Western Cape, South Africa (SportsNetwork.com) – Jaco Ahlers parred the third playoff hole on Sunday to defeat Jaco Van Zyl and win the Investec Cup.<\/p>\n
Both Ahlers and Van Zyl carded 6-under 66s in the final round at Lost City Golf Course and the duo finished regulation play tied at 9-under-par 279. The win is Ahlers’ third on the Sunshine Tour, with his last one coming at the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open last year.<\/p>\n
Ahlers and Van Zyl played the par-5 18th three times in a row as they tried to find a winner. They both made birdie the first time around and headed back to the tee for a second playoff hole.<\/p>\n
After trading pars at the second playoff hole, Ahlers and Van Zyl both found the water with their tee shots on the following hole.<\/p>\n
Ahlers then watched as Van Zyl hit his approach into the water again. Ahlers laid up and then knocked his approach to six feet. While Van Zyl managed to have a 5-footer for bogey, Ahlers finished things up by making his par putt for the victory.<\/p>\n
It was a strong final round for Ahlers as he made an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole to go along with six birdies and two bogeys. Van Zyl had just as much success with six gains in his bogey-free round.<\/p>\n
Justin Harding (65) and George Coetzee (71), who won last week’s Tshwane Open on the European Tour, ended tied for third at 8-under 280.<\/p>\n
Charl Schwartzel headlined a group of three players tied for fifth at 7-under 281. Schwartzel fired a 3-under 69 and was joined in fifth by Chris Swanepoel (68) and Jbe Kruger (70).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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