Deon Germishuys had the luxury of returning to the Sunshine Tour at a venue where he has previously won – the Sishen Golf Club – and on Saturday he fired a brilliant five-under-par 67 to climb to nine-under-par overall and in the lead heading into the final round of the Vodacom Origins of Golf Northern Cape event.
Germishuys is a regular campaigner on the DP World Tour these days and his last appearance on the Sunshine Tour was back in May at the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions. But Sishen Golf Club has happy memories for the 24-year-old as he claimed his maiden Sunshine Tour title there in the Sishen Classic back in May 2022.
The Serengeti Estates golfer started his round on the 10th hole and reached the turn in one-under thanks to a birdie on the par-four 18th, having earlier cancelled out birdies on the 10th and 14th holes with bogeys on the 12th and 15th.
But Germishuys really caught fire in the closing stages of the front nine. Following a birdie on the par-five second, he finished with four birdies in the last five holes. A bogey on the par-three eighth limited his lead to just one stroke.
“It’s nice to be back playing here at Sishen again. I really enjoy the golf course and it just fell into my schedule perfectly,” Germishuys said. “I felt everything clicked towards the end of the front nine. I was hitting decent irons and rolling in putts. But it’s not as if I was playing awful golf on the back nine.
“I feel like my game is at a good stage at the moment. I’ve made a lot of improvements and I’ve done decently in Europe. I have nothing to really complain about and I’ll just stick to what I’ve been doing in the final round,” Germishuys said.
Martin Vorster, continuing his comeback from injury, also played wonderful golf on Saturday. Three birdies in the first six holes of the back nine left him on four under for his round and one stroke off the lead. But he just could not gain that pivotal extra shot in the closing three holes and will go into the final round in second place, one behind Germishuys on eight-under-par.
Malcolm Mitchell posted a one-under 71 on Saturday to sit third on seven-under-par, while nine golfers are in the tie for fourth on five-under-par.
First-round leader Jacob Oakley went the other way in the second round, shooting a 75 to finish on four-under-par.
Gabrielle Venter fired a fantastic 69 on Saturday to make the cut and she is the leading women’s golfer on one-over-par.
Scores
135 - Deon Germishuys 68 67
136 - Martin Vorster 68 68
137 - Malcolm Mitchell 66 71
139 - Kyle De Beer 67 72, Lyle Rowe 68 71, Hennie O'Kennedy 69 70, Simon du Plooy 67 72, Nick Cunningham 68 71, Yurav Premlall 69 70, Neil Schietekat 68 71, Heinrich Bruiners 69 70, Matthew Spacey 69 70
140 - Jacob Oakley 65 75, Jaco Van Zyl 72 68, Albert Venter 67 73, Keegan Mclachlan 72 68
141 - Sentanio Minnie 72 69, Luke Jerling 74 67, Dayne Moore 72 69, Jacques P de Villiers 71 70
142 - Stuart Krog 72 70, MJ Viljoen 73 69
143 - Ruan de Smidt 72 71, Jacques Blaauw 70 73, Graham van der Merwe 71 72, Craig Ross 74 69, Daniel van Tonder 71 72, Kyle Barker 74 69, Jack Hawksby 72 71
144 - Steven Le Roux 74 70, Ethan Smith 72 72, Brandon Meads 72 72, Altin van der Merwe 74 70, Jean-Paul Strydom 71 73
145 - Gregory Mckay 74 71, Christiaan Burke 72 73, Jbe' Kruger 71 74, Gabrielle Venter 76 69, Jean Hugo 71 74, Doug McGuigan 72 73, Jake Redman 72 73, Regan Steyn 74 71, Keelan Africa 74 71, Quintin Wilsnach 74 71, Stefan Wears-Taylor 73 72, Wynand Dingle 75 70, Rhys West 72 73, Joe Long 76 69, Keenan Davidse 77 68
146 - Jason Roets 72 74, Haydn Porteous 72 74, Ruan Korb 72 74, Callum Mowat 72 74, Trevor Fisher Jnr 74 72, Ruan Groenewald 73 73, Andre De Decker 77 69, Travis Ladner 74 72, Luke Brown 73 73, Nikhil Rama 74 72, Rourke van der Spuy 74 72, Estiaan Conradie 75 71
Missed the cut
147 - Jabulane Mabilane 72 75, Shaahid Mahmed 69 78, Vaughn van Deventer 75 72, Ricky Hendler 71 76, Andrew Williamson 75 72, Jacquin Hess 75 72, Dylan Naidoo 76 71, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 70 77
148 - Brandon Gildenhuys 75 73, Franklin Manchest 72 76, Trevor Mahoney 73 75, Jordan Duminy 74 74, Conner Mackenzie 73 75, Herman Loubser 76 72, James Mack 77 71, Peter Karmis 75 73, Combrinck Smit 75 73
149 - Keagan Thomas 73 76, Thanda Mavundla 78 71, Christiaan Basson 77 72, Promise Sombreiro 77 72, Jovan Rebula 72 77, Allister de Kock 74 75, Keelan van Wyk 74 75
150 - Samuel Simpson 74 76, Fredrik From 73 77, Hennie Otto 76 74, Stals Swart 72 78, Jonathan Broomhead 74 76, Ruan Conradie 72 78
151 - Toto Thimba Jnr 74 77, Nadia van der Westhuizen 78 73, Martin Rohwer 76 75, Lora Assad 75 76, Pierre Pellegrin 76 75, Makhetha Mazibuko 77 74, Adam Breen 77 74
152 - Therion Nel 77 75, Thabiso Ngcobo 73 79, Cornel Muller 77 75, Werner Deyzel 74 78, Gerhard Pepler 73 79, Danie Van Niekerk 76 76, Leon Vorster 77 75
153 - Merrick Bremner 80 73, Otto Van Buynder 78 75, Christopher Long 80 73, David Amm 75 78
154 - Kirby Coe-Kirkham 77 77, Sean Bradley 79 75, Gary Kemp 78 76, James Hart du Preez 74 80, Stephen Ferreira 75 79
155 - DK Kim 73 82, Gerard du Plooy 78 77
156 - Hayden Griffiths 80 76, Danielle du Toit 83 73, Mohammad Rauf Mandhu 80 76, Chante van Zyl 78 78, Christian Kriek 79 77, Richard Kruger 80 76, Tristin Galant 82 74, Alex Haindl 76 80, Umar Davids 75 81
157 - Isabella van Rooyen 76 81, Lyle Pedro 79 78
158 - Terence Boardman 78 80, Slenda Sithebe 78 80, Boeta Nasie 81 77
159 - Jastice Mashego 80 79
160 - Ronald Rugumayo 78 82
162 - LB Boshoff 81 81, Njoroge Kibugu 78 84
164 - James Pennington 85 79
165 - Shaydon Johnson 84 81
170 - Llewellyn Leibrandt 85 85
174 - Kim de Klerk 90 84
WDN - Irvin Mazibuko 83 WDN, Bradford Vaughan 78 RTD
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