Welshman Rhys Enoch overcame a weather delay and an onslaught of low scoring in the final round of the Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tour co-sanctioned SDC Open to claim a two-stroke victory at Zebula Golf Estate and Spa on Sunday.

Enoch started the final round one shot behind the leaders and made three straight birdies from the first on

his way to a 66 and a winning total of 24 under par.

It was an emotional triumph for Enoch who dedicated the victory to the passing of his father’s best friend on the Friday of the tournament. It’s also a win that comes after a difficult past two years of injury for Enoch.

“I had an operation on my left shoulder in April 2022 and I’ve just had a few niggles. I was trying to improve and didn’t quite have the control I needed. But I’m now a bit more settled with what I’m doing and I feel like I’ve stepped up a level, which is nice,” said Enoch.

It was a thrilling final round of some incredible scoring and a weather delay.

Englishman Joshua Berry turned in 29 and was 11 under before the delay and seemingly on track for a 59.

A bogey on the restart cost him that honour, but he still signed for a remarkable 61 to finish on 17 under overall.

Deon Germishuys and Martin Rohwer then came surging up the leaderboard and both signed for rounds of 64 to share second place on 22 under par.

But as he rolled in a birdie putt on the last to win, Enoch says he felt an immense sense of relief.

“It’s been three years since I last won and you keep asking when it will happen again. I’m just so happy to be playing the golf I know I can play again.”

Enoch also wins a four-night stay for two in the Presidential Suite at QWABI Private Game Reserve valued at R150 000 and including accommodation, private dining, drinks, game drives and a signature spa treatment for two.

The Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour now move to Cape Town for this week’s Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open at Royal Cape Golf Club.

SCORES:

264 - Rhys Enoch 66 66 66 66

266 - Martin Rohwer 69 67 66 64, Deon Germishuys 67 69 66 64

268 - Dylan Naidoo 71 64 69 64

269 - Chris Paisley 65 70 66 68, George Bloor 69 67 65 68

270 - Stefan Wears-Taylor 72 68 67 63, Ryan Van Velzen 69 66 69 66, Curtis Knipes 68 66 69 67, Jamie Rutherford 71 65 66 68, Wilco Nienaber 64 69 64 73

271 - Stuart Krog 71 69 64 67, Lyle Rowe 68 72 63 68, Joshua Berry 70 66 74 61, Angel Ayora 65 69 67 70

272 - Pieter Moolman 68 69 69 66, Alexander Levy 64 68 69 71, Gerhard Pepler 70 64 67 71, Jbe' Kruger 67 67 67 71, Louis Albertse 67 65 65 75

274 - Aron Zemmer 70 70 66 68, Luke Jerling 69 71 68 66

275 - Dylan Mostert 73 66 68 68, Neil Schietekat 69 69 68 69, Malcolm Mitchell 65 69 71 70, Daniel Young 69 67 69 70, Keenan Davidse 74 66 65 70, Benjamin Follett-Smith 66 69 69 71, Sean Bradley 71 68 65 71

276 - John Parry 69 69 68 70, Nikhil Rama 70 70 65 71, Lee Slattery 68 71 69 68, Jean Hugo 67 70 71 68, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 70 67 67 72, Robin Roussel 69 69 72 66

277 - Niklas Regner 69 68 69 71, Herman Loubser 72 67 68 70, Kyle Barker 66 72 68 71, Jonathan Broomhead 70 69 69 69, Wynand Dingle 70 69 69 69, Daniel van Tonder 74 64 71 68, Gary Hurley 68 68 68 73

278 - Trevor Fisher Jnr 69 70 68 71, Keith Horne 70 66 71 71, Gregorio De Leo 69 70 71 68

279 - Anthony Michael 70 70 67 72, Ross Mcgowan 70 67 69 73, Martin Vorster 68 71 67 73, Philipp Katich 68 67 72 72, Rupert Kaminski 68 72 69 70, Oliver Farr 72 67 71 69

280 - Christoffer Bring 70 70 67 73, Hayden Hopewell 70 68 71 71, Willie Olivier 70 68 71 71, Sam Hutsby 71 68 73 68

281 - CJ du Plessis 71 69 71 70, Lars van Meijel 65 73 74 69

282 - Joel Moscatel 72 66 69 75, Matthew Spacey 66 71 70 75, Ben Schmidt 72 68 68 74, Tom Shadbolt 65 74 71 72, Justin Walters 71 69 74 68, Martin Couvra 71 69 75 67

283 - Craig Howie 73 67 66 77, Makhetha Mazibuko 69 71 73 70

284 - Quim Vidal 71 65 74 74, Danie Van Niekerk 71 69 72 72

285 - David Langley 68 71 69 77, Hamish Brown 68 70 74 73

Missed the cut:-

141 - Jack McDonald 73 68, Luca Filippi 71 70, Oliver Bekker 74 67, Javier Sainz 73 68, Dan Erickson 71 70, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 70 71, Christiaan Basson 72 69, Estiaan Conradie 74 67, Bjorn Akesson 71 70, Hennie Otto 68 73, Hennie O'Kennedy 70 71, MJ Viljoen 72 69, Jason Roets 70 71

142 - Pierre Pineau 71 71, Robin Williams 74 68, Peter Karmis 73 69, JC Ritchie 73 69, James Allan 72 70, Robson Chinhoi 71 71, Yurav Premlall 70 72, George Mason 70 72, Rourke van der Spuy 70 72, Anton Karlsson 70 72, Jake Redman 73 69, Callum Mowat 73 69

143 - Albert Venter 73 70, Alfie Plant 71 72, Bryce Easton 72 71, Tristen Strydom 73 70, Jovan Rebula 71 72, Gary Boyd 73 70, LB Boshoff 69 74, Ashley Chesters 73 70, Keelan van Wyk 71 72, Ruan Conradie 72 71, Sean Cronje 74 69, Jordan Gumberg 73 70, Thomas Aiken 73 70, Heinrich Bruiners 70 73, Keagan Thomas 69 74, Ronan Mullarney 71 72

144 - JJ Senekal 72 72, Lucas Vacarisas 70 74, Clement Guichard 75 69, Julien Sale 72 72, Bradley Bawden 74 70, Gregory Bourdy 72 72, Toto Thimba Jnr 74 70, DK Kim 70 74, Maxence Giboudot 69 75, Martin Simonsen 73 71, Ricardo Santos 71 73, Christofer Blomstrand 71 73, Jacques P de Villiers 74 70, Dermot Mcelroy 70 74, Ronan Kleu 72 72, Lars Keunen 69 75

145 - Justin Harding 74 71, Toby Tree 74 71, Haraldur Magnus 72 73, Romain Wattel 73 72, Andoni Etchenique 73 72, Rhys Thompson 72 73, Ruan Korb 69 76, Mikael Lindberg 73 72, Borja Virto 73 72, Victor Pastor 69 76

146 - Michael Stewart 75 71, Jaco Van Zyl 74 72, Jacques Blaauw 74 72, Gary Stal 71 75, Adam Breen 70 76

147 - Sentanio Minnie 70 77, Rhys West 72 75, Clement Berardo 78 69, Tomas Gouveia 73 74, Kiet van der Weele 73 74

148 - Pietro Bovari 75 73, Alejandro Canizares 75 73

152 - Combrinck Smit 77 75, Wade Jacobs 74 78, Jeremy Freiburghaus 75 77, Mateusz Gradecki 76 76, James Kamte 78 74

153 - Jastice Mashego 74 79

157 - Merrick Bremner 79 78

162 - Christiaan Burke 78 84