Kitwe, Zambia (SportsNetwork.com) – Wallie Coetsee carded a 1-under 71 on Sunday and hung on for a one-stroke victory at the Mopani Copper Mines Zambia Open.<\/p>\n
Coetsee collected his second career win on the Sunshine Tour at 15-under-par 273. Coetsee’s last title on tour came at the 1997 Namibia Open.<\/p>\n
Last week’s Investec Royal Swazi Open winner Danie van Tonder (71) and Justin Harding (68) shared second place at 14-under.<\/p>\n
Third-round co-leader Jean Hugo tripped to 1-over 73 during his final round at Nkana Golf Club to fall into a tie for fourth with Francesco Laporta (67) at 13-under 275.<\/p>\n
Coetsee and Hugo entered the final round tied at 14-under, and Coetsee was the first to claim the outright lead with a birdie at the second.<\/p>\n
A two-stroke swing at the third moved Hugo into the lead as he birdied the hole while Coetsee tripped to a bogey.<\/p>\n
But Coetsee bounced right back with a birdie at the fourth, and he was handed sole possession of first place when Hugo bogeyed the seventh.<\/p>\n
Coetsee moved two strokes clear of Hugo with a birdie at the ninth before Hugo fell further off the pace with another bogey at the 10th.<\/p>\n
Coetsee parred six straight from the 10th to remain two strokes ahead of clubhouse leaders Harding and van Tonder until a bogey at the 16th dropped him back to 15-under. He bounced back with a birdie at the 17th, which proved to be useful as he bogeyed the last to hang on for the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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