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Naidoo wins at Country Club
Reigning Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play champion Dylan Naidoo made a superb start to the 2016 season when he claimed a five-stroke victory in the prestigious Nomads Dr Bam Tournament, at Benoni Country Club (BCC), on Friday, January 8.
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An opening round 70 left the Modderfontein golfer lagging three strokes behind Reece Haikney, from Randpark, but Naidoo made short work of the deficit in round two.
He reeled in half-a-dozen birdies and an eagle-three on his way to a five-under-par 67, and carried a three-stroke lead over Haikney into the final round.
The Central Gauteng player mixed six birdies with two bogeys for a final round four under 68 to triumph on 11-under-par 205 in his first start this season.
Current number one ranked junior Ross Sinclair, from Gauteng North, carded rounds of 70, 72 and 68 to grab the runner-up spot, while Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Keelan van Wyk from Central Gauteng closed with a 67 to vault to third on 214.