England’s Joe Knox won a sudden-death play-off on Wednesday to win the Bushveld Tour’s Bushveld Series #12 at Kyalami Country Club after battling to a closing round of two-over-par 74.

Knox, who is the man who became the first person in South Africa to have 10 consecutive birdies in a tournament round, beginning at the very first hole at Waterkloof Golf Club last December in a Bushveld Tour event, made three birdies in his final round. But his five bogeys meant he finished the 54-hole tournament on four-under-par.

That was level with Louis Liebenberg, who closed with a one-under-par 71. Knox took the sudden-death play-off with a birdie on the par-five 18^th, matching his score in regulation, and won his maiden Bushveld Tour title in the process.

Amateur Ryan van der Klis closed with a two-under-par 70 to finish third, and, in the process, moved to second on the Bushveld Tour Order of Merit.

Knox is now 11^th on the Order of Merit. Still at the top is Jaden Deltel, who finished 16^th at Kyalami on four-over-par for the tournament.