Lee Westwood won The Nedbank Golf Challenge and captured his first European Tour title since April 2014. Westwood produced the best round of the day (64) and finished the tournament at 15 under par. First three rounds leader Sergio Garcia finished second at 12 under after 70 today. Home favorite Louis Oosthuizen was leading after 14 holes, but a bogey on the par four 15th and a double bogey on the 18th hole dropped him to 11 under and solo third place in the final standing.
Final leaderboard:
Today’s win in Sun City is win number 24 for Westwood in the European Tour.
How good does this feel @WestwoodLee? pic.twitter.com/CGVcoFD2VJ
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 11, 2018
Westwood’s solid performance on the greens this week was a key factor for his success.
Westwood's last European Tour win – April 2014.
He leads by one with two holes left. pic.twitter.com/s7Dc64OuOf
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 11, 2018
This was Westwood’s third triumph at The Nedbank Golf Challenge and the first one since it became an European Tour event. His previous wins at the event were in 2010 and 2011.
Take a bow Lee Westwood!
He now leads by two. pic.twitter.com/btrTA69Z4d
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 11, 2018
Sergio Garcia played solid today and he didn’t make any mistakes. He just was not able to answer Westwood’s low scoring.
Sergio needed something special. He found it…#NGC2018 #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/W2jFzdegzq
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 11, 2018
Louis Oosthuizen has the chance to keep the trophy in South Africa after Branden Grace’s win last year.
The locals are loving that! 🙌
3 birdies in a row and Oosthuizen leads by two. pic.twitter.com/h386knzLa5
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 11, 2018