India´s Shiv Kapur and Richie Ramsay from Scotland will face each other in a sudden-death play-off for the 99th South African Open Championship title after both players tied on 13-under-par 275.
Kapur dropped just one shot in his round of 67 while Ramsay produced a scintillating 65 with no bogeys on his card.
Kapur and Ramsay both turned professional in 2007 and for both players, lifting this title signifies a breakthrough win on the European Tour.
Either way, the result will deliver the South African Open Championship´s seventh foreign winner and first since Matthias Gronberg won the 1999 edition at Randpark from Darren Fichardt.
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Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate will host the South African Open Championship in 2011 and 2012. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Serengeti is the first 27-hole golf course in Gauteng and was recently named “Best New Golf Course” by Golf Digest.
The 18-hole course called Masai Mara, which means “wide open plains” in the language of the Masai, has a rugged grassland and dune-scape look. One of the unique features on the course is the par-five eighth hole with its island green. The nine-hole course called Whistling Thorn has a more classic feel.
The courses were constructed in accordance with USGA specifications, with cool season grass that provides green vistas all year round. Designed as a strategic and technical masterpiece that will test today’s best players, the sunken design of the course with its wide corridors is ideal for tournament purposes and provides optimal spectator value on almost every hole.
