A blistering start to his final round allowed Dean Burmester to surge away from the field and secure a maiden European Tour title with a three-shot victory at the Tshwane Open.
The 27-year-old South African birdied his first three holes and turned in 29 to blow away the rest of the field as overnight leaders Alexander Bjork and Scott Jamieson faltered early.
Australian youngster Ben Eccles clinched a first-ever top-10 finish on the European tour with a share of ninth on the leaderboard, but it could have been so much better for the 2015 NSW Open champion.
The 22-year-old carded a disappointing ever-par 71 leaving him with an overall 10-under score - eight shots off Burmester - 24 hours after shooting a sizzling 64 to move within two shots of the lead.
It rounded off an inconsistent tournament for the Victorian who, received a last-minute invitation to the event, and recorded a 66 in his opening round only to follow it up with the two over-par 73.
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Burmester was four ahead after nine holes and then six shots ahead of the pack but hit bogeys at the 16th and 17th before paring the last hole to finish with a 65 for an 18-under-par total of 266.
"I knew that if I could get through unscathed on the back nine I would make it but bogeys weren't great," he said.
"I was just trying to keep myself calm. I never thought I was that far ahead, it was only when I got to the 17th that my caddie said to me:
"Don't worry, we've got this'," he said at the presentation ceremony.
Mikko Korhonen of Finland and Spaniard Jorge Campillo were runners-up on 269 with American Peter Uihlein a further stroke back after he carded five birdies on the back nine of his final round to storm up the field.
