On a windy Sunday at La Réserve Golf Hyperlinks, Schaper produced a ultimate spherical of 64 together with three birdies in his ultimate 4 holes to complete at 22 below par.
Gerard, enjoying behind him, was on the 18thone shot behind and had a scare when he thought his ball had moved when he addressed it on the green.
He was cleared by a guidelines official and went on to make an unimaginable birdie from the greenside bunker to tie Schaper, closing with a 66. Gerard made his intentions clear this week when he mentioned he’d flown all the best way from Florida to play this occasion as a ultimate alternative to win and finish the 12 months within the prime 50 on the Official World Golf Rating, thereby securing himself a Masters invite. Enjoying the par-five 18th as the primary playoff gap, each golfers made par. After which got here the second of magic from Schaper on the second playoff gap to finish a career-defining 2025 and arrange an thrilling 2026 for the younger star. “To this point it’s been two of the very best weeks of my profession, however hopefully there may be extra to come back. It’s been insane and you could possibly by no means have requested for any higher. It’s unreal,” he mentioned. South Africa’s Casey Jarvis completed third on 17 below par with a ultimate spherical of 71. Schaper’s victory capped a outstanding week on the Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour, and on a celebrated golf course that in a really brief time has garnered international awards and reward. “It’s an unimaginable golf course,” mentioned Miguel Vidaor, Match Director for the DP World Tour.
“After we performed it for the primary time in 2023 it had solely been open for a few months and it was a bit younger.
“However two years later it has matured extremely nicely and the enjoying surfaces are pretty much as good as I’ve seen wherever.
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