Casey Jarvis narrowly missed out on matching a DP World Tour record as England’s Dan Bradbury snatched a one-shot victory at the Joburg Open in South Africa.
Jarvis had won the Magical Kenya Open and the Investec South African Open Championship over the previous two weeks, leaving him looking to join Sir Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros as the only players to win three consecutive DP World Tour events.
The South African went into the final day two strokes back at Houghton GC but found himself top of the leaderboard with two holes to play, only to bogey the penultimate hole and fall short of a historic home win.
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Casey Jarvis narrowly missed out on a third consecutive DP World Tour win
Jarvis mixed six birdies with two bogeys to card a final-round 66 and finish tied-second on 16 under with England’s Brandon Robinson Thompson, as Bradbury claimed his third DP World Tour win.
“I thought I’d lost it on the front nine,” Bradbury said. “I had so many chances and just didn’t take anything, but it feels really good to put it together on the back nine there. It feels amazing!”
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Jarvis misses out as Bradbury claims Joburg title
Bradbury had also started two off the pace and was level par after seven holes of his final round, only to post a run of three consecutive birdies around the turn and add another at the par-three 14th.
Overnight-leader Hennie du Plessis dropped four shots in a five-hole stretch from the 12th and found himself three behind when Bradbury – also playing in the final threeball – birdied the par-four 17th to move to 17 under.
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Jarvis – playing in the penultimate group – had bogeyed the same hole and failed to find a birdie at the last, while Robinson Thompson made two bogeys over the closing four holes – including a three-putt at the 18th – to also slip back to 16 under.
As Bradbury’s title rivals all faded over the closing stretch, the Englishman produced a brilliant up and down from just off the 18th green to set up a tap-in par and claim the Joburg Open title for a second time.
“Casey and Brandon obviously played amazing – I saw their names on the leaderboard all the way around,” Bradbury added. “It was pretty tight but I somehow managed to get it done in the end.”
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Du Plessis ended three strokes back in fourth spot ahead of France’s David Ravetto, with England’s Alex Fitzpatrick in a share of sixth alongside Adrian Otaegui, Daniel van Tonder and Louis Albertse.
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