Ross Fisher ended a four-year European Tour title drought with a three-stroke victory on Sunday in the Tshwane Open. The 33-year-old Englishman finished with a two-under-par 70 on a wet, murky afternoon to win from Northern Irishman Michael Hoey and South African Danie van Tonder. Fisher, whose last triumph came at the 2010 Irish Open, sealed first place with an eagle three on 15, his medium-distance left-to-right putt always on course for the pin.
It gave him a four-shot cushion at the par-72, 7,281-metre (7,964-yard) The Els Club Copperleaf, the longest European circuit layout. "My target was a sub-70 final round and I fell just short after a bogey five on the last," Fisher told reporters.
The Englishman, ranked 82 in the world, was a model of consistency over the course west of Highveld city Pretoria, shooting rounds of 66, 65, 67 and 70 for a 20-under 268 total.
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