Familiarity breeds success

TREVOR IMMELMAN made use of immense local knowledge to capture his second consecutive South African Airways Open title at the Erinvale Course yesterday.

The resident pro held his nerve as the Helderberg wind carved up the rest of the field. After predicting that he would attack swiftly on the final day so that he could win the tournament, Immelman kept to his promise to shoot an impressive 67 which completed a four-round aggregate tally of 276.

Immelman won the tournament by three shots from Scotland's Alastair Forsyth and Englishman Steve Webster.