13th Player in the Nedbank Golf Challenge signs up
Ross Fisher joins as the 13th player for 2014 Nedbank Golf Challenge.
ENGLAND’S Ross Fisher has been confirmed as the 13th player in the field for the 2014 Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City from December 4 to 7.
Alastair Roper, the Tournament Director of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, made the announcement at the traditional media day on Tuesday that marks the closing of the Gary Player Country Club course as they enter the final preparations for this year’s tournament.
Fisher, the current leader on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, will tee it up at Sun City in what has been a revival of his career in South Africa this season.
Playing the kind of golf he felt was similar to when he was contending in Majors and playing in the Ryder Cup, Fisher was sitting on a five-stroke lead on the Saturday night of the Tshwane Open in March this year.
And driven by his desire to return to the highs of once being ranked 17th in the world, finishing fifth in the 2009 US Open, tied 13th in the 2009 Open Championship and making the European team for the 2010 Ryder Cup, Fisher was a man on a mission.
“I feel like I’m playing as good as I ever have, probably similar to when I was contending in Majors and getting myself into the Ryder Cup team. If I were to win here it would be a massive confidence boost and a step in the right direction,” Fisher said.
“My primary goal is to get back in the top 50. I’ve been there before and I feel like I belong there.”
He did win on that weekend in March. Fisher claimed his first victory in almost four years when he won the Tshwane Open by three strokes.
It was his first win on the European Tour since 2010, and ended a lengthy slump for one of the most talented golfers in the game.
And it was a timely boost for a man who never stopped believing in himself.
