Golf: Charl Schwartzel successfully completed the defence of his Joburg Open title after a four-under-par 67 in the final round helped him finish four shots clear of Garth Mulroy.
The 26-year-old, whose previous scores this week have been 68, an immaculate 61 and 69, failed to produce his best golf in round four but still did enough to clinch a sixth European Tour title with a final total of 265, 19 under.
Fellow South Africans Mulroy and Thomas Aiken, who were playing alongside Schwartzel today, struggled on the par-71 east course of the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, with the former finishing with a 71 and the latter concluding in 72.
Jamie Elson was the highest placed Briton after he ended on 13 under overall and in fourth place.
The Englishman, a former Walker Cup star, had been in contention all week but could only close with a level-par 71 in the co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tour event.
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet from France finished with a one-over 72 - a 12-under total - while Scott Jamieson from Scotland completed his week a further shot back on 11 under.
Darren Clarke was the best of the Irish after a 69 saw him end up on six under, one ahead of Gareth Maybin (74) and five in front of Colm Moriarty who signed for his second consecutive 73.
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Joburg Open, RoyalJ ohannesburg and Kensington GC, Johannesburg, South Africa
(Irish in bold, Gbr unless stated, par 71):
265Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 61 69 67
269Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 65 64 69 71
270Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 64 66 68 72
271Jamie Elson 65 64 71 71
272Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 67 66 67 72
273Scott Jamieson 70 66 72 65
274Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 69 68 70 67, James Kingston (Rsa) 68 62 73 71, Allan Versfeld (Rsa) 66 66 70 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 70 65 70 69, Oscar Floren (Swe) 68 68 66 72
275Stuart Manley 65 68 73 69
276Ben Evans 66 67 67 76, David Drysdale 67 65 67 77, Alexander Noren (Swe) 66 69 70 71, Floris De Vries (Ned) 65 70 70 71, Branden Grace (Rsa) 63 68 71 74
277Lee Slattery 71 66 70 70, Carlos Del Morral (Spa) 70 65 68 74
278Marc Warren 67 66 73 72, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 68 70 68 72, Keith Horne (Rsa) 69 66 71 72, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 69 69 68 72, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 67 70 68 73, Darren Clarke 70 68 71 69, Lloyd Saltman 71 66 69 72
279Hennie Otto (Rsa) 72 64 72 71, Steve Lewton 71 67 72 69, Paul Waring 66 67 70 76, Gareth Maybin 69 64 72 74,Andrew Marshall 68 70 70 71, Jamie Donaldson 66 71 65 77
280Tyrone Mordt (Rsa) 62 68 76 74, Richard Finch 70 67 70 73, Danny Willett 72 66 69 73, Ryan Tipping (Rsa) 69 69 70 72, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 62 69 72 77, Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 72 64 74 70
281Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 67 71 73, Kenneth Ferrie 69 68 72 72, Albert Pistorius (Rsa) 70 64 75 72, Matthew Southgate 72 66 72 71, Sebi Garcia (Spa) 70 68 72 71
282Neil Cheetham 66 70 75 71, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 68 68 73 73, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 69 65 68 80, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 73 64 70 75, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 67 69 71 75
283Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 69 69 69 76, Colm Moriarty 67 70 73 73, Theunis Spangenberg (Rsa) 69 68 71 75, Thomas Norret (Den) 69 69 70 75, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 71 66 71 75, Pedro Oriol (Spa) 67 71 70 75
284Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 65 72 76 71, Robert Dinwiddie 65 72 71 76, Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 68 69 74 73, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 64 69 76 75, Ross McGowan 67 69 73 75
285Deane Pappas (Rsa) 67 71 69 78, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 68 70 74 73
286Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 69 69 72 76, Sam Little 70 67 75 74, Steven O'Hara 70 67 75 74
287Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 69 69 74 75
288Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 71 64 74 79, Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 70 72 78
289Johan Du buisson (Rsa) 69 69 72 79, Peter- Henric McIntyre (Rsa) 65 69 77 78
291Robert Rock 66 68 73 84, Ben Mannix 66 72 75 78
