Short-game wizard Mark McNulty reached two impressive career milestones when he won the 2001 South African Open, part of the European Tour, at wet and windswept East London Golf Club.
First up, it was victory No 50 in a professional career stretching, back to 1977 and, secondly, ‘Supermac’ became at 47 the oldest golfer to win this country's national open since 53-year-old Sid Brews captured the 1952 edition at Humewood.
With a final-round 71 in East London and an eight-under 280 aggregate, the Zimbabwean-born McNulty edged out by one a much younger rival, 20-yearold Justin Rose, a man 27 years his junior.
‘I don't think “young and old” - like I'm out to give the youngsters a lesson,’ insisted McNulty, who holed a 25-footer for par at the closing hole…
