Frenchman David Ravetto claimed his maiden victory on both the Sunshine Tour and the European Challenge Tour when he won the Dimension Data Pro-Am by two strokes at Fancourt on Sunday.

Ravetto took a two-shot lead into the final round on the Montagu course, and two birdies in his opening three holes and then another two birdies in three holes over the turn kept him beyond reach of the field as he closed with a 69 to finish on 15 under par.

“It feels amazing. I’m really proud of myself with how I played. The last six months haven’t been easy for me and I’m super happy,” said Ravetto.

Remarkably, Ravetto is the first French winner of one of South Africa’s longest-standing pro-am tournaments dating back to 1996.

“The key for me this week was just to play solid golf and try to hit as many good shots as I can. I did that today. Today was windy and the pins were tough. I’m happy I didn’t panic. I made a few early birdies and then just tried to play solid golf thereafter,” he said.

England’s Sam Hutsby did his best to catch Ravetto on the final day. When the Frenchman bogeyed the 13th Hutsby had closed to within one shot of him. But Hutsby’s double-bogey on 17 ended his charge as he signed for a 68 and second place on 13 under par.

South Africans Hennie du Plessis and Robin Williams as well as Spain’s Victor Pastor shared third place on 11 under par.

Ravetto admits that the victory has changed his plans somewhat as he now looks to a year of even greater opportunities.

“This will definitely change my planning a bit. I think I’ll still play the DP World Tour a bit, but this proves to me that I’m good enough to win out here. It’s always nice in South Africa as well. The people are so friendly and the courses are in great condition. The three golf courses here at Fancourt are just amazing.” – Michael Vlismas.

SCORES:

