to regain his European Tour card after breezing
through the Second Stage at Las Colinas Golf
and Country Club.
His 16-under par aggregate saw Sluiter
finish two strokes clear of England’s Ben Evans
(68) and Denmark’s Morten Orum Madsen (65),
who finished in a tie for second place on 14-un-
der par.
Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren continued his
dominance at El Valle Golf Resort with a closing
round of 69 to finish seven shots clear of his
closest rivals. Lagergren’s fourth successive
sub-70 round capped a fine individual display
as the Swede finished on 18-under par.
The Scottish duo of Callum Macaulay and
Alan McLean finished in a tie for second place
on 11 under, while England’s Chris Paisley
finished fourth on 9-under par, with Spaniard
Raul Quiros rounding out the top five on 8-un-
der par.
Among the casualties was Stiggy Hodgson, a
member of the 2011 GB&I Walker Cup team.
HEDWALL RULES IN INDIA
Caroline Hedwall notched the fourth win of
her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour
with a closing 69 at the Hero Women’s Indian
Open on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Swede had five birdies and
two bogeys in her final round at DLF Golf and
Country Club in Gurgaon, New Delhi, to finish
with a 12-under 204 total, two ahead of Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum.
The victory means Hedwall can overhaul
second-place Melissa Reid on the Henderson
Money List in the season-ending event in Dubai,
but she cannot catch top-ranked Ai Miyazato.
Pornanong, a two-time winner of the Indian
Open before it became sanctioned by the LET
in 2010, carded a 70 to end at 10 under, while
Becky Morgan from Wales had a 69 to finish
third at 8 under. Swede Linda Wessberg signed
for a 73 to tie for fourth with Lee-Anne Pace
(68) on 4-under par.
BRADLEY, STEELE CAPTURE SHOOTOUT
PGA Champion Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele shot a 13-under 59 in scramble play
Sunday to become the first PGA Tour rookies to
win the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
Bradley and Steele took control with an
eagle by Steele on No. 14 and a birdie on No.
15, finishing at 32-under 184 for a three-stroke
victory over two teams.
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TEN EARN SUNSHINE TOUR CARDS
While only five players managed to score
below par in torrential conditions at Observatory Golf Club, Alpheus Kelapile was as calm
as the eye of the storm and shot 72 to win Vusi
Ngubeni Qualifying School.
Kelapile finished with a 72-hole score of
9-under 279 to claim the first of 10 Sunshine
Tour cards handed out on Friday.
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