08/12/2025 5-Minute World Tour Bellville GC

Competition Results

Amateur Golf

Western Province Golf PAT Final: Home course victory for Van Der Vyver at Strand

Nicolas Van Der Vyver overturned a four-stroke deficit, using his local knowledge to great effect in a 9-under 63 which saw him win the Premier Amateur Tour Final at Strand Golf by a shot.

Struan Currie and Nicholas Schreider set the 18-hole pace at 5-under after morning rounds of 67. Local favourites Andries and Nicolas Van Der Vyver lurked a few shots adrift after rounds of 70 and 71 respectively.

The latter was in imperious form in the afternoon, scorching around Strand’s front-9 in 6-under 30, collecting birdies at holes 3-5 and 7-9. A birdie at the 10th kept his score ticking over at a healthy rate before he punctuated a superb display with birdies at 16 and 18.

Currie (75) faded from contention in the afternoon while Schrieder carded a 68 which saw him come up just shy of a playoff with Van Der Vyver. 

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Professional Golf

PGA Tour: Matsuyama wins World Challenge in playoff

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Hideki Matsuyama birdied the first extra hole to defeat Sweden’s Alex Noren and win the Hero World Challenge.

Ryder Cupper Sepp Straka was in the driver’ seat through three rounds but was caught and ultimately surpassed by both Matsuyama and Noren despite carding a 4-under 68.

Matsuyama picked up five front-9 birdies before holing out for an Eagle-2 at the 10th. He’d gain a final shot at 13 in a round of 8-under 64.

Noren matched his score of 64 in a round which featured nine birdies and just one dropped shot, highlighted by three birdies over his final four holes. 

Matsuyama made short shrift of the playoff with an approach to 2-feet which set up a birdie while Noren’s birdie bid from 20-feet slid past the hole. 

DP World Tour: Reitan holds on for NGC victory

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Kristoffer Reitan withstood a nervy third round finish and the pressure exerted by the chasing pack in the final round to prevail by a shot at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

The Norwegian held a commanding seven-shot lead playing the par-4 18th in round three. A wayward approach shot rendered his ball unplayable and a double-bogey meant that he led South Africa’s Jayden Schaper by 5 with 18 holes to play.

A Sunday which saw Reitan endure difficulty around the greens, registering birdies and bogeys with seemingly equal regularity meant the event was far from a foregone conclusion. 

A bogey at the 15th magnified this sentiment with Dan Bradbury (-6)  and Schaper (-4) lurking one shot behind.

Reitan held his nerve down the stretch, punctuated by a drive down 18 which bisected the fairway and an approach which found the heart of the green.

Bradbury and Schaper saw chances to force a playoff come up a fraction shy – both watching their birdie bids stay above ground.

Reitan navigated the final green expertly, a two-putt confirming the 2nd victory of his DP World Tour career after a win at the Soudal Open in May.

DP World Tour: Neergaard-Petersen wins Down Under  

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Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen made a clutch par save at the 72nd hole to deny Cameron Smith a home Open victory as Neergaard-Petersen engineered a one-stroke win at the Australian Open.

The Dane led by a shot with a round to play on 14-under par. Two-over for the day after 10 holes, he rallied with consecutive birdie-3s at the 12th and 13th before a crucial red number at his penultimate hole. 

A matching birdie at 17 moved playing partner Smith to 2-under par for the day, meaning there was no separating the pair on the 18th tee.

The difference in the end was Petersen’s ability to save par at 18, holing a nerveless 10-footer to help him eclipse Smith, who made bogey, by the slimmest of margins. 

Fun Facts & Scary Stats

1. Kristoffer Reitan became the first Norwegian winner of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
2. In 2025, Scottie Scheffler became the first player since Rory McIlroy in 2019 to rank in the top-25 in Strokes Gained off the tee, SG: Approach, SG: Around the Green and SG: putting. 
3. After 35 years, legendary South African commentator Dale Hayes set down his microphone for the final time at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.