Exclusive: Jamieson’s Triple Career Treat In South Africa’s Third Largest City

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Scott Jamieson has returned to Durban for a first occasion in a dozen years where he enjoys a special triple treat in his career​ competing in South Africa’s third largest city.

Jamieson was just two events into his first full DP World Tour season when he made his ‘Open’ career debut at the 2010 South African Open on the Durban Country Club course located a wedge shot from the Indian Ocean shoreline.

Then in two events, one either side of Christmas 2012, Jamieson celebrated a maiden DP World Tour success with victory in the inaugural but rain-shortened Nelson Mandela Championship at the Royal Durban Club​​.

He returned​  to Durban ​for the opening event of the new 2013 Tour season to ​brilliantly lead by five shots heading into the final round of the elite ’33 winners only’ Volvo Champions event, eventually losing by a stroke to local hero Louis Oosthuizen​.

The Scot grabbed early back-to-back birdies but never recovered from a fifth hole double-bogey and played the last 13 holes in level par.

In between his first and second place finishes in Durban Jamieson also was third a week after his Nelson Mandela Championship win at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek.

It remains the only time in his career Jamieson, who tees-up in his 381st Tour event at this week’s Investec South African Open at the Durban Country Club, when he’s enjoyed a first, second and a third in the same season, let alone the three results in succession.

Jamieson said: “It’s nice to be back in Durban.

“The city will always be special to me, given it was one of the first cities I visited when I was starting out on the Tour, and to win my first Tour event in Durban plus then ​going so close to winning ​a second just two tournaments later has been very special in my career.

“So, very fond memories of both courses and recalling also that both ​the Nelson Mandela and Volvo were affected by rain. Maybe there’s some reason why I play well in wet conditions.

“Anyway, hopefully I can still win a Durban double (smiling)”.​

And also teeing-up this week is Richie Ramsay and winner of the 2009 hosting of South African Open at Pearl Valley located to the north-east of Cape Town.

Ramsay, who was the 13th Scot to win the trophy in the then 99th staging of the event, captured that maiden Tour title in his last event of a first full year on the DP World Tour.

 

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