/ 28 March 2000

LOUGHANE WINS 2ND ZAMBIAN OPEN

JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth sub-70 round in a row, with Vaughan a further stroke behind and Justin Hobday on his own in third on 15 under after an astonishing eleven under-par 62.