Golf-Bradbury fires final round 65 to claim second Joburg Open title


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March 8 (Reuters) - Dan ⁠Bradbury from England fired four birdies on the ⁠back nine in a final round of ‌65 to seal a one-shot victory at the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open with a tournament score of 17 under-par at ​the Houghton Golf Club on Sunday.

Needing ⁠a par on the ⁠18th for victory, Bradbury found himself off the green ⁠with ‌his second shot, but a superb chip took him to within a foot of ⁠the hole.

South African Casey Jarvis had won the ​last two ‌DP World Tour events but was denied a ⁠hat-trick when ​he finished a shot back with a final round 66, tied for second with Englishman Brandon Robinson-Thompson, who ⁠also managed a 66.

"I thought I ​had lost in on the front nine, I had so many chances and did not take them," Bradbury ⁠said. "But it feels really good to put it together on the back nine."

"Casey and Brandon played amazing, it was pretty tight but I somehow managed to ​get it done in the end."

Bradbury ⁠earns a third win on the European tour, his ​first coming at the 2022 ‌Joburg Open. He also claimed ​victory at the 2024 FedEx Open de France.

(Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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