Sattelkau wins back-to-back on Sunshine Ladies Tour

Germany’s Celina Sattelkau claimed back-to-back wins on the Sunshine Ladies Tour with a convincing five-stroke victory in the NTT DATA Ladies’ Pro-Am brought to you by Standard Bank at The Links at Fancourt on Sunday.

Sattelkau closed with a final round of 72 to win on seven under par, with fellow German Sophie Witt taking second place on two under after a closing 73.

It completed an incredible start to this season’s Sunshine Ladies Tour for Sattelkau, who won last week’s SuperSport Ladies Challenge.

“Back-to-back wins – yes I am super happy as I did not feel so well about my game this week. My body also did not feel very well this morning. I am happy to have pulled it off,” Sattelkau said.

Sattelkau went into Sunday’s final round with a three-stroke lead and she played incredibly composed golf in testing conditions, dropping only one shot.

“Today was really difficult. It was windy and the pin placements weren’t easy with the firmer greens. It was a big mental and physical challenge. On this course, you can lose a golf ball really quickly. Staying on the fairways was critical today. I made only pars on the front nine, which I was happy about. After the bogey, I knew I could make some birdies on the last few holes, and that is what I did. The birdie on the 18th hole was a great way to finish.”

Sattelkau was also delighted to have a fellow German at the top of the leaderboard.

“I am really happy for Sophie (Witt) as well. We actually shared a room last week and this week. We are really good friends. Finishing first and second is always great so I think we will be sharing more rooms this year,” Sattelkau said.

South African Stacy Bregman (71) tied for third place with Iceland’s Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (72) on one under par.

SCORES

139 - Celina Sattelkau (GER) 67 72

144 - Sophie Witt (GER) 71 73

145 - Stacy Bregman 74 71

145 - Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 73 72

146 - Zane Kleynhans 72 74

146 - Kaiyuree Moodley 71 75, Caitlyn Macnab 71 75

147 - Verena Gimmy (GER) 76 71

147 - Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 73 74, Lily May Humphreys (ENG) 72 75

148 - Alexandra Swayne (ISV) 73 75

148 - Laura Beveridge (SCO) 70 78

149 - Lee-Anne Pace 74 75

149 - Cara Gorlei 73 76

150 - Kiera Floyd 75 75

150 - Danielle du Toit 74 76, Ana Dawson (IMN) 72 78, Gabrielle Venter 71 79

151 - Nadia van der Westhuizen 78 73

151 - Kaylah Williams 78 73

152 - Lorna McClymont (SCO) 81 71

152 - Lenanda Nel 74 78

153 - Romy Meekers (NED) 78 75

153 - Chiara Horder (GER) 76 77

154 - Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 78 76

154 - Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 77 77, Thalia Martin (ENG) 76 78, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 74 80, Symone Henriques 71 83

155 - Isabella van Rooyen 78 77

156 - Bronwyn Doeg 76 80

158 - Emily Penttila (FIN) 78 80

158 - Hannah Karg (GER) 75 83

159 - Kelsey Nicholas 83 76

159 - Lora Assad 79 80, Tara Baglione 76 83

160 - Tandi McCallum 80 80

160 - Ivanna van der Merwe 78 82, Demi Flanagan 78 82, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 73 87

163 - Tereza Melecka (CZE) 85 78

165 - Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 83 82

168 - Naom Wafula (KEN) 81 87

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