November 19-22
Randpark GC, Johannesburg, South Africa
ZAR 19,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
🇿🇦 Wilco Nienaber
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 21, 2020
📅 20 years old
💪 Longest on Tour #JoburgOpen pic.twitter.com/twMy44VrAg
Wilco Nienaber heads into the final round of the Joburg Open with a one shot lead over Joachim B. Hansen.
Nienaber turned professional last year but has had limited starts on the 2020 Race to Dubai after missing out on his card at the Qualifying School. He recorded two top tens and now has a chance at a maiden win in his 23rd event and to become the youngest champion in Joburg Open history.
"It felt like a struggle to be honest," said Nienaber of his third round. "But around the turn I holed a few crucial putts which really kept the momentum going and from there I just kept going. I'm pleased with the round."
Ball striking 💯
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 21, 2020
Joachim B. Hansen will play in the final group on Sunday.#JoburgOpen pic.twitter.com/8sGhmdYZTI
"It's going to be great, it's going to be the first time that I'm in that situation and I'm just going to embrace it and enjoy the day."
Playing in his 146th European Tour event, Hansen is also looking for a maiden win on Tour. He won twice and graduated three times on the European Challenge Tour where he topped the Rankings in 2018.
"I love it here, I've played well on this course before. It was good golf, good putting, good iron shots.
"It'll be the same (on Sunday). Keep the ball in play, hit a lot of greens. Hit it in the spots where we want to hit it and see where it gets us."
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Wilco Nienaber | -16 |
63 |
67 |
67 |
197 |
2 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -15 |
66 |
68 |
64 |
198 |
T3 |
Jacques Blaauw | -11 |
66 |
63 |
73 |
202 |
T3 |
Richard Bland | -11 |
67 |
67 |
68 |
202 |
T3 |
Shaun Norris | -11 |
63 |
70 |
69 |
202 |
T3 |
Brandon Stone | -11 |
70 |
68 |
64 |
202 |
7 |
Aaron Cockerill | -10 |
64 |
68 |
71 |
203 |
T8 |
Zander Lombard | -9 |
69 |
65 |
70 |
204 |
T8 |
Steve Surry | -9 |
67 |
71 |
66 |
204 |
T10 |
Dean Burmester | -8 |
72 |
68 |
65 |
205 |
T10 |
Bryce Easton | -8 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
205 |
T10 |
Darren Fichardt | -8 |
67 |
69 |
69 |
205 |
T10 |
Scott Jamieson | -8 |
67 |
70 |
68 |
205 |
T10 |
Niklas Lemke | -8 |
68 |
66 |
71 |
205 |
T10 |
Martin Rohwer | -8 |
69 |
70 |
66 |
205 |
T10 |
Julian Suri | -8 |
66 |
68 |
71 |
205 |
T10 |
Romain Wattel | -8 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
205 |
T18 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | -7 |
65 |
70 |
71 |
206 |
T18 |
Neil Schietekat | -7 |
69 |
67 |
70 |
206 |
T18 |
Lars van Meijel | -7 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
206 |
T21 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -6 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
207 |
T21 |
Estiaan Conradie | -6 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
207 |
T21 |
Rhys Enoch | -6 |
65 |
69 |
73 |
207 |
T21 |
Oliver Farr | -6 |
66 |
68 |
73 |
207 |
T21 |
Chase Hanna | -6 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
207 |
T21 |
Joel Sjoholm | -6 |
69 |
71 |
67 |
207 |
T21 |
Jayden Trey Schaper | -6 |
67 |
68 |
72 |
207 |
T21 |
Scott Vincent | -6 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
207 |
T21 |
Hennie du Plessis | -6 |
71 |
70 |
66 |
207 |
T30 |
Richard McEvoy | -5 |
65 |
75 |
68 |
208 |
T30 |
Jaco Prinsloo | -5 |
68 |
72 |
68 |
208 |
T30 |
Antoine Rozner | -5 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
208 |
T30 |
Toby Tree | -5 |
72 |
68 |
68 |
208 |
T34 |
Grant Forrest | -4 |
72 |
68 |
69 |
209 |
T34 |
James Hart du Preez | -4 |
71 |
67 |
71 |
209 |
T34 |
Matthew Jordan | -4 |
69 |
68 |
72 |
209 |
T34 |
Peter Karmis | -4 |
72 |
68 |
69 |
209 |
T34 |
