A week prior, Coetzee, won the Titleist Championship at the Pretoria Country Club on the Sunshine Tour.

Coetzee’s two-stroke victory over England's Laurie Canter, was the 152nd win by a South African on the European Tour.

Coetzee’s previous wins on the European Tour were both in Africa, and following his victory, he admitted that winning in Europe was on his to-do list.

“I have always had a list of things I wanted to achieve in my career as a golfer and originally I never thought I would get as far as winning on the European Tour, so ticking that box a while back was really nice, and then I started to realise that I was a bit comfortable playing back home and I needed to go to the next step and win away from home.

“And then I won in Mauritius, which still counts as a Sunshine Tour event, so I still felt like I needed to get off my continent and win something else.

“So I am just happy that I kind of ticked the box in the right order.

“I remember as an amateur I had to win a national stroke play event and then try and win one of the big three national match play events. I ended up winning the South African amateur match play before I won the stroke play event, and I felt like I needed to take a step back and figure out how to win a stroke-play event.

“It is nice that I am ticking the boxes that I have set for myself.”

Meanwhile, Bloemfontein's Wilco Nienaber, also continued his purple patch by finishing in a share of 14th on eight-under-par along with Rustenburg's Brandon Stone.

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