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2024 FNB Eswatini Challenge
Sunshine Tour
Nkonyeni Lodge & Golf Estate
Eswatini
1-3 August 2024
Jacques Blaauw will be hoping to record his second victory of the
2024 Sunshine Tour season by clinching the FNB Eswatini Challenge.
What to know about Blaauw
The South African golfer played amateur golf in the USA and Africa - winning the 2007 Texas Intercollegiate Championship, before returning to South Africa the following year.
Blaauw's six wins on the Sunshine Tour include the Vodacom Origins of Golf Simola, Vodacom Origins of Golf Selborne and Nedbank Affinity Cup.
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The 38-year-old was in action at the recent 2024 SunBet Challenge (Wild Coast) in the Western Cape, South Africa where he finished seventh.
Blaauw is currently placed at the top of the Sunshine Tour's 2024/25 Order of Merit standings ahead of the FNB Eswatini Challenge.
Why Blaauw is among the favourites
The Centurion-based golfer made par at the first playoff hole to win the 2024 SunBet Challenge hosted by Sun City at the Gary Player Country Club on 7 June.
Therefore, Blaauw broke an eight-year win drought and he will be confident of winning the FNB Eswatini Challenge this weekend.
Quotes
“It’s been a while since my last win – 2016 – but I’ve been playing very well the last two months and I was thinking the win was coming,” Blaauw said after winning the 2024 SunBet Challenge.
“And I played really well today, besides my finish in regulation play when I bogeyed the 15th and 18th holes. But the wind made conditions really tough today and those last holes were playing difficult. I’ve been putting very well recently and my approach play today was much closer than I’m used to, which gave me more chances for birdies.
"A lot of hard work has gone into this, especially with my driving, which I’ve struggled with lately. But I worked on it yesterday and changed my settings."
The past FNB Eswatini Challenge winners
2022 - Jaco Prinsloo (South Africa)
2023 - Peter Karmis (Greece/South Africa)
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