The Sunshine Tour and Blue Label one day tournament concluded on a high at the Soweto Country Club on October 27.
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The golf tournament saw Keegan Mclachlan walk away with the latest Tour tittle as his four-under-par 68 earned himself a one-shot victory over Sentanio Minnie.
The 23-year-old Silver Lakes Country Club player was one of only two players who shot under par on the tough course on Thursday and marked an end to a long successful season on the greens.
“My ball-striking was the best part today,” he said, alluding to how tough the course was playing and how he ultimately got over the line.
“It was windy and in the wind, if you’re not hitting it well, the wind affects it a lot. You’ve got to play smart here. I hit a lot of drivers today but you’ve got to hit the right spots because the rough is up as well.”
Mclachlan started on the 10th; making pars on the first two holes before going on a four-birdie run. He made two more pars on 16 and 17 which were his seventh and eighth holes of the day.
He then dropped on the 18th, his ninth, to turn in 34.
Coming home, he made two more birdies and another drop to seal a round of 68 and etch his name among the winners in the inaugural season of the Blue Label Development Tour.
Mclachlan who has played all but one event in the new series said he viewed his triumph in Soweto as a vindication of the work that he has done up to this point of the season.
He further said the Blue Label Development Tour events are not just other one-day tournaments but a pathway to greatness.
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“This win means a lot because I’m trying to get my Sunshine Tour card through the Blue Label Tour,” said Mclachlan, “and there’s also the Big Easy.
“I just want to have a strong finish on the Blue Label and I’m also playing in The Final of the Big Easy. So, for me, it’s just about trying to get my card in any way that I can.”
Members of the Papwa Sewgolum Class, Makhetha Mazibuko, Allister de Kock, Irvin Mazibuko and Wade Jacobs were in a nine-man tie of third alongside Ricky Hendler, Willie Olivier, Portugal’s Carlos Laranja, Bradley Diggeden and Luke Trocado.
The 10-tournament series which the Sunshine Tour and Blue Label have created sought to afford more players opportunities to play and earn money and order of merit points.
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