Simpson claims KCM Golf Challenge title

Samuel Simpson claimed his third Sunshine Tour title by winning the KCM Golf Challenge at the Nchanga Golf Club in Zambia on 18-under par, one shot clear from a group of four players.

Simpson, the leader of this season’s The Courier Guy Order of Merit once again celebrated his love-affair with golf in Zambia, having won the 2025 Mopani Zambia Open and finished joint fifth in last week’s Mopani Zambia Open.

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Pieter Moolman (64) and Simon du Plooy (65) set the initial clubhouse lead on 17-under par, after closing with respective back-to-back birdies over the closing two holes.

An eagle on the 17th followed by birdie on the 18th however gave Samuel Simpson (66) the lead on 18-under par, with a tense wait in the clubhouse that ensued.

With the closing group of Oliver Goldhill (70) and Haydn Porteous (71) joining Pieter Moolman and Simon du Plooy on 17-under par, Simpson celebrated his third Sunshine Tour title, after also clinching the recent Mediclinic Invitational.

Graham van der Merwe (68) finished on 16-under par in sixth place.

The KCM Golf Challenge also produced the fourth player to record a hole-in-one this season when Christiaan Burke aced the 150m par three ninth hole with a pitching wedge.