Excellent performance by Lorenzo Scalise, who finished fifth with 270 (67 69 67 67, -18) strokes in the SDC Open, a Challenge Tour tournament organized in collaboration with the Sunshine Tour on the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa course (par 72) in Limpopo in South Africa.
The South African JJ Senekal won with 263 (62 67 69 65, -25), after a header, who defeated his compatriot Casey Jarvis second with 267 (-21).
Challenge Tour, results
Good performances, in a blue key, also by Matteo Manassero, 13th with 274 (68 70 71 65, -14), by Gregorio De Leo, 18th with 275 (70 70 68 67, -13), respectively climbed from 44th and from 35th place, and by Francesco Laporta, 25th with 276 (71 66 69 70, -12).
Andrea Pavan did not pass the cut, 79th with 142 (71 71, -2). Senekal, 35, from West Somerset, took his first title on the Challenge Tour, which also earns him second on his home circuit, finishing his race with a 65 (-7), the result of seven bogey-free birdies.
To complete the South African triumph the third place with 269 (-19) of Pieter Moolman and Jaco Prinsloo, while Scalise was joined by the Englishman Bradley Bawden. Scalise, who started in sixth position then moved on to 13th and seventh, finished his run with a 67 (-5), his third in score, with seven birdies and a double bogey.
Manassero shot in 65 (-7) with an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys, De Leo in 67 (-5) with an eagle, four birdies and a bogey and Laporta in 70 (-2) with five birdies and three bogeys . The Challenge Tour is the second tier men’s professional golf tour in Europe.
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