Matthew Spacy made three eagles on his way to a second round six-under-par 66 that not only won him the Individual Standings title, but help the University of Pretoria to an emphatic victory in the Stroke Play qualifier of this year’s USSA (University Sport South Africa) Championships in Limpopo.

The University of Pretoria won the prestigious universities championship in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and are firm favourites to win their fourth title at the Koro Creek Country Estate.

The Tuks team took a seven shot lead into the second round of the 36-hole qualifier and combined for a second round total of 364 to finish 21 strokes ahead of the Stellenbosch A side, who returned a second round 379.

The Golf School of Excellence Johannesburg team took third on 752.

They will compete in the A-Flight with Stellenbosch A, the Golf School of Excellence Johannesburg and Centurion Academy A.

Meanwhile Spacey beat joint first round leader, Christoff Els from Centurion Academy by one shot to clinch the Individual title. Both players automatically qualify for the 2014 USSA Golf Team that will compete in the Challenge Cup.

In addition to Spacy, skipper Tertius van den Berg and fellow Tuks players Werner van Niekerk, Ryan Lane, Andrew van der Knaap and Marco Loubser also finished inside the top 10 in the Individual Standings.

The Match Play section tees off from 3-5 July, and the format is foursomes and singles.

STROKE PLAY RESULT - TEAMS

727 University of Pretoria (UP) 363 364

749 University of Stellenbosch (Maties) A 370 379

752 The Golf School of Excellence (TGSE) Johannesburg 382 370

759 Centurion Academy (CA) A 382 377

768 University of Johannesburg (UJ) 386 382

769 Central University of Technology (CUT) 390 379

771 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) 386 385

775 North West University (NWU) 391 384

782 The Golf School of Excellence (TGSE) Pretoria 389 393

788 Varsity College (VC) A 397 391

790 Centurion Academy (CA) B 400 390

794 Varsity College (VC) B 394 400

800 Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) 411 389

815 University of Stellenbosch (Maties) B 419 396

845 Rhodes University (RU) 424 421

866 University of Cape Town (UCT) 429 437

STROKE PLAY RESULT - INDIVDUAL RANKINGS (TOP 10)

139 Spacey, M (UP) 73 66

140 Els, C (CA A) 70 70

144 Kuhn, V (TGSE JHB) 71 73

145 Van Zyl, D (CUT) 73 72; Van den Berg, T (UP) 74 71

146 Smit, J (CA A) 75 71; Carlsson, A (VC B) 74 72

147 Van Niekerk, W (UP) 72 75; Lane, R (UP) 74 73

148 Van der Knaap, A (UP) 72 76; Loubser, M (UP) 77 71; Loubser, A (US A) 72 76