From Sunshine Tour

Jonathan Broomhead claimed his fourth Sunshine Tour title in the space of 16 months after beating Jean-Paul Strydom on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off for the SunBet Challenge hosted by Time Square at Wingate Park Country Club on Friday.

Broomhead and Strydom finished regulation play tied for the lead on 13-under-par after their respective final rounds of 68 and 71.

Strydom started his final round with a two-shot lead over the field, but could only find two birdies and a bogey during his final round.

This opened the door for Broomhead who rolled in five birdies, only dropping one shot, on his way into the playoff where a par was good enough to earn him the title.

It’s been a remarkably quick rise to four Sunshine Tour titles for Broomhead, and this victory moves him into second place on the Sunshine Tour’s Courier Guy Order of Merit.

Yurav Premlall continued his good form. After losing in a playoff last week, Premlall closed with a 67 on Friday to share third place on 11 under par alongside Estiaan Conradie (67), James Mack (71) and Australia’s Austin Bautista (71).

Herman Loubser, the current lead on the Courier Guy Order of Merit, finished tied 13th on eight under par.

The Sunshine Tour now travels to the Wild Coast Sun Country Club in September for the SunBet Challenge hosted by Wild Coast Sun.