Enefer beats Otto in Cape Town Open playoff

As England’s Will Enefer signed the pin flags confirming his victory in the CIRCA Cape Town Open, it suddenly became real for him.

“I’ve never done this before. I can get used to it,” he said, having just beaten South Africa’s Hennie Otto in a playoff to win this Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour event at Royal Cape Golf Club on Sunday.

Will Enefer joins the winner's circle 🤝#CIRCACapeTownOpen pic.twitter.com/MoGGUzAsNy

Enefer and Otto finished a windy final round tied for the lead on 14 under par. Both had played impressive golf on a day that had the most wind all week.

Enefer climbed through the field with a 69 built around his five birdies in six holes over the turn.

Otto signed for a closing 68 and didn’t drop a single shot on a challenging final day.

Playing the par-four 18th again as the first playoff hole, Enefer hit a solid approach to 10 feet and holed the birdie putt to take the title.

The winning moment for Will Enefer 🤩#CIRCACapeTownOpen pic.twitter.com/YqYKQqE8WT — HotelPlanner Tour (@HPlanner_Tour) February 8, 2026

His caddie, Moeketsi Tsatsi, received the Sunshine Tour medallion for the winning caddie.

“I’m ecstatic. It’s great to get over the line. It’s been a long four days and I stayed patient out there, and luckily came away with the win,” he said.

Otto finished runner-up for the second time in this tournament, while Spain’s Santiago Tarrio finished third on 13 under par with a closing 74.

Enefer spent a season on the DP World Tour in 2024 and brought all of that experience to the playoff.

“Being out on the DP World Tour for a year taught me a lot. I came back to the HotelPlanner Tour determined to be more aggressive because I know how top heavy the points system is – you have to win out here to really push on. It’s nice to get a win early, and I’ll just try and push on from here,” he said as he continues his quest to regain a place on the DP World Tour.

“I got off to a rough start today and the wind was from a different direction. But I made some putts around the turn, and knew it was going to be tough coming in. I feel like I’ve got a decent pedigree out here and had a very solid season last year, so I was definitely looking to try and get one over the line. This week I just stuck to my gameplan and let it happen.”

SCORES

274 - Will Enefer 65 70 70 69 WN

KO - Hennie Otto 66 70 70 68 KO

275 - Santiago Tarrio 69 67 65 74

276 - Luke Brown 70 72 68 66

276 - Ryan Lumsden 67 71 71 67, Tapio Pulkkanen 68 67 70 71, Pablo Ereno 66 68 70 72, Trevor Fisher Jnr 66 67 67 76

277 - Gary Hurley 65 73 70 69

278 - Otto Van Buynder 72 70 70 66

278 - David Horsey 67 72 69 70, Canon Claycomb 66 69 72 71

279 - Martin Vorster 68 72 72 67

279 - Marc Warren 65 70 74 70, Samuel Simpson 68 68 73 70, Dan Erickson 66 71 72 70, Maxence Giboudot 69 70 69 71

280 - Maximilian Kieffer 67 71 74 68

280 - Julien Sale 67 75 69 69, Jason Roets 68 67 74 71, Pieter Moolman 70 72 65 73

281 - Sam Jones 71 71 72 67

281 - Hamish Brown 69 73 71 68, Wilco Nienaber 66 70 73 72, MJ Viljoen 71 69 69 72, Louis Albertse 65 73 69 74

282 - Graham van der Merwe 72 70 72 68

282 - Conor Purcell 68 71 74 69, Christiaan Burke 68 72 73 69, Tom Lewis 65 74 73 70, Austin Bautista 68 74 69 71, Grant Haefner 70 67 73 72, Benjamin Hebert 69 70 71 72, Liam Nolan 71 69 70 72, Jannik de Bruyn 70 72 68 72, Kyle Barker 71 71 68 72, Lorenzo Scalise 71 71 66 74, Julien Quesne 71 67 69 75

283 - Per Langfors 69 72 76 66

283 - Ryan Van Velzen 68 72 75 68, Bjorn Akesson 67 73 75 68, Borja Virto 71 70 72 70, Deon Germishuys 71 70 69 73, Callan Barrow 69 70 70 74, Baard Skogen 65 76 68 74, Haraldur Magnus 68 68 72 75, Kieran Vincent 70 70 68 75, Nikhil Rama 67 74 67 75

