De Jager ends winless run with victory in Durban
Pretoria’s Louis de Jager broke his four-year win drought last week with a superb victory on the Sunshine Tour.
Louis de Jager from Centurion ended his four-year winless run with a come-from-behind one-stroke victory on the Sunshine Tour over CJ du Plessis and Breyten Meyer in the Sibaya Challenge held at Mount Edgecombe last week.
“It has been long. I think it’s about four years since my last win, so it’s a real relief to get it done,” said a delighted 31-year old Pretoria golfer after his victory.
In a season where he has played solid golf, missing just one cut – at last week’s tournament in Parys – De Jager said he has been expecting to win for a while but will not complain about how long it took to win his fourth title now that it has finally come.
“I’ve felt like it was coming for a long time. Even last week, I played quite well but the scores just didn’t reflect it. So, coming here my spirits was high and I was comfortable and confident in my game and it showed this week because I played some really good golf,” he said.
In in the final round De Jager started the round trailing overnight leader, Meyer, by four shots. Although Meyer and Du Plessis didn’t show any signs of slowing down for the better part of the round, De Jager kept at it, making significant gains as he piled the pressure.
He admitted, however, that at some point he thought he was out of the chase for the top position.
“I hit it left into the water on number 11 and I had to take a drop and I made a bogey. At that stage I was about three or four shots behind and I thought that maybe I’ve lost my chances. But, I kept going, kept grinding and finished very strong,” he explained.
His efforts finally paid dividends when Meyer dropped shots. When he eventually caught up with both Meyer and Du Plessis in the last two holes and didn’t lose his composure.
Two birdies for De Jager on those holes were enough to take the lead and win the tournament.
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