SA OPEN 2011 ROUND 4

Well a very disappointing day for a lot of players and spectators alike. There were not many attempts to put Henni Otto under much pressure through out the day. The only great effort was that of  Austrian,  Bernd Weisberger who fired a tie low round of the day, 68 to post a clubhouse lead of 13 under par which would eventualy put him at 2nd alone. One of the other low rounds of the day came from Trevor Fisher Jnr to move him from 26th place to 6th.

Henni Otto had a simple 2 putt finish on the 18th hole  for an even par round to claim his 2nd European Tour Title to go with the Italian Open. A much deserved victory for Henni Otto to be the 101st SA vicotory on the European Tour at the 101st SA OPEN!!!!

This puts him in the top 60 for the The Race to Dubai and I wish him good luck for the rest of the year and future tournaments to come!!!

SA OPEN 2011 ROUND 3

Day 3, also known as "MOVING DAY" saw a huge rattle in the scoreboard with some serious charges being made by Henni Otto and Jaco Ahlers sharing the low round of the day with a 7 under par 65. This moved Jaco Ahlers into a tie for 8th giving him a chance to go for gold on the final day.

 Henni Otto had a thrilling end to his third round as he closed out his final 9 in just 30 strokes. This gives him a 3 shot lead going into the final round and a serious chance at claiming a life altering victory in the 2011 SA Open.

The stage is set for a super sunday and i look forward to what the day holds.......

SA OPEN 2011 ROUND 2

Day 2 of the SA Open 2011 saw few changes to the leader board with Steven O'Hara taking sole posession of 1st place with a round of 68 and Retief Goosen and Merrick Bremner remaining in tied fore second place. The biggest move of the day came from Lyle Rowe moving from 24th to tied 4th with a shared best round of the day 66.

We all know that day two sees the fall of some and rise of others as we have a cut heading into the weekend. The cut was posted at 2 under par and saw the likes of Martin Maritz, George Coetzee, Simon Dyson and Soren Hansen bouble out and be forced to take a very un-wanted weekend off.

SA OPEN 2011 ROUND 1

It has been an exciting Start at the SA Open 2011 with a great deal of changes being made to the leaderboard during and after each round.

Day 1 started out with some good low rounds to see, yet again, Jbe' Kruger at the top together with Steven O'Hara with 65, -7. One behind were also well known names Retief Goosen , David Hewan, Merrick Bremner and Tyrone Mordt . I have had the privelage of playing and trainig with Tyrone Mordt at the Gavin Levinson Golf  Accademy in Glendower, South Africa for 2 years before he took up a college offer and went to America and it is nice to see him back and retaining his card for the past few years on the Sunshine Tour as well as threatening the top of the leaderboard as he should be doing. He has had a great season this year with a fantastic 2nd place finish at the Nashua Masters and hopefully one better this week.

But there is still a lot of golf to come and I look forward to the week.......

WELCOME BACK SERGIO GARCIA !!!

With his last victory being in 2009 at the HSBC World Championships and dropping out of the world top 20 ranking it has been an uphill battle for the once " Pride of spain " to reclaim some of that winning passion.

Finaly ,after some three years, he has not only made it back into the top 20 and the winners circle, he did it with back to back victories by winning the Castello Masters and being the first Spanish player ever to win at Valderrama at the Andalucia Masters

Sergio Garcia is hoping to keep his impressive run of form going into the end of the season. The Spaniard's back-to-back victory helped move him from 11th place to seventh in The Race to Dubai . Now the 31 year old is eyeing more success when he concludes his 2011 season at the third edition of the Dubai World Championship presented by DP World over the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates from December 8-11.

Sergio Garcia , who currently leads the European Ryder Cup points list , can attribute his fine form this season to keeping him firmly on course to finish in the top 15 which will earn him a share of the US$ 7.5 million Bonus Pool at the conclusion of the Dubai World Championship presented by DP World.

Sergio Garcia said: “It’s great to have made such a big move in The Race to Dubai over the last two weeks. It’s amazing what two victories can do for you and to move from 23rd into the top ten in the space of seven days is very satisfying.
“I am playing well at the moment and it feels great to be back winning at the top level again. Hopefully I can keep this form going until the Dubai World Championship because that is a very important week for every European Tour player and it would be great to go there and try to win again.”

I wish Sergio Garcia all the best for the ending seasons events and look forward to watching my IDOL light up the golf course again next season and put an end to the Brittish Domination on the top of the World Golf Rankings