Jbe Kruger | -4 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
209 |
T34 |
Adrian Otaegui | -4 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
209 |
T34 |
Jake Redman | -4 |
68 |
73 |
68 |
209 |
T34 |
Lorenzo Scalise | -4 |
67 |
70 |
72 |
209 |
T34 |
Matthew Spacey | -4 |
72 |
68 |
69 |
209 |
T34 |
Johannes Veerman | -4 |
64 |
71 |
74 |
209 |
T44 |
Marcus Armitage | -3 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
210 |
T44 |
Jonathan Caldwell | -3 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
210 |
T44 |
Daniel Greene | -3 |
71 |
69 |
70 |
210 |
T44 |
Hennie Otto | -3 |
69 |
68 |
73 |
210 |
T44 |
Benjamin Poke | -3 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
210 |
T44 |
Marcel Siem | -3 |
66 |
71 |
73 |
210 |
T50 |
Louis Albertse | -2 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
211 |
T50 |
Steven Brown | -2 |
71 |
66 |
74 |
211 |
T50 |
Louis De Jager | -2 |
68 |
69 |
74 |
211 |
T50 |
Ruan De Smidt | -2 |
69 |
72 |
70 |
211 |
T50 |
Justin Walters | -2 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
211 |
T50 |
Dale Whitnell | -2 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
211 |
T56 |
Yikeun Chang | -1 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
212 |
T56 |
Adilson Da silva | -1 |
65 |
74 |
73 |
212 |
T56 |
Ryan Lumsden (a) | -1 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
212 |
T56 |
Alvaro Quiros | -1 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T56 |
Daniel van Tonder | -1 |
69 |
69 |
74 |
212 |
T61 |
Heinrich Bruiners | E |
70 |
65 |
78 |
213 |
T61 |
Ewen Ferguson | E |
71 |
68 |
74 |
213 |
T61 |
Deon Germishuys | E |
67 |
74 |
72 |
213 |
T61 |
Gavin Kyle Green | E |
66 |
71 |
76 |
213 |
T61 |
Keith Horne | E |
71 |
69 |
73 |
213 |
T61 |
Daan Huizing | E |
69 |
70 |
74 |
213 |
T61 |
Ruan Korb | E |
70 |
70 |
73 |
213 |
T61 |
Mj Viljoen | E |
69 |
72 |
72 |
213 |
T61 |
Oliver Wilson | E |
73 |
68 |
72 |
213 |
T70 |
Andre De Decker | 1 |
70 |
68 |
76 |
214 |
T70 |
Pedro Figueiredo | 1 |
72 |
69 |
73 |
214 |
T70 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | 1 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
214 |
T70 |
Anton Haig | 1 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
214 |
T70 |
Garrick Higgo | 1 |
68 |
71 |
75 |
214 |
T70 |
Richard Joubert | 1 |
73 |
67 |
74 |
214 |
T76 |
Jack Harrison | 2 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
215 |
T76 |
Ockie Strydom | 2 |
69 |
72 |
74 |
215 |
T78 |
Benjamin Follett-Smith | 3 |
65 |
72 |
79 |
216 |
T78 |
Jack Senior | 3 |
68 |
73 |
75 |
216 |
CUT |
Jaco Ahlers | E |
73 |
69 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Oliver Bekker | E |
70 |
72 | 142 |
|
CUT |
David Dixon | E |
75 |
67 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Philip Eriksson | E |
73 |
69 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Malcolm Mitchell | E |
68 |
74 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Nikhil Rama | E |
72 |
70 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Jake Roos | E |
72 |
70 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Robin Roussel | E |
71 |
71 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Richard Sterne | E |
70 |
72 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Toto Thimba Jr. | E |
71 |
71 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Darius van Driel | E |
70 |
72 | 142 |
|
CUT |
Wil Besseling | 1 |
74 |
69 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Keenan Davidse | 1 |
69 |
74 | 143 |
|
CUT |
David Drysdale | 1 |
71 |
72 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Janne Kaske | 1 |
74 |
69 | 143 |
|
CUT |
David Law | 1 |
66 |
77 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Thriston Lawrence | 1 |
70 |
73 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Joost Luiten | 1 |
74 |
69 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Ross McGowan | 1 |
