Month: March 2008
Inaugural SA Mid Amateur Entry forms available
The inaugural SA Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championships will be held at De Zalze Golf Course from 21-23 May 2008. The 72 hole championship is a Western Province Golf Union initiative and promises to attract some of the top amateurs from South Africa who are 35 years of age and older.
For entry forms and to see tournament conditions click here
Clarke and Ferreira triumph at the Northern Amateur
The Northern Amateur (previously the Transvaal Amateur) was played last week at the pristine Modderfontien Golf Club and attracted the countries best amateurs proving once again why it has the reputation of being the most highly ranked amateur event in the country after the SA Amateur.
Double delight for Blaauw in Glacier SA Amateur
DURBAN (7 March 2008) - Jacques Blaauw claimed a memorable double in amateur golf when he won the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Friday.
Daffue, Esau added to SAGA squad
DURBAN (5 March 2008) - Gauteng North's MJ Daffue and Boland's Cameron Esau have both been added to the South African Golf Association's (SAGA) elite squad.
Blaauw leads in Glacier SA Amateur final
DURBAN (7 March 2008) - Boland's Jacques Blaauw is still well on course to claiming the amateur double in the final of the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Friday.
Blaauw hunting double in Glacier SA Amateur – Part II
DURBAN (6 March 2008) - Boland's Jacques Blaauw (pictured on the right) remains on course for winning the amateur double after making it through to Friday's final of the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club.
Blaauw hunting double in Glacier SA Amateur
DURBAN (6 March 2008) - Boland's Jacques Blaauw maintained his challenge for the double when he won through to the semi-finals of the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Thursday morning.
Policeman locks sights on Glacier SA Amateur title
DURBAN (5 March 2008) - Policeman Hugo Delport (pictured on the right), playing with his third set of golf clubs after his were stolen, has made it through to the quarter-finals of the Glacier SA Amateur Championship on another day of upsets at Royal Durban Golf Club on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Delport, who works as a policeman in Pretoria but plays provincial golf for Ekurhuleni, beat 21-year-old Stephen Swanepoel 2 and 1 in the morning and then 22-year-old Ryan Clarke 3 and 2 in the afternoon.
Giantkiller Paine knocks out Frittelli
DURBAN (5 March 2008) - South African number one Dylan Frittelli was the biggest name to fall by the wayside in the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Wednesday morning.
Frittelli was three up through 11 holes against Steven Paine, but went on to lose one up in the round of 32 matches played in the morning.
Frittelli on track for Glacier SA Amateur glory
DURBAN (4 March 2008) - South African number one Dylan Frittelli (pictured on the right) holed a 40-foot eagle putt on the 18th to beat Johan du Buisson in the feature match of the first round of the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Tuesday.
Frittelli had to draw on some of his best golf early on in the championship and against the other tournament favourite on a day when some big names failed to get past the first round.
SAGA teams announced
DURBAN (4 March 2008) - The South African Amateur Golf Association (SAGA) announced its team for the Zone VI Championship as well as the squad for the World Amateur Team Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Tuesday.
In qualifying for the teams, players had to compete in at least two coastal and two inland tournaments, one of which had to be the SA Stroke Play, Glacier SA Amateur, Northern Amateur or Cape Province Championship.
Welsh take team title at Glacier SA Amateur
DURBAN (3 March 2008) - Wales won the International Teams Event as the forerunner to the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Monday. [Teams Event Results]
Calitz sounds warning for Glacier SA Amateur favourites
DURBAN (3 March 2008) - Bloemfontein's Louis Calitz claimed South African amateur golf's prestigious Proudfoot Trophy after winning the 36-hole stroke play qualifier for the Glacier SA Amateur Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Monday.
The 22-year-old Calitz posted rounds of 72 and 69 to finish on three under par 141, one stroke clear of Port Elizabeth's Naldo Claassen and Adrian Ford of Cape Town. Ford added a 75 to his first round 67 while Claassen posted a second consecutive 71.
Calitz early leader in Glacier SA Amateur qualifying
DURBAN (3 March 2008) - Free Stater Louis Calitz holds the clubhouse lead in Monday's final round of qualifying for the Glacier SA Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club.
The 22-year-old signed for a 69 in the morning to lead on three under par 141, one stroke clear of first round leader Adrian Ford and Naldo Claassen. Ford added to his 67 with a 75 while Claassen posted a second successive 71.
Calvin Coelho (pictured on the right) and Derik Ferreira both finished the morning on 143.
Ford in driving seat at Glacier SA Amateur
DURBAN (2 March 2008) - Western Province's Adrian Ford signed for a course record five under par 67 to lead the first round of the 36-hole qualifier for the Glacier SA Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Sunday.
Ford, who is a member of the Ernie Els Foundation and is ranked third in the country, overcame a poor start and gusting winds to post a round of seven birdies, an eagle and two double bogeys on the new Royal Durban layout. He leads by two strokes over Port Elizabeth's Divan du Piesanie, Kuilsriver's Hendrik van den Berg and Pretoria's Derik Ferreira.
Du Piesanie leads SA Amateur qualifying
DURBAN (2 March 2008) - Port Elizabeth's Divan du Piesanie opened with a three under par 69 in testing conditions to lead the morning field in the 36-hole qualifying for the Glacier SA Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Durban Golf Club on Sunday.
With a brisk south-westerly wind buffeting the course, the 21-year-old Du Piesanie overcame a bogey on his first hole - the 10th - and went on to make seven birdies and a further three bogeys to lead by one shot over Welshman Craig Evans.
Edwards is the man to watch
Former SA Amateur champion and the leading entrant on the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), Nigel Edwards, will start as favourite to win the 2008 Glacier SA Amateur Golf Championship which tees off at Royal Durban Golf Club tomorrow.
The 39 year performance director of the Golf Union of Wales is currently ranked 26 on the latest WAGR. "I had a successful year last year," said Edwards. "I finished 4th in the European Nations Cup and 2nd in the Royal Lytham Trophy along with some other good performances which has resulted in my current ranking."