James won at the first hole of a sudden death play-off with Anders 
Hansen. The Dane lipped out with his par putt from 6 feet and Kingston 
calmy rolled in his 4 footer to clinch the title. It represented a 
splendid return to form for the South African who had missed his 
previous 4 cuts!  
2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship (Golf Club Gut Larchenhof) 
1. James Kingston         RSA     -13    67-69-70-69 = 275   E320,000.00 
2. Anders Hansen          DEN     -13    70-68-70-67 = 275   E220,000.00 
3. Simon Dyson            ENG     -12    68-70-68-70 = 276   E101,516.67 
Soren Hansen          DEN     -12    65-71-70-70 = 276   E101,516.67 
Peter Hanson          SWE     -12    70-68-67-71 = 276   E101,516.67 
6. Henrik Stenson         SWE     -10    70-68-69-71 = 278    E64,000.00 
Anthony Wall           ENG     -10    69-70-68-71 = 278    E64,000.00 
8. David Drysdale         SCO      -9    67-70-73-69 = 279    E47,000.00 
Lee Westwood           ENG      -9    70-69-72-68 = 279    E47,000.00 
10.Alex Cejka             GER      -8    70-72-68-70 = 280    E38,400.00 
Rodney Pampling        AUS      -8    71-72-69-68 = 280    E38,400.00 
 
James Kingston pictured during the European PGA Championship in 2008.
Photos George Herringshaw. ©
2007 South African Airways Open (Paarl Valley Golf Estate) 
1. James Kingston      RSA     -4     73-69-71-71 = 284     E158,500.00 
2. Oliver Wilson       ENG     -3     76-69-67-73 = 285     E115,000.00 
3. Darren Clarke       NIR     -1     72-73-74-68 = 287      E48,750.00 
   Garth Mulroy        RSA     -1     80-70-64-73 = 287      E48,750.00 
   Louis Oosthuizen    RSA     -1     78-72-66-71 = 287      E48,750.00 
   Kyron Sullivan      WAL     -1     72-71-73-71 = 287      E48,750.00 
7. Nic Henning         RSA     Par    74-71-70-73 = 288      E23,825.00 
   Craig Lile          RSA     Par    73-73-72-70 = 288      E23,825.00 
   Greg Norman         AUS     Par    75-70-72-71 = 288      E23,825.00  
   Robert Rock         ENG     Par    70-75-71-72 = 288      E23,825.00