who won last week’s SuperSport Ladies Challenge.
“Back-to-back wins – yes I am super happy as I did not feel so well about my game this week. My body also did not feel very well this morning. I am happy to have pulled it off,” Sattelkau said.
Sattelkau went into Sunday’s final round with a three-stroke lead and she played incredibly composed golf in testing conditions, dropping only one shot.
“Today was really difficult. It was windy and the pin placements weren’t easy with the firmer greens. It was a big mental and physical challenge. On this course, you can lose a golf ball really quickly. Staying on the fairways was critical today. I made only pars on the front nine, which I was happy about. After the bogey, I knew I could make some birdies on the last few holes, and that is what I did. The birdie on the 18th hole was a great way to finish.”
Sattelkau was also delighted to have a fellow German at the top of the leaderboard.
“I am really happy for Sophie (Witt) as well. We actually shared a room last week and this week. We are really good friends. Finishing first and second is always great so I think we will be sharing more rooms this year,” Sattelkau said.
South African Stacy Bregman (71) tied for third place with Iceland’s Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (72) on one under par.
SCORES
139 - Celina Sattelkau (GER) 67 72
144 - Sophie Witt (GER) 71 73
145 - Stacy Bregman 74 71
145 - Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 73 72
146 - Zane Kleynhans 72 74
146 - Kaiyuree Moodley 71 75, Caitlyn Macnab 71 75
147 - Verena Gimmy (GER) 76 71
147 - Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 73 74, Lily May Humphreys (ENG) 72 75
148 - Alexandra Swayne (ISV) 73 75
148 - Laura Beveridge (SCO) 70 78
149 - Lee-Anne Pace 74 75
149 - Cara Gorlei 73 76
150 - Kiera Floyd 75 75
150 - Danielle du Toit 74 76, Ana Dawson (IMN) 72 78, Gabrielle Venter 71 79
151 - Nadia van der Westhuizen 78 73
151 - Kaylah Williams 78 73
152 - Lorna McClymont (SCO) 81 71
152 - Lenanda Nel 74 78
153 - Romy Meekers (NED) 78 75
153 - Chiara Horder (GER) 76 77
154 - Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 78 76
154 - Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 77 77, Thalia Martin (ENG) 76 78, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 74 80, Symone Henriques 71 83
155 - Isabella van Rooyen 78 77
156 - Bronwyn Doeg 76 80
158 - Emily Penttila (FIN) 78 80
158 - Hannah Karg (GER) 75 83
159 - Kelsey Nicholas 83 76
159 - Lora Assad 79 80, Tara Baglione 76 83
160 - Tandi McCallum 80 80
160 - Ivanna van der Merwe 78 82, Demi Flanagan 78 82, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 73 87
163 - Tereza Melecka (CZE) 85 78
165 - Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 83 82
168 - Naom Wafula (KEN) 81 87
RTD - Tina Mazarino (NOR) RTD WDN