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South African Jayden Schaper wins back-to-back DP World Tour titles after playoff eagles

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Published 6 months ago

South African Jayden Schaper chipped ‍in for an eagle on the second playoff ​hole to win the DP World Tour’s Mauritius Open on ‌Sunday and continue his ‌remarkable recent run of success.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schaper-jayden-trey/pIO9SqaA/"]Schaper[/a] (64) beat American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gerard-ryan/Wh01wlMn/"]Ryan Gerard[/a] (66) in the playoff after both ⁠players finished the tournament at ‌22-under-par in windy conditions at the ​Heritage La Reserve Golf Links.[/p][p]Schaper, 24, has ‍now finished second-first-first in his last three tournaments on tour ‍after ‌winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship last week with an eagle on the first extra ⁠hole.[/p][p]He tied for second at the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City the weekend before that.[/p][embed guid="1e2ae905-c236-4168-8d1d-3f95d85bda1e" url="https://x.com/DPWorldTour/status/2002698550040277071?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"That's just insane," [/b]Schaper said. [b]"The last three weeks have been incredible.[/b][/p][p][b]"I believe in myself now. I'm trusting my game and ⁠the work that I ‌am putting in. I have got such a great team behind me, so everything is pretty solid ⁠at the moment."[/b][/p]

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