It was a close race for a while today but in the end Australia's Marc Leishman pulled away with four birdies on the back nine from Henrik Stenson to win the 35th edition of the Nedbank Golf Challenge by six shots on another hot day in Sun City.
His scores of 68 68 66 67 -19 were the class of the week and while he and Stenson were in virtual match play all afternoon, the big Swede could only manage E 72 to finish alone in second at -13.
With Leishman up by 3 shots I thought the final nail in the coffin for Stenson came at the 15th where he drove into the trees on the left to drop a shot as Leishman rolled in long one for birdie, giving the Aussie a five-shot lead with 3 to play.
It is Leishman's first European Tour win, and afterwards he summed it up like this. "I’m pretty happy to have this year over, to be honest. Audrey (his wife) got very sick and I lost an uncle who I was very close to. This tops off what was otherwise not a great year. Three weeks ago we moved into a new house, so this will help pay for that.”
Chris Wood finished in third place at -9 with defending champion Danny Willett, Victor Dubuisson, Branden Grace and Robert Streb all at -8
Bryan Angus
(notes from europeantour.com)
Bryan Angus
(notes from europeantour.com)
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