Vincent digs deep to claim Waterfall City Tournament of Champions crown
- Sunshine Tour
- May 25
- 2 min read
Zimbabwean Kieran Vincent secured his second Sunshine Tour title with a four-stroke victory in the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions supported by Attacq and WCMC at Royal Johannesburg on Sunday.
Vincent closed with an eventful 70 that included a nine on the par-four third hole for a total of 18-under par. Daniel van Tonder finished second on 14-under with a closing 70, while Pieter Moolman took third place on 13-under with a 69.
“Well the first one went out of bounds and the second one followed suit. Once the second one goes out of bounds you start to get really nervous,” Vincent said of his experience on the third.
“But me and my team have been taking about fighting for a while and that’s what was ringing in my head. Walking off the third green towards the fourth tee, I told myself the only way we can go through this is if we fight.”
The Zimbabwean did just that and rolled in seven birdies over the composite nine-hole setup for this tournament to carry him to the title.
“Credit to my team throughout the last couple of months for instilling a lot in me to be able to fight like the way we did today. A lot goes on when you play a nine-hole loop and it’s my first time doing that. I really enjoyed it. All in all, it was a great day,” he said.
Van Tonder rolled in an eagle putt on the last to secure second on his own.
Tandi McCallum finished as the top Sunshine Ladies Tour professional on one under par following her final round of 72.
Scores
270 - Kieran Vincent 70 69 61 70
274 - Daniel van Tonder 70 68 66 70
275 - Pieter Moolman 70 67 69 69
277 - Jonathan Broomhead 72 65 70 70
278 - MJ Viljoen 67 71 74 66, Jacques Blaauw 69 70 70 69
280 - Michael Hollick 71 74 67 68
281 - Jean Hugo 70 72 71 68, Ruan Korb 70 69 71 71
283 - Luis Carrera 70 67 77 69, Jbe' Kruger 70 72 72 69, Luke Jerling 76 67 71 69
285 - Luke Brown 72 72 73 68, Altin van der Merwe 79 71 66 69, Keenan Davidse 73 72 67 73, Louis Albertse 71 69 68 77
286 - Martin Vorster 80 69 69 68, Jaco Ahlers 73 69 70 74
287 - Tandi McCallum 74 72 69 72
288 - George Coetzee 67 70 73 78
289 - Cara Gorlei 76 70 73 70, Nikhil Rama 74 70 72 73
291 - Nobuhle Dlamini 73 73 72 73, Warwick Purchase 73 68 75 75
292 - Doug McGuigan 71 72 75 74
293 - Yurav Premlall 77 75 71 70, Bryan Newman 77 70 73 73
294 - Danielle du Toit 74 72 75 73
295 - Jovan Rebula 75 75 72 73, Nadia van der Westhuizen 74 69 78 74
297 - Jake Roos 71 75 76 75
304 - Logan Leisher 76 74 74 80
308 - Gia Raad 77 80 77 74
RTD - Gabrielle Venter 75 70 82 RTD
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