274 – David Ravetto 68 66 71 69
276 – Sam Hutsby 72 65 71 68
278 – Hennie du Plessis 67 72 70 69, Robin Williams 70 68 71 69, Victor Pastor 66 78 65 69
279 – Brandon Stone 67 78 65 69, Zander Lombard 70 66 73 70
280 – JC Ritchie 72 74 68 66
281 – Benjamin Hebert 65 77 66 73
282 – Daniel van Tonder 66 78 73 65, Jaco Prinsloo 68 82 67 65, Luca Filippi 66 75 68 73, Benjamin Follett-Smith 70 70 69 73, Franklin Manchest 70 70 67 75
283 – Dylan Naidoo 74 69 69 71, Louis Albertse 69 66 74 74
284 – Mikael Lindberg 70 77 67 70, Anton Albers 68 72 71 73, Nicolai Kristensen 67 76 69 72, Quim Vidal 72 70 68 74, Jaco Ahlers 67 78 67 72, Clement Berardo 70 73 70 71, Jordan Gumberg 68 71 74 71, Conor Purcell 71 67 76 70
285 – David Langley 70 76 70 69, Oliver Bekker 67 80 70 68, Romain Wattel 77 71 66 71, Kyle Barker 72 69 70 74, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 70 68 74 73, Philipp Katich 73 72 65 75, Soren Broholt Lind 70 72 68 75, Pierre Pineau 70 66 72 77, Luke Jerling 73 68 72 72
286 – Hayden Hopewell 75 74 67 70, Maxence Giboudot 71 74 71 70, Mark Power 76 70 68 72, Felix Mory 75 71 67 73, Hamish Brown 68 70 75 73, John Parry 72 71 71 72
287 – Nicolai Von Dellingshausen 69 73 74 71, Wilco Nienaber 73 73 71 70, Keith Horne 76 73 67 71, Thomas Aiken 69 78 68 72, Lars van Meijel 71 71 73 72, Bryce Easton 63 80 71 73, Alfie Plant 71 73 70 73, Malcolm Mitchell 71 70 72 74, Craig Howie 71 73 70 73
288 – Robin Roussel 71 73 72 72, Casey Jarvis 73 74 70 71, Chris Paisley 70 69 76 73, Lyle Rowe 73 70 70 75
289 – JJ Senekal 76 69 72 72, Jaco Van Zyl 72 75 70 72, Martin Couvra 68 73 76 72, Jacques Blaauw 66 82 67 74, Daniel Young 76 72 65 76, Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 73 73 76
290 – Wynand Dingle 75 75 67 73, Heinrich Bruiners 72 71 74 73, Yurav Premlall 71 74 70 75, Jean Hugo 73 69 73 75
291 – Toby Tree 73 73 70 75, Richard Mcevoy 72 71 70 78
292 – Alexander Levy 68 75 70 79
293 – Keenan Davidse 69 72 72 80
Missed the cut:-
218 – Oliver Hundeboll 69 75 74, Kyle McClatchie 74 76 68, Joshua Berry 72 74 72, Richie O’Donovan 74 72 72, Neil Schietekat 77 69 72, Kyle De Beer 74 69 75, Martin Vorster 69 81 68, Julien Sale 78 71 69, Jeppe Kristian Andersen 78 75 65, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 75 72 71, LB Boshoff 72 76 70
147 – Shaun Norris 71 76, Tom Shadbolt 68 76 75, Dayne Moore 70 76 73, John Axelsen 73 71 75, Ricky Hendler 75 71 73, Hennie Otto 70 75 74, Luca Cianchetti 69 74 76, Tomas Gouveia 80 69 70
220 – Jbe’ Kruger 75 69 76, Justin Walters 74 71 75, Gregory Bourdy 77 70 73, Jonathan Caldwell 74 73 73, Deon Germishuys 74 74 72, Rupert Kaminski 75 73 72, Joel Moscatel 80 74 66, Anthony Michael 69 74 77, Euan Walker 75 73 72
149 – Martin Rohwer 80 69, Conner Mackenzie 70 79 72, Justin Harding 75 71 75, Jamie Rutherford 71 78 72, Oihan Guillamoundeguy 70 78 73, Adriel Poonan 74 75 72, Martin Simonsen 72 77 72, Gary Hurley 74 71 76, Lucas Vacarisas 73 74 74, Jayden Schaper 74 79 68, Jannik de Bruyn 76 76 69, Stefan Wears-Taylor 66 84 71
222 – Connor Mckinney 73 72 77, Steven Brown 75 76 71, Haraldur Magnus 72 79 71, Tristen Strydom 75 73 74, Nikhil Rama 73 77 72, Gary Boyd 73 68 81, Rourke van der Spuy 75 73 74, Keagan Thomas 69 83 70, Lauri Ruuska 78 75 69
151 – Ryan Van Velzen 73 78, Mateusz Gradecki 75 79 69, Jovan Rebula 78 75 70, MJ Viljoen 67 78 78, Ronan Kleu 75 78 70, Ronan Mullarney 79 72 72
224 – Oliver Lindell 69 86 69, Toto Thimba Jnr 68 85 71, Marc Hammer 70 75 79, Hennie O’Kennedy 76 76 72
225 – Javier Sainz 72 80 73, Anton Karlsson 73 75 77, Adam Breen 74 71 80, Danie Van Niekerk 77 74 74
226 – Dylan Mostert 78 73 75
227 – George Mason 73 79 75, Jake Redman 78 76 73, Dermot Mcelroy 73 77 77, Sean Cronje 72 79 76, James Allan 84 74 69
228 – Bradley Bawden 77 72 79, Gerhard Pepler 76 78 74
229 – Tapio Pulkkanen 82 78 69, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 85 75 69, Herman Loubser 76 81 72
230 – Christofer Blomstrand 73 85 72, CJ du Plessis 74 81 75, James Mack 79 80 71, Keelan van Wyk 79 83 68
232 – Jonathan Goth-Rasmussen 81 72 79, Clancy Waugh 74 81 77, Rhys Enoch 78 81 73
233 – Joachim B. Hansen 81 73 79, Ruan Korb 74 83 76
234 – Albert Venter 77 87 70
235 – Pietro Bovari 82 79 74
238 – Merrick Bremner 77 81 80
244 – Robson Chinhoi 83 84 77
248 – James Kamte 84 76 88
Missed the cut:-
149 – Ross Mcgowan 75 74
Missed the cut:-
70 – Laurie Canter 70