Staff WriterIf the Limpopo Championship teaches us anything, it’s that nothing is safely in the bag until the final putt drops—and Pieter Moolman proved exactly that with a comeback that would’ve made Seve smile.
The South African clinched his fourth Sunshine Tour title with a gritty two-shot victory at the Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate, carding a fearless final-round 66 to finish at 12-under-par.
Heading into Sunday, the script didn’t look like it had Moolman’s name on it. He opened the final round with two bogeys in his first four holes—hardly the ideal launchpad for a trophy run.
But this is golf, where chaos lives rent-free, and Moolman responded the way champions do: by tearing the course apart. Over his next 12 holes, he went eight-under-par, hunting down the leaders with the kind of cold-blooded precision you’d expect from a surgeon, not a Sunshine Tour grinder.
“At least I didn’t finish like I did yesterday, but I am very happy with how I played the back nine. It is a tough course with some tricky flags,” Moolman said, grinning like a man who’d just slipped out of a moving train unharmed.
The Limpopo Championship hasn’t always been kind to him, nor has recent form. Just two weeks ago, he suffered heartbreak in a playoff at the Sunbet Challenge Sun Sibaya. So when he tapped in on 18 to seal this one without extra holes, it was more than a win—it was a release.
“I have been knocking but it feels amazing to actually pull it through without a playoff this time. I am very happy about it,” he added.
Meanwhile, overnight leader Rupert Kaminski must be wondering who moved the hole during the night. Starting the final round with a handsome four-shot cushion, he couldn’t find momentum when it mattered most.
A closing 73 saw him tumble into a share of second at 10-under with Kyle de Beer, who fired a spirited 67, and Altin van der Merwe, steady with a 69.
Kaminski’s day was the golfing equivalent of missing the last bus home—painful and unnecessary. But he’ll bounce back; he’s too good not to. De Beer and van der Merwe, for their part, might feel they left a few out there, but they walk away from the Limpopo Championship knowing they were part of the Sunday heat.
As for Moolman? This victory feels like more than a stat on his record or a cheque in the bank. It’s a statement. The kind that says: you can knock me down, but don’t expect me to stay there.
