Francesco Molinari, with a strong performance, finished tenth with a 280 (72, 68, 69, 71, -8) in the "Nedbank Golf Challenge in honor of Gary Player," a DP World Tour tournament organized in collaboration with the Sunshine Tour on the Gary Player CC course (par 72), designed by the great champion in Sun City, South Africa.
Norway's Kristoffer Reitan took the title with a 271 (63, 69, 67, 72, -17), after a run at the top. Despite some difficulty, he managed to maintain a precious five-shot lead over his pursuers after 54 holes.
He finished with a partial 72 (par, four birdies, four bogeys), narrowly edging out South Africa's Jayden Schaper and England's Dan Bradbury, who finished second with 272 (-16). Close behind were two other local players, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, fourth with a 275 (-13), and Shaun Norrris, fifth with a 277 (-11). In sixth place with a 278 (-10) were Frenchman Julien Guerrier and Belgian Thomas Detry, and in eighth with a 279 (-9) were England's Andy Sullivan and Spain's Angel Ayora. Of the other two Italians competing, Matteo Manassero finished 43rd with a 291 (72 72 78 69, +3), and Guido Migliozzi 52nd with a 294 (77 71 75 71, +6).
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Reitan, a 27-year-old from Lrenskog, secured his second victory of the year and of his career after winning the Soudal Open in Belgium in May, adding to a list of victories that also includes a Hotel Planner Tour title. He earned $1,025,000 out of a $6,000,000 prize pool.
Francesco Molinari, who achieved his best result of 2025, started in 31st place, moved up to 15th and then 10th in the third round, and repeated that in the fourth with a 71 (-1, one eagle, four birdies, five bogeys). Manassero scored a 69 (-3) with five birdies and two bogeys, and Migliozzi scored a 71 (-1) with four birdies, one bogey, and a double bogey.
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