Dean Burmester looked on helplessly as Coetzee weaved his magic after the final round shaped up to be between Burmester and Darren Fichardt. But Coetzee’s grandstand finish drew him level with Burmester after Fichardt dropped a shot on the par-four 15th. His brilliant approach to the final green knocked the wind out of Burmester’s sails.
“I finished off strongly yesterday on 16, 17 and 18, so I thought to myself that I just needed to keep myself in the mix until those three holes, but I wasn’t expecting to do the same thing,” Coetzee said. “But I’m very happy that I did and luckily it was enough to get the job done.”
Scores
268 – George Coetzee (RSA) 68 70 64 66
269 – Dean Burmester (RSA) 67 70 65 67
271 – Ross McGowan (ENG) 70 66 69 66, Alexander Knappe (GER) 68 66 70 67, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 66 68 68 69
272 – Brandon Stone (RSA) 65 72 69 66, Garrick Porteous (ENG) 69 66 70 67
274 – Julien Guerrier (FRA) 67 65 73 69
275 – Ben Eccles (AUS) 70 64 77 64, Bobby Wyatt (USA) 69 72 67 67, Toby Tree (ENG) 67 66 73 69, Espen Kofstad (NOR) 67 68 70 70
276 – Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA) 70 67 71 68, Christiaan Basson (RSA) 69 71 66 70, Ockie Strydom (RSA) 70 67 72 67
277 – Vaughn Groenewald (RSA) 69 68 73 67, Matthew Nixon (ENG) 68 68 70 71
278 – Jaco Ahlers (RSA) 73 66 72 67, Wallie Coetsee (RSA) 67 68 72 71, Michael Palmer (RSA) 71 67 70 70, Danie van Tonder (RSA) 72 69 71 66
279 – Garth Mulroy (RSA) 69 74 68 68, Kevin Phelan (IRL) 71 73 68 67, Daniel Gaunt (AUS) 70 69 69 71, Jean-Paul Strydom (RSA) 68 69 71 71, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 65 72 70 72, Tjaart van der Walt (RSA) 71 68 68 72, Peter Karmis (RSA) 66 70 71 72, Ulrich van den Berg (RSA) 68 69 73 69
280 – Jacques Blaauw (RSA) 67 73 71 69, Mark Murless (RSA) 67 72 72 69, Jean Hugo (RSA) 68 72 70 70, Madalitso Muthiya (ZAM) 66 69 75 70
281 – Zander Lombard (RSA) 68 71 75 67, Richard Sterne (RSA) 78 66 69 68, Louis de Jager (RSA) 70 70 70 71, James Robinson (ENG) 71 67 72 71, Hennie Otto (RSA) 66 75 69 71
282 – Jonathan Agren (SWE) 75 69 70 68, Ruan de Smidt (RSA) 70 70 72 70
283 – Jack Harrison (ENG) 73 67 74 69, Chris Swanepoel (RSA) 73 66 74 70, Allan Versfeld (RSA) 72 69 72 70, Doug McGuigan (SCO) 72 69 70 72, Andrew Curlewis (RSA) 71 73 67 72, Andre de Decker (RSA) 72 73 70 68, Titch Moore (RSA) 75 66 70 72
284 – Gavin Moynihan (IRL) 73 73 69 69, Kevin Stone (RSA) 68 73 73 70, Jared Harvey (RSA) 76 67 71 70, Dylan Frittelli (RSA) 67 70 74 73, Keenan Davidse (RSA) 72 69 70 73
285 – Andrew Georgiou (CYP) 72 71 69 73, MJ Viljoen (RSA) 72 69 71 73
286 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 71 68 73 74
287 – Scott Henry (SCO) 71 68 76 72, Haydn Porteous (RSA) 68 73 73 73, Steven Ferreira (RSA) 72 70 73 72, Zachary Portemont (USA) 71 70 70 76
288 – Christofer Blomstrand (SWE) 68 75 72 73, JC Ritchie (RSA) 70 73 72 73
289 – Bradford Vaughan (RSA) 75 69 71 74
291 – Tyrone Ferreira (RSA) 73 68 73 77
292 – Antonio Rosado (POR) 68 76 71 77
293 – Lindani Ndwandwe (RSA) 70 73 72 78
Source: African News Agency (ANA)
