America’s Jordan Gumberg claimed a thrilling victory in the SDC Championship at St Francis Links on Sunday when he beat South Africa’s Robin Williams in a playoff.

Gumberg and Williams finished regulation play tied for the lead on 12 under par following their respective final rounds of 68 and 69.

On a day when the wind of the previous three days gave way to rain, Williams had seemed destined to claim the victory as he held a two-shot lead over the American with two holes to play.

However, the South African found the greenside bunker on the par-three 17th and made a double bogey from a plugged lie to slip back into a tie for the lead with Gumberg.

They both parred the par-four 18th as the first playoff hole. Gumberg then birdied the hole on the second attempt to claim his maiden DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour title.

“I’m so thankful to be standing here,” said Gumberg at the end of a dramatic final round.

“Coming down the last couple of holes there is always a point where it feels like it’s slipped away from you. It felt like that for me. So I’m just thankful to be standing here.”

Frenchman David Ravetto took third place on 10 under par with a final round of 70.

The win changes Gumberg’s plans significantly. Before this he was a European Challenge Tour golfer unable to plan his schedule.

“It means everything. I never really got this far in my dreams. It’s what we work so hard for every single day. To my family back home – my dad has put so much into my golf game. It means the world to all of us,” he said while holding back the tears. – Michael Vlismas

SCORES:

276 - Jordan Gumberg * won in playoff

276 - Robin Williams

278 - David Ravetto

280 - Jamie Donaldson, Marcus Armitage, Nick Bachem, Andy Sullivan, Daniel Brown, Connor Syme

281 - Thriston Lawrence, Jbe' Kruger

282 - Gavin Green, Casey Jarvis, Tom McKibbin, James Nicholas

283 - Keenan Davidse, Julien Brun, Thomas Aiken, Francesco Laporta

284 - Ewen Ferguson, Daniel van Tonder, Haydn Barron, Adri Arnaus

285 - Adrian Otaegui, Shaun Norris, Nikhil Rama, Wilco Nienaber, Louis de Jager, Jeff Winther, Ugo Coussaud

286 - Ockie Strydom, Manuel Elvira, Clement Sordet, Adrien Saddier, Malcolm Mitchell

287 - Keagan Thomas, Matteo Manassero, Angel Hidalgo, Lyle Rowe, Rikuya Hoshino

288 - Oliver Bekker, Ivan Cantero, Richie Ramsay

289 - Nacho Elvira, Ryan Van Velzen, Anthony Michael

290 - Anton Karlsson, Lorenzo Scalise, Matthew Baldwin, Ruan Korb, Espen Kofstad

291 - Benjamin Follett-Smith

292 - Dylan Mostert, Jake Redman

293 - Sebastian Friedrichsen, Keith Horne, Dylan Frittelli, James Morrison

294 - Jayden Schaper

295 - Hennie Otto

296 - Jack Hawksby, Matthias Schwab

297 - Oliver Wilson

298 - Rupert Kaminski

305 - Stefan Wears-Taylor

Missed the cut:-

146 - CJ du Plessis, Antoine Rozner, Jaco Ahlers, Samuel Jones, Albert Venter, Brandon Stone, Sam Bairstow, Ashun Wu, Trevor Fisher Jnr, Pieter Moolman

147 - Peter Karmis, Hennie O'Kennedy, Jordan Smith, Heinrich Bruiners, JJ Senekal, Jeong Weon Ko, Martin Vorster, Kyle De Beer, Aneurin Gounden, JC Ritchie

148 - Tom Lewis, Todd Clements, Freddy Schott, Santiago Tarrio, Julien Guerrier, Stuart Manley, Joel Girrbach

149 - Wynand Dingle, Jaco Prinsloo, Robson Chinhoi, Fredrik From, Yurav Premlall, Matthis Besard, Neil Schietekat, Will Enefer, Hennie du Plessis, Darren Fichardt, Jacques Blaauw, Jason Scrivener, Benjamin Rusch, Louis Albertse, Jacques P de Villiers

150 - Toto Thimba Jnr, Dylan Naidoo, Jean Hugo, Oliver Hundeboll, Max Rottluff, Jaco Van Zyl, Dan Erickson, Sean Bradley

151 - Keegan Mclachlan, Reinhardt Blaauw, Justin Walters, Rourke van der Spuy, Soren Kjeldsen, Chase Hanna, Marco Penge, Karabo Mokoena

152 - Ross Fisher, Hurly Long, Zander Lombard, Keita Nakajima, Deon Germishuys, MJ Viljoen, Om Prakash Chouhan

153 - Kyle Barker, James Hart du Preez, Romain Langasque, Guxin Chen, Gunner Wiebe, Jonas Blixt, Tom Vaillant, Garrick Porteous, Tristen Strydom

154 - Pierre Pellegrin, Bjorn Akesson, Ricardo Gouveia, Luca Filippi

155 - Jovan Rebula, Andrea Pavan, Jacquin Hess

156 - Herman Loubser, David Law, Martin Rohwer

157 - Combrinck Smit, Joost Luiten, Niklas Norgaard

158 - Gerhard Pepler

159 - Tristin Galant, Richie O'Donovan

160 - Sebastian Garcia