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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Mike Green<\/b><\/p>\n

GEORGE \u2013 Wilco Nienaber battled to find an accurate drive in the playoff on Sunday in the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour\u2019s Dimension Data Pro-Am on the Montagu course at Fancourt, and, in the end, that was not enough to stop him pulling off his maiden professional victory.<\/p>\n

On the third play-off hole, he had two putts to win, and he took the opportunity with both hands after his birdie on the final hole got him into the play-off with Sweden\u2019s Henric Sturehed.<\/p>\n

He steered his 25-footer for birdie up close, and then tapped in for par to take advantage of the Swede going out of bounds off the tee in the third playoff hole.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not the nicest finishing hole if you\u2019ve got some butterflies in your stomach, but I knew I was hitting it well and I just wanted to give myself a chance,\u201d said Nienaber. \u201cIt\u2019s basically like match play. After I missed out the first time, I wondered if I was going to get the opportunity again. I finally got it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win is going to get him into the World Golf Championship-FedEx St Jude Classic in August, and, if hasn\u2019t already by then, Nienaber is going to blow American fans away with his distance off the tee.<\/p>\n

It was that very characteristic which nearly cost him his chance in the play-off. While the advantages of being 60 to 70 metres longer than your opponent off the tee in a \u2018match play\u2019 situation are obvious, there is much to be said for keeping the ball on the fairway. And, not once in three journeys down the 18th for the play-off, did he keep it on the closely-mown area.<\/p>\n

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He pushed it right twice, and, in the final trip down 18, he pulled it left. He was able to go for the green the first time, but he battled to match the par of Sturehed. He laid up the second time, and again was able to match the Swede\u2019s par.<\/p>\n

On the third occasion, he pulled it left, and he was rescued from another scrambling attempt at staying in it when Sturehed pushed his tee shot out of bounds. In any case, Nienaber\u2019s heart-rate must have cranked up a notch when Sturehed nearly saved par with a 25-footer on that final play-off hole.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little tougher than I wanted it to be but I pulled it off at the end,\u201d said Nienaber. \u201cI\u2019m emotional obviously. I really played nicely. The whole week is a special week. I wanted to win this event, and I have done so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He was unable to say anything else as the enormity of the win sank in \u2013 especially since there has been so much pressure on him to get his hands on that first trophy after he first burst on the scene.<\/p>\n

For now, it will all be about managing expectations \u2013 and getting ready for the world stage.<\/p>\n

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