McGuigan outlasts Hugo in shootout
Doug McGuigan won his fifth Sunshine Tour title on Sunday when he outlasted Jean Hugo in a five-hole playoff in the R1.2-million Zambia Open.
The pair finished level on 16-under-par 272 after the 762 holes of regulation play, and then McGuigan held his nerve through the five playoff holes to deny Hugo what would have been his fourth title of a golden season.
McGuigan started the final round with a two-stroke edge over Hugo, but Hugo shut down the gap with his final round score of five-under-par 67.
The eventual winner turned in two-under 34, and then made a succession of seven pars before picking up his next shot as Hugo chipped away at the lead.
As Hugo birdied the 13th, he was one behind McGuigan, and, as the champion dropped a shot on 15, Hugo birdied 17 to draw ahead.
But McGuigan got the dropped whot back with a birdie of his own on 18, and the sudden-death playoff ensued.
Switzerland’s Robert Wiederkehr was in third on 12-under, with Bradford Vaughn in fourth at 11-under.
The leading Sunshine Tour rookie Allan Versfeld extended his lead in the Rookie of the Year race with his fifth-place finish at nine-under.
FINAL ROUND SCORES (RSA unless specified):
272 - Doug McGuigan 69 68 66 69
272 - Jean Hugo 70 66 69 67
275 - Robert Wiederkehr (SUI) 67 70 67 71
277 - Bradford Vaughan 68 67 69 73
279 - Allan Versfeld 71 72 71 65
280 - Darryn Lloyd 69 69 72 70, Toto Thimba (Jnr) 72 67 68 73
281 - Justin Walters 74 68 69 70, Wallie Coetsee 70 67 71 73, Warren Abery 69 69 70 73
282 - Matthew Carvell 73 74 69 66, Lindani Ndwandwe 72 70 70 70, Martin Maritz 71 72 68 71, Tyrone Mordt 71 69 70 72, Ignatius Mketekete (ZIM) 70 68 71 73, Jake Roos 68 70 71 73
283 - Desvonde Botes 75 69 70 69, Divan van den Heever 69 67 72 75
284 - Christiaan Basson 69 76 71 68, Morne Buys 76 69 70 69, PH McIntyre 67 71 74 72, Andre Cruse 73 69 70 72, Jacques Blaauw 72 72 68 72
285 - Prinavin Nelson 70 70 73 72, Dean Burmester 72 67 69 77
286 - Louis Moolman 70 73 73 70, Deo Akope (UGA) 72 73 70 71
287 - Justin Harding 72 71 69 75, Daniel Greene 67 70 74 76
288 - David Hewan 72 72 73 71, Bennie van der Merwe 72 70 76 70, Peter Wilson (ENG) 74 71 74 69, Michael McGrady 75 72 76 65
289 - Charl Coetzee 74 71 71 73, Mark Williams 75 67 73 74, Merrick Bremner 72 72 71 74, Ulrich van den Berg 73 72 74 70
290 - Andrew Curlewis 74 73 68 75, Derik Ferreira 73 72 74 71, Alan Michell 73 74 73 70, Wynand Dingle 75 74 73 68
291 - Alexandre Chopard (SUI) 71 73 74 73, TC Charamba (ZIM) 73 74 72 72, Anthony Michael 71 71 77 72, Teboho Sefatsa 70 74 77 70
292 - Oliver Bekker 72 73 71 76, Michael du Toit 73 75 70 74, Julius Kamalizeni (ZIM) 75 75 73 69
293 - Ryan Thompson 71 77 70 75, Patrick Mwendapole (ZAM) 74 73 73 73, Colin Nel 75 75 71 72
294 - Grant Muller 75 72 69 78, Kangwine Chiluba (ZAM) 72 73 74 75, Tsietsi Chabangu 74 71 74 75
295 - Irvin Mazibuko 74 75 73 73
296 - Reggie Adams 74 72 73 77
297 - Thabang Simon 71 76 71 79, Des Terblanche 72 74 79 72
298 - Steven Ferreira 71 75 72 80, Tranos Muradzikwa (ZIM) 74 76 70 78, Tyrone Ryan 77 73 73 75, Dayne Moore (ZAM) 72 78 76 72
300 - Mark Fensham 74 75 74 77, Akil Yousuf (ENG) 75 74 75 76
301 - JJ Senekal 74 73 72 82
302 - Ryan Tipping 73 73 79 77
310 - Mukuka Mwango (ZAM) (AMA) 76 73 79 82
RTD - Bryce Easton 73 73 77 RTD
DSQ - Eugen Marugi 72 69 69 DSQ
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