Richard sterne is living proof that you don’t have to be six-foot plus and built like a rugby forward to succeed in professional golf. The south African, at 5ft 7in and 10st 10lbs, is closer in build to Gary Player than another compatriot in Ernie Els. nevertheless, sterne can play beautifully, as he proved in winning The Celtic Manor Wales Open. Accuracy off the fairway was the key as Sterne finished second only to Simon Khan in the Greens in regulation category in the Genworth Financial statistics with a 77.8 per cent success rate. That category proved the undoing of welsh runner-up, Bradley Dredge, who was 39th – and missed his chance of a home victory.
Clickhereto view the Genworth Financial Statistics from The Celtic Manor Wales Open.
