Johannesburg: Denmark’s Morten Orum Madsen claimed his first European Tour victory with a two-shot win at the South African Open Championship on the outskirts of Johannesburg yesterday.
Madsen had looked an unlikely winner earlier in the day but Hennie Otto and Charl Schwartzel both squandered three-shot leads to gift him the title.
He carded a bogey-free five-under-par 67 in his fourth round for a total of 269, two shots ahead of South Africans Jbe Kruger and Otto.
The 25-year-old beat his previous best finish of second at the Madeira Open in May.
“It’s been an amazing day, it hasn’t sunk in. Coming down here I didn’t expect to win,” Madsen said. “Schwartzel looked like he was just going to go off... I was just trying to hang on and see if I could stay within two or three shots. Unfortunately for him he struggled on a couple of holes and got some bad breaks. Luckily for me I was there to capitalise.”
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