The walk from the 18th green to the first tee box at the Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Estate proved to be exactly the reset Zander Lombard needed as he found his rhythm to shoot a 64 and lead the Limpopo Championship by one shot going into the weekend.
Zander Lombard knows that Rory McIlroy will be tough to catch at the top of the DP World Tour’s International Swing standings with two tournaments left, but the South African heads into the next two weeks on home soil more than ready for that challenge.
Zander Lombard forms part of a strong group of in-form South African professionals who will seek to end the European dominance of the current Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tour Swing when the prestigious Dimension Data Pro-Am tees off at Fancourt.
South Africa’s leading DP World Tour stars will return to local fairways at the end of this month as the Eastern Cape is treated to a showcase of professional golf with the second edition of the SDC Championship at St Francis Links, co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.
South Africa’s Zander Lombard is determined to use his experience of leading the Nedbank Golf Challenge in 2019 as he prepares for another shot at ‘Africa’s Major’ at the Gary Player Country Club this week.
Zander Lombard had a broad smile on his face as he walked the rolling fairways of Humewood Golf Club in his practice round ahead of this week’s Nelson Mandela Bay Championship. “This smells like amateur golf and all those great memories,” he said.
Zander Lombard recovered from an early bogey to put one hand on a European Tour playing card ahead of Friday’s final round of Q-School in Tarragona, Spain. (more…)
Haydn Porteous and Zander Lombard did enough to advance to the second round of the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play in Bad Griesbach, Germany, writes WADE PRETORIUS. (more…)
South Africa’s Zander Lombard fired a second round 69 to move 18 places up the leaderboard at the halfway mark in the Lyoness Open at Diamond Country Club on Friday. (more…)
It was the nerviest of finishes, but Alvaro Quiros sealed a memorable comeback win over South African Zander Lombard at the Rocco Forte Open in Sicily, writes WADE PRETORIUS. (more…)