{"id":3584,"date":"2022-12-11T20:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/alfred-dunhill-championship-south-africas-ockie-strydom-wins-after-19-second-places\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T20:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:58:32","slug":"alfred-dunhill-championship-south-africas-ockie-strydom-wins-after-19-second-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/alfred-dunhill-championship-south-africas-ockie-strydom-wins-after-19-second-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Dunhill Championship: South Africa’s Ockie Strydom wins after 19 second places"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ockie Strydom’s only previous tournament win was on South Africa’s Sunshine Tour in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n
-18<\/strong> O Strydom (SA); <\/span>-16<\/strong> A Otaegui (Spa); <\/span>-15<\/strong> L Canter (Eng); <\/span>-14<\/strong> B Grace (SA), O Bekker (SA), A Cockerill (Can); <\/span>-13<\/strong> D Burmester (SA), L Oosthuizen (SA)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected others:<\/strong>-11<\/strong> S Jamieson (Sco), N Kimsey (Eng); <\/span>-10<\/strong> T McKibbin (NI); <\/span>-9<\/strong> E Pepperell (Eng), R Fisher (Eng)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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South Africa’s Ockie Strydom finally claimed his first win on the DP World Tour after 19 second places.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 37-year-old won the Alfred Dunhill Championship by two shots from Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, with England’s Laurie Canter a shot further back in third.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Strydom finished with a three-under-par 69 to reach 18 under at Leopard Creek, which borders the Kruger National Park game reserve in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I love Leopard Creek because I feel so calm in the bush,” said Strydom.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am sure my wife and parents are at home crying.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Strydom started the final round tied for the lead with Scotland’s Scott Jamieson, but while his playing partner fell away with a four-over 76 to finish tied for 11th place on 11 under, the South African held his nerve.<\/span><\/p>\n

He overcame a poor opening nine holes, reaching the turn one-over for the round, before reeling off four birdies in five holes to open a three-stroke lead over Otaegui.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spaniard birdied the last, carding a four-under 68 to finish on 16 under, but Strydom took no chances on the 18th, laying up short of the island green before securing his par with a pitch and two putts to seal victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strydom’s only previous title came in the Origins of Golf tournament on South Africa’s Sunshine Tour in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

England’s Canter, 33, who played in the inaugural LIV Golf series, produced the lowest final-round score, firing an eight-under 64, including an eagle and seven birdies, to finish third.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Ockie Strydom’s only previous tournament win was on South Africa’s Sunshine Tour in 2019 -18 O Strydom (SA); -16 A Otaegui (Spa); -15 L Canter (Eng); -14 B Grace (SA), O Bekker (SA), A Cockerill (Can); -13 D Burmester (SA), L Oosthuizen (SA) Selected others:-11 S Jamieson (Sco), N Kimsey (Eng); -10 T McKibbin (NI); […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3586,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions\/3586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}