Carvell putts his way into field at Humewood
Matthew Carvell took advantage of a hot putter to head the list of 10 qualifiers into this week's Vodacom Business Origins of Golf event at Humewood Golf Club.
His three-under-par 69 headed the field, with PH McIntyre next best on 70, and four players – Derik Ferreira, Darren Blair, Johan du Buisson and Danie van Niekerk Jnr – were the only others to break par with their 71s.
Five players were tied on 72 for seventh place, which meant they had to play off for the final four spots.
That turned out to be a marathon, after England's Richard Kemp, Michael Dreyer and Francois van Vuuren secured their spots in short order with pars on the first playoff hole.
Then the two players who had dropped a shot on that first playoff hole, Alpheus Kelapile and Ivan van Onselen, battled through six holes before Van Onselen won through.
There were no such problems for Carvell, however, as he took advantage of an early tee-off to get through most of his round before the wind picked up enough to be a problem.
"I putted really well," he said as he looked forward to playing his seventh event on the Sunshine Tour since turning professional, and in his first Vodacom Business Origins of Golf event. "I simply stayed out of the rough, and that's the key to playing this course."
His best result was a share of 21st in the Telkom PGA Championship.
In our weekly breakdown of the field, we take a look at how the players stack up in terms of position on the Order of Merit, world rankings, recent wins and age.
Winners this year
Darren Fichardt (Dimension Data Pro-Am)
Jean Hugo (Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Gardener Ross)
Jaco Van Zyl (Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Sishen & Nashua Challenge)
Grant Muller (Lombard Insurance Classic)
Top 25 Sunshine Tour OoM players
Jaco van Zyl (6)
Darren Fichardt (10)
Josh Cunliffe (16)
Neil Schietekat (17)
Grant Muller (20)
Titch Moore (21)
Alez Haindl (22)
Adilson Da Silva (24)
Jake Roos (25)
Top 50 in Official World Golf Rankings (Africa division)
Darren Fichardt (16)
Jaco van Zyl (17)
Titch Moore (25)
Josh Cunliffe (28)
Jake Roos (29)
Ulrich Van Den Berg (30)
Louis Moolman (33)
Brandon Pieters (34)
Daniel Greene (35)
Jaco Ahlers (36)
Charl Coetzee (38)
Christiaan Basson (40)
Jacques Blaauw (41)
Alez haindl (42)
Warren Abery (43)
Jean Hugo (45)
Andrew Curlewis (47)
Anthony Michael (48)
Mark Murless (49)
Bradford Vaughan (50)
Spots via pre-qualifier
- Matthew Carvell
- PH McIntyre
- Derik Ferreira
- Darren Blair
- Johan Du Buisson
- Danie Van Niekerk (Jnr)
- Ivan Van Onselen
- Michael Dreyer
- Richard Kemp
- Francois Van Vuuren
| Young guns vs old hands | ||
| Under 30 | Over 30 | |
| 1. | Reggie Adams | Warren Abery |
| 2. | Jaco Ahlers | Steve Basson |
| 3. | Christiaan Basson | Hendrik Buhrmann |
| 4. | Oliver Bekker | Adilson Da Silva |
| 5. | Jacques Blaauw | Johan Du Buisson |
| 6. | Darren Blair | Darren Fichardt |
| 7. | Heinrich Bruiners | Dion Fourie |
| 8. | Ryan Cairns | Vaughn Groenewald |
| 9. | Matthew Carvell | Alex Haindl |
| 10. | Charl Coetzee | Nic Henning |
| 11. | Josh Cunliffe | Jean Hugo |
| 12. | Andrew Curlewis | Cameron Johnston |
| 13. | Keenan Davidse | Brett Liddle |
| 14. | Louis De Jager | Irvin Mazibuko |
| 15. | Michael Dreyer | Doug McGuigan |
| 16. | Mark Fensham | Alan Michell |
| 17. | Derik Ferreira | Titch Moore |
| 18. | Tyrone Ferreira | Grant Muller |
| 19. | Daniel Greene | Mark Murless |
| 20. | Justin Harding | Lindani Ndwandwe |
| 21. | Richard Kemp | Patrick O’Brien |
| 22. | Roberto Lupini | Omar Sandys |
| 23. | Eugen Marugi | Thabang Simon |
| 24. | PH McIntyre | Kevin Stone |
| 25. | Anthony Michael | Des Terblanche |
| 26. | Louis Moolman | Ulrich van den Berg |
| 27. | Prinavin Nelson | Stephen Van Vuuren |
| 28. | Shaun Norris | Jaco Van Zyl |
| 29. | Jake Redman | Bradford Vaughan |
| 30. | Jake Roos | |
| 31. | Neil Schietekat | |
| 32. | Adrian Schwartzel | |
| 33. | Teboho Sefatsa | |
| 34. | Theunis Spangenberg | |
| 35. | Toto Thimba (Jnr) | |
| 36. | Ryan Tipping | |
| 37. | Divan van den Heever | |
| 38. | Willem van der Merwe | |
| 39. | Danie Van Niekerk (Jnr) | |
| 40. | Ivan Van Onselen | |
| 41. | Francois Van Vuuren | |
| 42. | Nicol Van Wyk | |
| 43. | PG Van Zyl | |
