Champagne wishes and caviar dreams for Max

VAALPARK – Austrian, Max Steinlechner, won his maiden Sunshine Tour title the Midiclinic Invitational this afternoon at the Heron Banks Golf Course after beating Daniel van Tonder with one shot in an epic showdown.

Steinlechner and van Tonder went head-to-head on the 18^th tied for the lead on 23 under par. Steinlechner left to the bitter end but made a birdie on the par 4 to claim the title.

Van Tonder (261: 64-65-65-66) made par on the 18^th to finish 23 under par.

Jonathan Broomhead (265: 63-69-66-67) and Jacques Blaauw (66-67-64-68) finished tied third.

Final scorecard:

260 – Maximilian Steinlechner 64 65 65 66

261 – Daniel van Tonder 67 63 65 66

265 – Jonathan Broomhead 63 69 66 67, Jacques Blaauw 66 67 64 68

267 – Yurav Premlall 69 69 65 64, JC Ritchie 67 67 66 67

268 – Wynand Dingle 66 66 72 64

269 – Luke Brown 69 66 68 66, Nikhil Rama 71 68 63 67, Fredrik From 66 67 67 69

270 – Justin Walters 68 69 68 65, Benjamin Van Wyk 71 63 69 67, Samuel Simpson 72 66 64 68

271 – Keenan Davidse 72 65 70 64, Martin Rohwer 69 66 69 67, Stals Swart 71 65 68 67, Heinrich Bruiners 67 69 67 68, Altin van der Merwe 69 64 68 70

272 – Keith Horne 67 73 70 62, Rupert Kaminski 68 67 71 66, Quintin Wilsnach 68 68 69 67, Jean Hugo 66 67 68 71

273 – Lyle Rowe 70 70 66 67, Graham van der Merwe 69 68 68 68, James Mack 68 66 70 69, Callum Mowat 67 68 66 72

274 – Joe Long 67 71 69 67, Jaco Van Zyl 66 67 72 69

275 – MJ Viljoen 69 66 73 67, Ethan Smith 70 69 69 67, Colin Nel 71 69 68 67, JJ Senekal 68 70 69 68, CJ du Plessis 69 67 70 69, Tyran Snyders 67 69 69 70, Keagan Thomas 69 67 68 71, Gerhard Pepler 69 68 67 71, Jbe Kruger 68 71 65 71, Stefan Wears-Taylor 66 70 66 73

276 – Otto Van Buynder 71 69 70 66, Jovan Rebula 66 70 73 67, Brandon Pieters 68 69 71 68, Louis Albertse 70 70 68 68, Martin Vorster 70 70 68 68

277 – Stuart Krog 72 68 69 68, Ruan de Smidt 67 70 71 69, Werner Deyzel 70 65 64 78

278 – Ruan Groenewald 70 68 70 70, Kyle McClatchie 67 73 67 71

279 – Herman Loubser 71 68 74 66, Regan Steyn 67 70 74 68, Simon du Plooy 65 73 73 68, Promise Sombreiro 68 71 72 68

280 – Karabo Mokoena 71 67 74 68, Rourke van der Spuy 67 73 71 69, Craig Ross 70 68 71 71, Dian Kruger 69 66 67 78

281 – Pieter Moolman 70 67 69 75

282 – Malcolm Mitchell 69 71 70 72

284 – Andrew Williamson 70 70 77 67, Dayne Moore 67 70 69 78

285 – Leon Vorster 70 70 73 72, Kyle Barker 67 71 73 74, Robson Chinhoi 73 67 69 76

286 – Jack Hawksby 68 71 76 71, Adam Breen 67 73 74 72, Rhys West 70 68 73 75

288 – Eugene Du Plessis 73 67 74 74

291 – Lyle Pedro 69 71 77 74