Broomhead wins playoff to claim Sunbet Challenge

Jonathan Broomhead and his caddie, Kaylan Boshoff. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour

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 play-off 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 play-off 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 play-off 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