2018 SA Senior Open

Event Information:

This years SA Senior Open has concluded at the Plettenberg Bay Golf Club. Last year’s winner, Mark McNulty became the first player to successfully defend the SA Senior Open.

The event dates were:
Dates:  2-5 October 2018
Venue: Plettenberg Bay Golf Club
Format: 2-day Pro-Ams & final day Professionals & the Prize fund is: R500,000

The 2018 SA Senior Open is open to a field of 72 participants, consisting of 54 exempt players, 18 qualifiers/leading Amateurs.

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The first round of the SA Senior Open got under way on Tuesday 2nd October in really windy/rainy weather. The sun was not seen during the day & players were soaked to their socks. Play was suspended late in the afternoon, due to the bad weather & during the suspension, a couple of players decided to continue play without permission. They were therefore disqualified for breach of Rule 6-8 b.
Despite the bad weather, defending champion, Mark McNulty, carded a 69 to take the clubhouse lead.

The two  Pro-Ams took place on the 2nd & 3rd of October, amateur golfers played alongside the professionals & they had a really great time.

Each evening a prize giving took place. One at the Sky Villas & the other at the Plett Club. Denis Hutchinson was on form & told us a few stories & jokes too.

Luckily the weather has been great for the second round & continued through the week.
Mark McNulty fired a deuce of 69’s to lead the professionals into the 3rd round. Hot on his heels are, 2017 SA Masters Champion, Kevin Stone, Chris Davison, Derek Ferreira, Roger Wessels, Michael Green, Laurison Mahlangu  & Andre Cruse.
Leading the field of Amateurs are Andre van Wyk, Johan Marais, Andre Mynhardt, Henry Roodt& Attie Burger.

Mark McNulty has kept his lead, albeit a narrow one (-2), after the third round of the tournament. The sun shone all day & a little wind blew, nothing major.  Kevin Stone & Roger Wessels are both on level par  then Laurison Mahlangu & Michael Green are placed next on 5 over par.
The final round will prove an exciting one & the weather prediction is fair & warm.

2018 SA Senior Open – Final results

Pos	Pro	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Total	To Par
1	Mark McNulty	69	69	76	73	287	-1
2	Kevin Stone	76	67	73	72	288	0
3	Roger Wessels	74	73	69	73	289	1
4	Michael Green	74	73	73	75	295	7
5	Andrew Barnard	76	73	73	74	296	8
=	Gerhard Scheepers	75	73	74	74	296	8
7	Andre Cruse	75	72	76	75	298	10
=	Bobby Lincoln	80	71	72	75	298	10
=	Gary Thompson	81	70	70	77	298	10
10	William Guy	76	74	75	74	299	11
11	Derek Ferreira	74	71	79	77	301	13
=	Laurison Mahlangu	78	69	73	81	301	13
=	Neville Clarke	79	73	75	74	301	13
14	Theo Dauwa	74	74	75	79	302	14
15	Chris Davison	74	71	80	78	303	15
=	Cliff Barnard	77	75	77	74	303	15
17	Langley Perrins	80	74	70	80	304	16
=	Stephen Moloi	75	74	75	80	304	16
19	AP Botes	77	73	82	73	305	17
=	Mokgeteng Mashego	83	74	73	75	305	17
21	Callie Swart	79	70	79	78	306	18
=	Mark Bright	80	75	78	73	306	18
=	Steven van Vuuren	78	72	75	81	306	18
24	Ben Fouche	77	75	76	80	308	20
25	Johan Engelbrecht	77	83	70	80	310	22
26	Rodger Govender	76	81	77	78	312	24
=	Veli Hlophe	80	76	77	79	312	24
28	Derrick Lekoma	78	81	73	81	313	25
29	Didier Plassan	79	77	76	82	314	26
=	Thomas Mhlambi	80	75	77	82	314	26
31	Brad Diffenthal	82	73	73	87	315	27
=	Robbie Sham	84	76	81	74	315	27
33	Craig Lewthwaite	85	78	74	80	317	29
=	Ian Palmer	78	74	84	81	317	29
35	Lindley Stallenberg	83	77	77	81	318	30
=	Matt Mattysen	80	77	80	81	318	30
37	Dick Ndebele	83	74	82	80	319	31
38	Jeff Hawkes	82	74	78	91	325	37
39	Derrick Landman	83	86	77	81	327	39
40	Eddie Jackson	83	81	85	81	330	42
41	Solly Mokgare	85	86	76	84	331	43
42	Benedict Matsoso	89	83	79	81	332	44
43	Paul van Biljon	85	82	85	83	335	47
44	Kevin Smith	84	86	82	85	337	49
45	Joel Nemamila	92	84	82	81	339	51
46	Jerry Lekoto	88	83	84	87	342	54
47	Andries Prinsloo	90	84	83	86	343	55
48	David Kleinbooi	87	80	89	90	346	58
49	Freddie Mkwanazi	94	86	85	93	358	70
50	Ranjith Singh	D/Q				D/Q
51	Vaughan Fallick	D/Q				D/Q