BMW South African Open Power Rankings: Top five at Glendower

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JANUARY 15: Graeme Storm of England poses with his caddie Jeffrey Wkonyane on the 18th green after beating Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland in the third play off hole during the final round of the BMW South African Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club on January 15, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) /

It makes the rest of the year a whole lot more comfortable when you start of with a win, and Graeme Storm did just that in 2017 here at the South African Open. The Englishman outlasted Rory McIlroy in the third playoff hole to secure his second career win and first in nearly a decade. Storm’s Friday 63 was the low round of the tournament.

His tournament statistics were solid across the board, with fourth place in putting average leading the way for Storm.

Storm finished 39th on the Race to Dubai standings last season thanks to five top-tens and only seven missed cuts in 27 starts in 2017. It’ll go down as one of his best campaigns with decade bests in stroke average (70.98), driving distance (284.61 yards) and greens in regulation (70.99 percent).

The 39-year-old enters with a T52 at the DP World Tour Championship in his last start in November. Prior, he tied for 10th at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.

Storm’s track record at Glendower also includes a T32 finish in 2016.

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