Followers of Ben Coley's golf tips were once again celebrating a big-priced winner as 100/1 recommendation Nick Bachem got the job done on Sunday.
Bachem was one of six pre-tournament selections for our top-class tipster ahead of the Jonsson Workwear Open on the DP Tour, and the German duly delivered in style with a four-shot victory at 24-under.
Bachem was in a really strong position after carding opening round scores of 65, 66 and 69 but went even better when it mattered most in the final round, posting an eight-under 64 to close out the win from South Africans Hennie du Plessis and Zander Lombard at 20-under.
Ben also had fellow each-way tip Gavin Green (45/1 pre-tournament) finish in a tie for sixth at 18-under for the competition.
Bachem headed a crowded leaderboard for much of the final day before pulling clear as his rivals faltered on the back nine.
He said: "It's just amazing. I can't understand what's happening the last couple of days, it's just amazing and feels great.
"I just had the goal to enjoy today, it's just the beginning of my career so I just enjoyed it as much as possible and played great and got lucky that it was my day.
"I thought it was super-close and then I saw the leaderboard on 15, saw I was four shots ahead or whatever and then I was super-nervous. I just kept on going and it was a pretty nice finish."
Bachem and playing partner Green hit the front early on, each making three birdies in the first four holes, before overnight leader Alexander Knappe responded at the fifth.
Another birdie for Bachem at the sixth kept him one clear until compatriot Knappe birdied the ninth, with Du Plessis joining Knappe and Green at 19 under thanks to a birdie at the seventh.
Bachem and Green both birdied the 10th, with the German adding another at the next to open up a two-shot cushion.
Double-bogeys at the 12th dropped Green and Knappe back to 18 under, leaving Du Plessis alone in second until he too double-bogeyed the 13th - his first dropped shots in 59 holes, since bogeying the eighth in round one.
Bachem capitalised with a birdie thanks to a perfect tee-shot at the par-three 14th to take a five-shot lead with four to play and rode the wave the rest of the way home.
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Fancy a big-hitter? You'd better Bachem...
For the same reasons Pulkkanen is considered but next for me is NICK BACHEM, probably the best driver among this new class of rookies ahead of Jeong Weon Ko.
The latter produced plenty of good golf last week and is respected, but Bachem is an awesome talent with a game similar to that of Schmid, and it wouldn't surprise me at all were he to emulate his countryman and contend on his first start at Steyn City.
We've seen him in the mix early on in Kenya and again at St Francis Links, sticking around for the most part with the exception of a poor Sunday in Nairobi, and having also started well in India and Thailand he's been a regular leaderboard presence over the past four events.
One of his best Challenge Tour finishes came when third in the Limpopo Championship and he later flew out of the traps on day one of the Joburg Open, so like Nienaber and Moller before him, this prodigious driver is just searching for the missing ingredient which will enable him to put four rounds together.
He'll surely draw confidence from the way he coped at St Francis Links, four rounds of par or better helping to produce his first DP World Tour top-20, and there is absolutely no doubt that this course will suit better if he's able to keep the ball rolling.
At three-figure prices, Bachem is preferred to his more established compatriot Hurly Long, who withdrew during the third round of last week's event and therefore has a question to answer.
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