Graeme weathers the storm to win the SA Open
Brit fights off Rory McIlroy challenge months after career looked ruined
Having to play for his tour card and indirectly his livelihood in Portugal in 2016 helped steel Graeme Storm for the gargantuan challenge he faced at Glendower Golf Club on Sunday. The Briton stared down the challenge of former world No1 Rory McIlroy to be an unlikely winner of the South African Open in a thunderous climax. Just more than two months ago Storm’s career had stalled with only a glimmer of hope between him and despair. His 2016 season was poor and his last-gasp attempt to retain his tour card in Portugal failed, but he found an unlikely way back in when American Patrick Reed failed to play in the number of events required to take up a slot in 2017.
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