Golf
Aiken wins Africa Open─── 08:34 Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Thomas Aiken has holed a long birdie on the first play-off hole yesterday to maintain a South African dominance of the Africa Open.
No foreigner has won the seven-year event with Englishman Oliver Fisher the latest to fall just short after finishing level with Aiken on 20-under-par 264 at East London Golf Club.
A wayward second shot by the Londoner at the first extra hole landed left of the green and his chip rolled past the pin, leaving him with a challenging 18th-hole par putt.
But it proved irrelevant as Aiken saw his putt stay on course and it had just enough pace to drop into the hole and give the Johannesburg-born player a third European Tour title.
The 30-year-old, who is ranked 113 in the world, won the 2011 Spanish Open and the Avantha Masters in India last season.
- SAPA.
Aiken said the win was very special…:
