ROBERT DINWIDDIE and Graeme Storm earned their biggest cheques of the year so far with solid top 25 finishes at the Joburg Open.

The North-East duo both enjoyed a solid four days to finish in tied 22nd place on 11 under par to claim 13,455 euros.

Hartlepool's Storm, the Rockliffe Hall touring pro, carded a final round 68 in Johannesburg, which also included two bogeys during a round of six birdies.

Barnard Castle's Dinwiddie birdied the first, sixth and eighth holes to make up for a bogey at four to finish seven shots off South African winner George Coetzee.

Malton & Norton's Simon Dyson and Harrogate's John Parry both missed the cut.