Morten Orum Madsen won his first European Tour golf title on Sunday as Charl Schwartzel's challenge collapsed in the final round of the season-opening South African Open.
Denmark's Madsen finished with a 67 for a 19-under-par total of 269 and a two-shot victory, overtaking Schwartzel and then Hennie Otto as both South Africans paid for two disastrous holes.
Former Masters champion Schwartzel slumped to a triple-bogey six on the sixth hole and then a double bogey on 10 to lose his overnight lead.
Otto, the 2011 champion, lost the lead when he went bogey, double bogey on 15 and 16.
Madsen had five birdies and no bogeys to win over home players Jbe Kruger and Otto. Schwartzel was tied for fourth on 16-under with Italy's Marco Crespi.
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