Stellenbosch, South Africa — Casey Jarvis made three birdies within the first 5 holes to win the South African Open on Sunday with a 3-under 67, qualifying him for the Masters and British Open Championship later this 12 months.
Jarvis received for the second consecutive week on the DP World Tour, following final week’s Kenya Open.
“In the beginning of the week I had slightly feeling that one thing loopy was going to occur,” Jarvis mentioned after his three-shot win at Stellenbosch Golf Membership.
The timing was superb. For the primary time, the Masters supplied an invite to the winner of the South African Open. Golf’s third-oldest U.S. championship has given three spots to potential gamers who haven’t but certified for the British Open Championship, to be held at Royal Birkdale in July.
Italy’s Francesco Laporta completed with a 69, tied for second place with France’s Frédéric Lacroix (65) and South Africa’s Hennie du Plessis (69).
Du Plessis performed No. 18, two strokes behind, however ended up with bogey and misplaced his ticket to the British Open. These positions went to Laporta and Lacroix resulting from their superior world rankings.
Jarvis has solely performed one main, qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Open by means of a 36-hole qualifying spherical in England. He missed the reduce by ending second at Pinehurst. He has damaged into the world high 100 for the primary time and may very well be in line for an invite to the PGA Championship in Might.
“It is my childhood dream to play at Augusta,” Jarvis mentioned. “I thought of it within the morning. It is exhausting not to consider it. I am unable to wait to get on the market and see how my sport compares to the perfect gamers on this planet.”
Jarvis, who began the ultimate spherical with a one-shot lead, sunk a 40-foot birdie putt on the opening gap, moved his method to 2 toes on the fourth for a birdie, and had a 3rd birdie on the par-5 fifth. He made six consecutive pars and completed with a rating of 14 underneath par, 266.
Jarvis turns into the second South African to win consecutive races on the DP World Tour this season, following Jaden Schaper who received back-to-back weeks on the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the Mauritius Open on the finish of December.
Former Masters champion Patrick Reed, who’s main the race to Dubai, shot a 68 within the closing spherical to tie for twenty ninth place.
