Pace shot a final round of level-par 72 to win with two-over-par for the tournament in very testing conditions in False Bay.

Pace said that she was delighted being able to claim her 10th Sunshine Ladies Tour title, and this, despite recording bogeys on both of the last two holes.

“I don’t know what happened on the last two holes; I think I realised I had it in the bag and just lost my focus.

“I’m actually quite glad I played out of the trees on the 18th and that I didn’t go for it, I thought I had to go for it because the last scoreboard I had seen still had me at +1 and in second-place.

“My short game has been so good, so I thought if I play out on the green I would have a chance and the worst case was a play-off.

“I hit the ball on the right side of the hole for the whole day. There were a couple of putts that could easily have dropped that didn’t. I was very happy with my game, I hit a lot of the greens and I did it.”

For her trouble, Pace won over R500 000 in prize money plus an additional R100 000 Order of Merit bonus.

@MorganPiek OFM Sport