284 - Lyle Rowe 66 74 73 71

284 - Victor Pastor 72 70 71 71, JJ Senekal 67 74 70 73, Ruan Korb 69 69 72 74, Andrew Wilson 70 69 69 76, Lars van Meijel 69 73 66 76

285 - Kyle McClatchie 71 70 73 71

285 - Gerhard Pepler 67 75 72 71, Keenan Davidse 69 70 73 73, Lukas Nemecz 70 72 70 73, Christofer Rahm 71 68 71 75

286 - Malcolm Mitchell 66 73 76 71

286 - Robson Chinhoi 66 75 73 72

287 - Lucas Vacarisas 72 70 71 74

288 - Benjamin Rusch 70 71 73 74

289 - James Meyer De Beco 70 72 74 73

289 - Robert Foley 70 71 72 76, Bryce Easton 70 72 70 77

292 - Jaco Ahlers 69 70 74 79

Missed the cut:

143 - Pedro Figueiredo 69 74

143 - Albert Boneta 71 72, Stefan Wears-Taylor 68 75, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 71 72, Ronan Kleu 74 69, Callum Farr 69 74, Estiaan Conradie 72 71, Max Kennedy 69 74, Robin Williams 71 72, Kyle De Beer 71 72, Nick Carlson 69 74, Victor Sidal Svendsen 71 72, Filip Mruzek 68 75, Karabo Mokoena 70 73

144 - Altin van der Merwe 72 72

144 - Clement Sordet 74 70, James Mack 70 74, Callum Tarren 74 70, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia 74 70, Jamie Rutherford 71 73, Steven Brown 71 73, Collin Adams 70 74

145 - Luke Jerling 73 72

145 - Vince van Veen 70 75, James Sugrue 74 71, Alex Goff 71 74, Jean Hugo 72 73, Anton Albers 73 72, Jaco Prinsloo 72 73, Wynand Dingle 71 74, Daan Huizing 71 74, Jovan Rebula 72 73, Alfie Plant 73 72, Kieron van Wyk 71 74, Sam Hutsby 65 80, Allen John 73 72, Jack Hawksby 69 76

146 - John Gough 75 71

146 - Matthew Southgate 69 77, Jacques P de Villiers 74 72, Jonathan Goth-Rasmussen 69 77, Anders Ejlersen 71 75, George Coetzee 67 79, Haydn Porteous 69 77

147 - Javier Barcos Garbayo 73 74

147 - Joel Moscatel 73 74, Robin Petersson 73 74, Benjamin Van Wyk 74 73, MJ Daffue 73 74, CJ du Plessis 73 74, Martin Rohwer 71 76, Jeppe Kristian Andersen 72 75, Franklin Manchest 73 74, Palmer Jackson 73 74, Heinrich Bruiners 73 74, Herman Loubser 75 72, Josh Hilleard 72 75

148 - Yurav Premlall 74 74

148 - Xander Basson 72 76, Peter Karmis 74 74, Matthis Besard 75 73, Jack McDonald 72 76, Dylan Mostert 73 75, Ruan Groenewald 75 73

149 - Toto Thimba Jnr 74 75

149 - Neil Schietekat 73 76, Rupert Kaminski 68 81, Stephen Ferreira 72 77, Nick Bachem 70 79, Jacquin Hess 73 76, Tyran Snyders 73 76, Rhys West 71 78, Jacques Blaauw 71 78

150 - Warwick Purchase 73 77

150 - Sebastian Friedrichsen 72 78

151 - Ricky Hendler 78 73

151 - Yannik Paul 72 79, Jean-Paul Strydom 75 76, Hurly Long 75 76, Calum Fyfe 73 78

153 - Stuart Krog 77 76

153 - Tristin Galant 74 79, Marcel Steyn Scholtz 76 77, Keelan Africa 73 80

154 - Ayden Knight 75 79

154 - Hennie O'Kennedy 76 78, Rhys Enoch 75 79

155 - Jordan Duminy 76 79

155 - Luis Carrera 79 76