Garth Mulroy finally delivered his long-awaited maiden title on the Sunshine Tour with a wire-to-wire victory in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Western Cape on Friday.

The Umkomaas pro, who lost the Joburg Open title in a play-off to Richard Sterne in January, shed the bridesmaid tag by winning in the most impressive fashion, from pillar to post. One could even go as far as poetic justice, since Mulroy's winning total was four shots better than you guess it, Sterne.

The Sunshine Tour's number two had the tournament just about wrapped up at the end of round two, when he finished three strokes ahead of nearest challenger, unheralded rookie Gerhard Trytsman.

After two days of severe wind and rain, good weather greeted the players at Arabella and the final round got underway with Mulroy surging ahead by another two shots.

A well struck eight-iron at the first pitched four-foot behind the pin and spun into the cup.

He rubbed out two early bogeys with back-to-back birdies at the eighth and ninth and added another at the 15th to close with a round of 69 and a winning score of six-under-par 210.

"It was a tough couple of days with the weather but I am glad I hung in there. To come home, play the course blind and take home the trophy sure feels great," said Mulroy, who plies his trade on the Nationwide Tour in the USA.

"I played well enough on day one to get to three-under, but struggled to get any rhythm going in the weather yesterday. I had to lit a lot of drives where I was hitting three-woods on Wednesday. But I was focussed on staying ahead and pulled it through."

The eagle, that set the tone of the round, especially delighted the 30-year-old.

"A few guys around me made bogey at the first so that was a three-shot swing right there. It kind of relaxed me, but at the same time you've got to keep going. You can't just keep playing safe all day because that's when you make mistakes and the next thing they're right on top of you."

Sterne, who came home after The Open Championship to work on his swing, found some form late in the round.

It was too late for the world number 69 to mount any significant charge, but Sterne did manage to hole out for birdie at the final hole. His one-under-par 69 also handed him sole second place and cemented his position at the top of the Order of Merit.

"The way I am playing, I really couldn't take the battle to Grant," said Sterne. "But I am satisfied with the progress I am making. Even playing at 60 percent, I could get into contention and I am happy enough with that."

Joint first round leader and 48-year old veteran Steve van Vuuren got himself back into the fight with a final round 69 to tie Trytsman (72) for third, while Bloemfontein's Jb'e Kruger (70) claimed a share of fifth with rookie Callie Burger (72).

Mulroy will take his winning form to Centurion Country Club next week for the Telkom PGA Pro-Am, while Sterne, who played the last two weeks — returns to campaigning on the European Tour.