72 |
71 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Adrian Meronk | 1 |
75 |
68 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Breyten Meyer | 1 |
73 |
70 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Anthony Michael | 1 |
73 |
70 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Andre Nel | 1 |
71 |
72 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Matthieu Pavon | 1 |
72 |
71 | 143 |
|
CUT |
JC Ritchie | 1 |
72 |
71 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Ricardo Santos | 1 |
72 |
71 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Cormac Sharvin | 1 |
69 |
74 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Fabrizio Zanotti | 1 |
73 |
70 | 143 |
|
CUT |
Adri Arnaus | 2 |
75 |
69 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Emilio Cuartero Blanco | 2 |
72 |
72 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Scott Hend | 2 |
73 |
71 | 144 |
|
CUT |
James Kingston | 2 |
69 |
75 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Alexander Levy | 2 |
73 |
71 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Dylan Naidoo | 2 |
72 |
72 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Peetie van Der Merwe | 2 |
70 |
74 | 144 |
|
CUT |
Christiaan Basson | 3 |
69 |
76 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | 3 |
73 |
72 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Trevor Fisher Jr | 3 |
72 |
73 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | 3 |
70 |
75 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Luke Jerling | 3 |
71 |
74 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Callum Mowat | 3 |
72 |
73 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Adriel Poonan | 3 |
76 |
69 | 145 |
|
CUT |
Merrick Bremner | 4 |
76 |
70 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Sam Broadhurst (a) | 4 |
75 |
71 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Matias Calderon | 4 |
75 |
71 | 146 |
|
CUT |
MJ Daffue | 4 |
73 |
73 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Joe Long | 4 |
73 |
73 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Michael G. Palmer | 4 |
78 |
68 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | 4 |
73 |
73 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Garrick Porteous | 4 |
72 |
74 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Adrien Saddier | 4 |
77 |
69 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Jaco Van zyl | 4 |
70 |
76 | 146 |
|
CUT |
Hayden Griffiths | 5 |
73 |
74 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Nicolai Højgaard | 5 |
77 |
70 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Masahiro Kawamura | 5 |
72 |
75 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Makhetha Mazibuko | 5 |
77 |
70 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Riekus Nortje | 5 |
73 |
74 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Jj Senekal | 5 |
74 |
73 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Cj du Plessis | 5 |
75 |
72 | 147 |
|
CUT |
Lee Slattery | 6 |
73 |
75 | 148 |
|
CUT |
Rourke van Der Spuy | 6 |
75 |
73 | 148 |
|
CUT |
Desne van den Bergh | 6 |
73 |
75 | 148 |
|
CUT |
Sean Crocker | 7 |
73 |
76 | 149 |
|
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | 7 |
72 |
77 | 149 |
|
CUT |
Thanda Mavundla | 7 |
76 |
73 | 149 |
|
CUT |
Jean-Paul Strydom | 7 |
72 |
77 | 149 |
|
CUT |
Allister De Kock | 8 |
74 |
76 | 150 |
|
CUT |
Jack Floydd | 8 |
74 |
76 | 150 |
|
CUT |
Colin Nel | 8 |
75 |
75 | 150 |
|
CUT |
Stephen Ferreira | 9 |
74 |
77 | 151 |
|
CUT |
Jean Hugo | 11 |
77 |
76 | 153 |
|
CUT |
Evance Vukeya | 12 |
76 |
78 | 154 |
|
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | 13 |
76 |
79 | 155 |
|
CUT |
Alex Haindl | 15 |
79 |
78 | 157 |
|
CUT |
Thabiso Ngcobo | 17 |
74 |
85 | 159 |
|
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | 20 |
83 |
79 | 162 |
|
WD |
Ruan Conradie | 5 |
73 |
63 | 136 |