Lethabong, South Africa (SportsNetwork.com) – Ulrich van den Berg carded a 5- under 67 on Sunday to claim a 5-stroke victory at the BMG Classic.<\/p>\n
Van den Berg, who earned his seventh career win on the Sunshine Tour, finished the tournament at 15-under-par 201.<\/p>\n
The second round at Glendower Golf Club had to be completed Sunday morning after Saturday’s play was suspended due to thunderstorms in the area, and van den Berg sat a stroke behind leader Hennie Otto when the second round was finished.<\/p>\n
That margin increased to three when the final round got underway and Otto birdied the second before van den Berg bogeyed the fifth.<\/p>\n
Van den Berg bounced back with four straight gains from the sixth to make the turn at 13-under and grab a share of the lead with Otto, who countered a bogey at the sixth with an eagle at the eighth to also turn at minus-13.<\/p>\n
Otto fell apart from there, however, as he opened his inward nine with a double bogey at the 10th. He quickly got a stroke back with a birdie at the 11th, but he gave that right back with a bogey at the 12th and later dropped a shot at the 17th to finish at 10-under.<\/p>\n
Van den Berg, meanwhile, recorded three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 13th to move to 16-under. A bogey at the 17th halted his momentum, but he was still able to cruise to the easy victory.<\/p>\n
Titch Moore (70) finished alongside Otto (73) in second place at 10-under 206, while Colin Nel (70) and Merrick Bremner (72) shared fourth at 8-under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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