Sun City — Always short of an invite‚ long-distance and long-time admirer of the Nedbank Golf Challenge Alex Noren surged to the title after a blistering final-round 63 here on Sunday. "I watched this tournament on TV a lot growing up and it was always a tournament I wanted to get into, and eventually I did‚" the 34-year-old from Sweden said. He had to shoot low on Sunday to overhaul South Korea’s Jeunghun Wang who held a six-shot advantage over him at the start of the day. Noren became the first player since Sergio Garcia in 2001 to come successfully from six back after the third round. "I didn’t think I had a chance from six shots back. I wanted to get a good round in and get a good feel for next week. Maybe work on my swing. I thought going under par would be a great score. My putter was hot." Noren needed a low round to overturn the deficit to third-round leader Wang. He shot 63 for a tournament score of 14 under par to run away with the title that seemed out of reach when Wang ...
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