Lejan Lewthwaite completed a wire-to-wire win as she added a second title in a week at the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am at Fancourt on Sunday.
With the hard work done over at George GC for 36 holes, Lewthwaite did enough over the course of the day to keep disaster at bay as she raced to a 8-stroke victory with Stacy Bregman a distant second.
Lewthwaite was four over through three but showed her class with birdies at 6 and 7 to restore the damage to a reasonable extent.
Her march to victory was sweetened with gains at 16 and 18.
The victory cemented Lewthwaite’s number one spot in the Investec Order of Merit and she is another step closer to collecting the R100 000 bonus. She leads on 1 390 points and is nearly 500 points ahead of Dlamini.
Meanwhile Stacy Bregman carded 71 for a one-under total, making it a one-two finish for the Investec stable on one-under. Peronnin took third on level par and Dlamini had to settle for fourth on one-over after closing with 75.
Lewthwaite now travels to San Lameer Country Club with the Sunshine Ladies Tour, where she will gun for a hat-trick of titles when she takes up her title defence in the SA Women’s Masters.
‘There will be some celebrations tonight, but probably not too late,’ said Lewthwaite, who will also be celebrating a runner-up finish with amateur partner Marj Davidson.
The pair posted rounds of 66, 68 and 68 for an impressive 14-under total, but Lewthwaite lost out on an additional R30 000 pay-day to Sharmila Nicollet. The Indian golfer and her partner Nicci Taylor fired a superb 64 at the Outeniqua Course to seal victory on 15-under.
