Ka taƙaita labarin:  Thomas Aiken ba zai kare kambinsa ba, amma 'yan wasan Afirka ta Kudu za su yi kokarin ci gaba da rike kambunsu a gasar Afrika a Gabashin London a wannan makon. Dan wasan Ingila Andy Sullivan shine wanda aka fi so ya lalata shirin su bayan ya lashe Joburg Open a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, dan wasan mai shekaru 27 ya yi ikirarin lashe kofinsa na biyu na Turai a Afirka ta Kudu a cikin makonni takwas. Amma 'yan wasan gida sun lashe gasar a kowace shekara tun lokacin da ta fara a shekara ta 2010, tare da tsohon zakaran Masters Charl Schwartzel wanda ya lashe gasar farko kuma ya biyo baya a cikin masu cin nasara ta hanyar babban mai nasara Louis Oosthuizen (sau biyu), Darren Fichardt da Aiken. Andy Sullivan a lokacin da yake aiki a gaban Afrika Open a Gabashin London Golf Club. Kyaftin din gasar cin kofin Ryder ta Turai Darren Clarke ya buga kwallo a wasan motsa jiki kafin gasar. Nasarar da Aiken ya samu watanni 12 da suka gabata ta taimaka masa ya zama na farko a gasar Sunshine Tour Order of Merit kuma ya sami wuri a fagen gasar WGC-Cadillac Championship, wanda kuma ake gudanarwa a wannan makon a Doral. Wannan ya bar masu son Fichardt da George Coetzee don jagorantar ƙalubalen gida, tare da Coetzee da ke son kiyaye kofin a hannun Afirka ta Kudu. 'A karo na farko da na yi wasa (a 2010) kuma babban abu ne ganin duk 'yan wasan kasashen waje sun shiga Gabashin London,' in ji Coetzee, wanda ya gama na 24 a tsaronsa na Joburg Open a makon da ya gabata. 'Tun daga wannan lokacin Afrika Open koyaushe tana jan hankalin manyan' yan wasa na gida da na duniya. Jama'a koyaushe suna da ban mamaki, saboda suna da rai amma suna da tsaka tsaki. Suna son kallon wasan golf mai kyau kuma suna taya kowa murna. Yana da ban sha'awa a yi wasa a gaban galleries kamar cewa. 'Da kaina, Ina matukar son sanya sunana a karkashin Thomas' a kan kofin kafin 'yan wasan kasa da kasa su sami ranar su.' Mathew Baldwin na Ingila ya fara wasa a rami na biyar a yayin atisaye a kyakkyawan filin wasan golf na East London. Kyaftin din gasar cin kofin Ryder na Turai Darren Clarke sanannen suna ne a fagen amma Sullivan ne, duk da haka, wanda ya fi dacewa ya shiga cikin gidan. 'Ina tsammanin idan na...
Andy Sullivan shi ne wanda aka fi so ya lashe gasar Afrika a wannan makon. Dan Ingila ya lashe gasar sau biyu a gasar Turai cikin makonni takwas. Amma'yan Afirka ta Kudu sun lashe kyautar a kowace shekara tun lokacin da aka fara gasar.