Dylan Naidoo started the day with a share of the lead at 14-under alongside England’s Laurie Canter at the Investec South African Open Championship.
The fourth round was first suspended and then cancelled due to a flooded course and the tournament was reduced to 54 holes with a playoff needed to decide the winner.
Canter parred the 18th while Naidoo made a birdie to win his first DP World Tour title.
“I really don’t know what to say,” said Naidoo. “After a lot of really difficult times, a lot of times where I thought I’d do this earlier in my career…
“This is a special moment for me, it’s a special moment for everybody here in Durban – it’s overwhelming.
“I said yesterday it felt like I was Tiger Woods (due to the bumper crowds following him). There were so many people.
“All the energy that I had, I can’t thank everyone enough for coming out yesterday and today. I’m speechless.”
With this victory, Naidoo has qualified for The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, fellow South African Darren Fichardt and England’s Marco Penge also qualified.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAIDOO, Dylan | -14 | 70 | 61 | 71 | 202 |
| 2 | CANTER, Laurie | -14 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 202 |
| 3 | PENGE, Marco | -13 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 203 |
| 4 | FICHARDT, Darren | -12 | 63 | 70 | 71 | 204 |
| | GRACE, Branden | -12 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 204 |
| | MAAS, Christiaan (AM) | -12 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 204 |
| 7 | PAVAN, Andrea | -11 | 67 | 66 | 72 | 205 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -11 | 72 | 63 | 70 | 205 |
| 9 | JAMIESON, Scott | -10 | 72 | 66 | 68 | 206 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | -10 | 66 | 64 | 76 | 206 |
| 11 | BAIRSTOW, Sam | -9 | 65 | 66 | 76 | 207 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -9 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 207 |
| | FROM, Fredrik | -9 | 65 | 67 | 75 | 207 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -9 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 207 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | -9 | 71 | 67 | 69 | 207 |
| 16 | AHLERS, Jaco | -8 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 208 |
| | BLAAUW, Jacques | -8 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 208 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | -8 | 66 | 66 | 76 | 208 |
| | KIMSEY, Nathan | -8 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 208 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -8 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 208 |
| | LI, Haotong | -8 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 208 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | -8 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 208 |
| | STONE, Brandon | -8 | 68 | 67 | 73 | 208 |
| | WEST, Rhys | -8 | 70 | 64 | 74 | 208 |
| 25 | AIKEN, Thomas | -7 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 209 |
| CANTERO, Ivan | -7 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 209 | |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | -7 | 74 | 66 | 69 | 209 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -7 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 209 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | -7 | 67 | 73 | 69 | 209 |
| | PARRY, John | -7 | 66 | 69 | 74 | 209 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | -7 | 66 | 70 | 73 | 209 |
| | VINCENT, Kieran | -7 | 70 | 66 | 73 | 209 |
| 33 | DONALDSON, Jamie | -6 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 210 |
| | HORNE, Keith | -6 | 65 | 72 | 73 | 210 |
| | RAMA, Nikhil | -6 | 68 | 67 | 75 | 210 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | -6 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 210 |
| 37 | BURMESTER, Dean | -5 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 211 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | -5 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 211 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | -5 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 211 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -5 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 211 |
| | MERRITT, Troy | -5 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 211 |
| | PREMLALL, Yurav | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 211 |
| | ROWE, Lyle | -5 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 211 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -5 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 211 |
| | VORSTER, Martin | -5 | 74 | 66 | 71 | 211 |
| 46 | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -4 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 212 |
| | COETZEE, George | -4 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 212 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | -4 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 212 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | -4 | 68 | 65 | 79 | 212 |
| | KAMINSKI, Rupert | -4 | 74 | 66 | 72 | 212 |
| RAVETTO, David | -4 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 212 | |
| | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | -4 | 72 | 65 | 75 | 212 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -4 | 65 | 70 | 77 | 212 |
| 54 | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -3 | 68 | 67 | 78 | 213 |
| | HARDING, Justin | -3 | 67 | 69 | 77 | 213 |
| | HOLLICK, Michael | -3 | 73 | 66 | 74 | 213 |
| | STERNE, Richard | -3 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 213 |
