Golfing equilibrium restored as Big Fish regains San Lameer Open title

Hitting a tee shot out of bounds on the very first hole probably isn’t the best way to start a strokeplay tournament.

But that’s what Gavin Sole did at the San Lameer Open/Southern KZN Closed last Sunday.

It’s not like he doesn’t know the course – he’s won the tournament nine times, also won the Southern KZN Open there, and played in a number of IPTs at this scenic layout.

He was less than happy having to write down seven on his card, and then had to hole a 10 foot putt for bogey on the next to avoid starting double-double.

“I thought to myself what’s going on here,” he said.

However, in typical Big Fish fashion, he fought back in style, holing a 9-iron for eagle on the stroke one 7th hole, and then very nearly following it up with another eagle on the par five 8th hole.

He ended up scoring 70 and 70 for a four under total and victory by two over Dian Wilmot (Mount Edgecombe CC), who had a pair of 71s.

In third place was Elvis Khawula (Margate CC) who surprised himself with rounds of 74 and 70. “Better than expected,” he said.

Defending champion Sean Baker, who made the trip from George, had two rounds of 75.

The B division was won by Werner Duggan (Southbroom GC) on 76 points, with Frans Klopper (San Lameer CC) the runner-up.

RESULTS
A division
140 Gavin Sole 70 70
142 Dian Wilmot 71 71
144 Elvis Khawula 74 70
145 Jack Cubitt 77 68
146 Matt Sutherland 72 74
148 Graham Fabricius 71 77
149 David Watts 72 77
150 Sean Baker 75 75
154 Paul Swanepoel 80 74
154 Julian Daws 74 80
155 Jean-Marc Bouic 76 79
157 Wonderboy Nxumalo 80 77
157 Matthew Crookes 81 76
158 Matt Walters 81 77
160 Gideon Jansen van Rensburg 82 78
160 Thami Xolo 78 82
161 Corné van Deventer 78 83
165 James Coull 86 79
166 Himesh Sewsunker 83 83
166 Douglas Sima 84 82
170 Graham Sole 86 84
170 Keagan Horner 82 88
180 Grant Richards 87 93

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