Staff WriterScott Vincent, the soft-spoken Zimbabwean with a swing smoother than single malt, left the field chasing shadows as he strolled to a four-shot win at the International Series Morocco on Sunday.
With the $2 million event staged at the brutish Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Vincent turned a tight contest into a one-man masterclass, carding a final-round 70 to finish at 14-under-par.
If ball-striking is a religion, Scott Vincent was preaching from the back tees—hitting 17 greens in regulation on a day when most players were just trying to stay upright.
His only stumbles came from two three-putt bogeys, a reminder that even the best can get caught out by Dar Es Salam’s slippery slopes.
Trailing him was Thailand’s Danthai Boonma, who made a late surge with a sizzling 66, finishing four adrift at 10-under.
Peter Uihlein, who had been within touching distance on the front nine, once again ran into trouble down the stretch and settled for a share of third at nine-under alongside Denzel Ieremia and Maverick Antcliff.
But the day belonged to Vincent, who reminded the golfing world why his name once hung in the LIV Golf locker room. “It’s hard to put in words, but what an amazing week, what an amazing day,” Vincent said. “This is incredible, so amazing to be here and so thankful.”
And thankful he should be. Sunday’s triumph marked Vincent’s second Asian Tour title—both in International Series events—and came more than three years after his breakthrough at the 2022 International Series England.
The win catapulted him to the top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit and second in the International Series Rankings, behind only Lucas Herbert.
Yet this wasn’t a wire-to-wire cakewalk. After opening the round with a nervy three-putt bogey, Vincent found himself in a dogfight with Boonma as late as the 14th hole.
But while others blinked, Vincent closed like a prizefighter—pouring in birdies on three of his last four holes, including a 20-footer at the 18th that punctuated the performance with a bit of theatre.
“I didn’t know where I was standing,” Vincent said of his mindset during the final stretch. “It just felt like I was missing all those opportunities… and then I look up on the last and it’s a three-shot lead. And I was like, ‘wow, it all paid off!’”
Indeed, it did. It also didn’t hurt having childhood friend Kyle Basson on the bag—clearly more than just a sherpa lugging clubs.
Since teaming up, Vincent has notched eight top-12 finishes in 11 worldwide starts this season. That’s not a hot streak—that’s a man on a mission.
He also joins an elite group of multiple-time International Series champions, including the likes of Carlos Ortiz, Ben Campbell, Andy Ogletree, and Peter Uihlein—though the latter may be feeling slightly less chipper after another Sunday letdown.
“I made 20 birdies this week and only shot nine-under,” Uihlein said with a sigh that probably echoed across the Atlantic. “So, all in all, pretty solid but we just got to clean up some of the sloppy bogeys.”
The biggest scare of the day came courtesy of Boonma, who posted his 66 nearly two hours before the leaders finished. He nearly eagled the drivable 17th, knocking a missile down the fairway and leaving himself 12 feet for glory.
“I had no thoughts in my mind,” Boonma said, perhaps summarising the dreamlike flow of his round. “I hit it really good. I hit it on the fairway and then hit it on the green, and then just made a putt.”
But Vincent’s victory wasn’t just about clean contact and textbook tempo. It was about patience. Royal Golf Dar Es Salam—lined with enough trees to qualify as a national forest—punishes the overly ambitious. And Vincent, to his credit, knew when to take his medicine.
“You can’t really try to avoid bogeys – they happen,” he said. “But I had a clear game plan and just focused on executing it. Sometimes things go your way, sometimes they don’t, but it’s about hitting the best shot in front of you each time.”
Simple in theory, brutal in execution. Fortunately for Vincent, everything aligned—strategy, execution, and a few fortunate bounces. That, and having your best mate read your putts, tends to help.
Next stop on the Asian Tour’s International Series carousel? The Indonesian Masters at Royal Jakarta Golf Club, October 2–5. But until then, it’s Scott Vincent’s world—and the rest of the field is just playing catch-up.