| 58 | BALDWIN, Matthew | -2 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 214 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | -2 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 214 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -2 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 214 |
| | VILJOEN, MJ | -2 | 69 | 67 | 78 | 214 |
| 62 | JERLING, Luke | -1 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 215 |
| 63 | FRITTELLI, Dylan | PAR | 69 | 69 | 78 | 216 |
| | HUGO, Jean | PAR | 70 | 69 | 77 | 216 |
| 65 | STEINLECHNER, Maximilian | 1 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 217 |
| | TARREN, Callum | 1 | 71 | 69 | 77 | 217 |
| 67 | SCHOTT, Freddy | 2 | 70 | 70 | 78 | 218 |
| 68 | PAISLEY, Chris | 3 | 74 | 66 | 79 | 219 |
| | VAN WYK, Keelan | 3 | 69 | 71 | 79 | 219 |
| RETD | CROCKER, Sean | -2 | 72 | 64 | 47 | 183 |
| CUT | ||||||
| 71 | BROOMHEAD, Jonathan | -3 | 71 | 70 | - | 141 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | -3 | 69 | 72 | - | 141 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | -3 | 72 | 69 | - | 141 |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | -3 | 69 | 72 | - | 141 |
| | MITCHELL, Malcolm | -3 | 70 | 71 | - | 141 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -3 | 73 | 68 | - | 141 |
| | SENEKAL, JJ | -3 | 68 | 73 | - | 141 |
| | SYME, Connor | -3 | 72 | 69 | - | 141 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | -3 | 76 | 65 | - | 141 |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | -3 | 72 | 69 | - | 141 |
| 81 | AYORA, Angel | -2 | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | -2 | 68 | 74 | - | 142 |
| | DE VILLIERS, Jacques P | -2 | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | -2 | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | -2 | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| | HILL, Calum | -2 | 74 | 68 | - | 142 |
| | KORB, Ruan | -2 | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | -2 | 76 | 66 | - | 142 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | -2 | 67 | 75 | - | 142 |
| 90 | ALBERTSE, Louis | -1 | 74 | 69 | - | 143 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | -1 | 68 | 75 | - | 143 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | -1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| | ENOCH, Rhys | -1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | 143 |
| | KARMIS, Peter | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | 143 |
| | REBULA, Jovan | -1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | -1 | 75 | 68 | - | 143 |
| 98 | BRUINERS, Heinrich | PAR | 71 | 73 | - | 144 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | PAR | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| | MCCLATCHIE, Kyle | PAR | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| MOSCATEL, Joel | PAR | 73 | 71 | - | 144 | |
| | OTTO, Hennie | PAR | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | PAR | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| | VAN ZYL, Jaco | PAR | 71 | 73 | - | 144 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | PAR | 69 | 75 | - | 144 |
| | WU, Brandon | PAR | 71 | 73 | - | 144 |
| | WYKES, Kayle | PAR | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| 108 | ARTHUR, Astin (AM) | 1 | 73 | 72 | - | 145 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | 1 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | 1 | 75 | 70 | - | 145 |
| | NIENABER, Wilco | 1 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| | ROHWER, Martin | 1 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| 113 | BEKKER, Oliver | 2 | 72 | 74 | - | 146 |
| | DAVIDSE, Keenan | 2 | 75 | 71 | - | 146 |
| | FISHER, Ross | 2 | 74 | 72 | - | 146 |
| | NEWMAN, Bryan (AM) | 2 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| | VAN DEN BERG, Ulrich | 2 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | 2 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| | WEARS-TAYLOR, Stefan | 2 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| 120 | ÅKESSON, Björn | 3 | 74 | 73 | - | 147 |
| | FERREIRA, Stephen | 3 | 73 | 74 | - | 147 |
| | MEADS, Brandon | 3 | 74 | 73 | - | 147 |
| | MOOLMAN, Pieter | 3 | 74 | 73 | - | 147 |
| | REITAN, Kristoffer | 3 | 75 | 72 | - | 147 |
| 125 | BARKER, Kyle | 4 | 72 | 76 | - | 148 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | 4 | 72 | 76 | - | 148 |
| | HAWKSBY, Jack | 4 | 78 | 70 | - | 148 |
| | MINNIE, Sentanio | 4 | 72 | 76 | - | 148 |
| | SMIT, Combrinck | 4 | 74 | 74 | - | 148 |
| | THIMBA JNR, Toto | 4 | 73 | 75 | - | 148 |
| | THOMAS, Keagan | 4 | 73 | 75 | - | 148 |
| 132 | BARNARD, Charl (AM) | 5 | 77 | 72 | - | 149 |
| | DU PLESSIS, CJ | 5 | 73 | 76 | - | 149 |
| | PAXTON, Sean (AM) | 5 | 75 | 74 | - | 149 |
| | SCHIETEKAT, Neil | 5 | 77 | 72 | - | 149 |
| 137 | DUMINY, Jordan | 6 | 79 | 71 | - | 150 |
| | MANCHEST, Franklin | 6 | 74 | 76 | - | 150 |
| | MAVUNDLA, Thanda | 6 | 75 | 75 | - | 150 |
| | SMITH, Ethan | 6 | 74 | 76 | - | 150 |
| 141 | BURNAND, Jordan (AM) | 7 | 72 | 79 | - | 151 |
| | THERON, Johan | 7 | 80 | 71 | - | 151 |
| 143 | LINDBERG, Mikael | 8 | 76 | 76 | - | 152 |
| 144 | BERRY, Joshua | 9 | 77 | 76 | - | 153 |
| 145 | SPACEY, Matthew | 10 | 80 | 74 | - | 154 |
| 146 | PEPLER, Gerhard | 13 | 82 | 75 | - | 157 |
| 147 | CHINHOI, Robson | 14 | 83 | 75 | - | 158 |
| 148 | VENTER, Albert | 15 | 81 | 78 | - | 159 |
| 149 | GALANT, Tristin | 20 | 85 | 79 | - | 164 |
| 150 | LE ROUX, Steven | 23 | 84 | 83 | - | 167 |
| W/D | DE JAGER, Louis | 5 | 77 | - | - | 77 |
| RETD | FISHER JNR, Trevor | 3 | 78 | 40 | - | 118 |
| RETD | LOUBSER, Herman | 10 | 74 | 71 | - | 145 |
| RETD | MOSTERT, Dylan | 15 | 82 | 57 | - | 139 |
| RETD | SADDIER, Adrien | 3 | 77 | 46 | - | 123 |
| RETD | STRYDOM, Jean-Paul | 4 | 78 | 34 | - | 112 |
| RETD | WILSNACH, Quintin | 5 | 75 | 53 | - | 128 |
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