Month: October 2010

French win; SA records credible final round

Dean O'Riley, the leading SA player in Sunday's final roundThe French Team won the 2010 men’s World Amateur Team Championship and the Eisenhower Trophy with a 54 hole team score of 423, seven under par. They finished four shots clear of Denmark. While the South African team recorded a final round of 149, five over par, in very windy playing conditions.

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Lee-Anne Wins second title in China

UZHOU (China) Oct 31, 2010: South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace had the best two weeks in China as she picked up her second victory by winning the Eur200,000 Suzhou-Taihu Ladies Open after being involved in a four-way playoff with USA's Hannah Jun, Paraguay's Julieta Granada and Netherlands' Christel Boeljon at the Suzhou-Taihu International Golf Club.

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WATC reduced to three rounds

JG Claassen, best performing South African so far in the championshipThe Eisenhower Trophy was reduced to a 54 hole tournament by the International Golf Federation after half the field were required to return on Saturday to complete their second round.

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The weather dominates second round of WATC

Conditions not far from that illustrated in this picutre faced players in the World Amateur Team Championships in the second roundRain and lightning disrupted play in the second round of the Eisenhower Trophy being played over two golf courses just outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. This provided for testing conditions in which good scoring was few and far between.

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SA Team well off the pace

JG Claassen was the best SA player in the first roundIt was not the start the South African amateur golf team, made up of Dean O’Riley (74), JG Claassen (73) and Dylan Frittelli (75), were looking for at the end of the first round of the Eisenhower Trophy. With a team score of 147, five over par, they find themselves twelve shots off the pace.

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SA look to top finish at WATC

Frittelli, is the likely anchorman for the South African Team at the WATCA top ten finish in the Eisenhower Trophy, world’s premier amateur golf championship, is what the South African Golf Association (SAGA) are looking to achieve in the men’s competition of the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships (WATC).

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Lee-Anne wins fourth LET event this year and tops the Money List

South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace returned to the summit of European women's golf today when she shot a six-under-par 66 to win the Sanya Ladies Open in China.

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Third in the World!

Buenos Aires, Argentina (23 October) – Korea broke the record for the lowest score and won the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship by 17 strokes over the USA to claim its second Espirito Santo Trophy at Olivos Golf Club.

The South African team of Connie Chen, Kelli Shean and Kim Williams finish tied third with Sweden and France.

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SA girls strive to improve on 4th position as they head to final round

Val Holland comments "We are in 4th spot on our own on 8 under with Germany on 9 under and USA on 12 under, the Koreans are just amazing 25 under par - their individual scores are 11 under, 11under & 7 under."

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Record-Setting Korea Powers Past USA To Second-Round Lead

Korea fired a record-setting 16-under-par 128 to surge into the lead by one stroke over first-round leader USA in the second round of the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship while South Africa is tied fifth at the half-way stage of the event.

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Kelli has hole-in-one at fifth

News just in from Buenos Aires (5.30 pm South African time) is that Kelli Shean aced her tee-shot at the par 3 fifth hole during the second round of the World Amateur Teams Championship being played at the Buenos Aires Golf club.

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Val Holland reports on Round One in Argentina

Email from SA Coach Val Holland on her impressions of the South African Team on Day 1 of the World Amateur Team Championships being played in Buenos Aires.

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USA Opens 4-Stroke Lead while the South Africans are tied fourth

Buenos Aires, Argentina (20 October) – The USA forged a four-stroke lead over Argentina and France with a record-setting 8-under-par 136 in the first round of the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. The South African team are six strokes back on -2 and tied in fourth position - Kelli Shean carded 70 (-2) and Kim Williams finished on even par 72.

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SA Teams tees off in WATC today

The SA Team of Sandra Winter (Captain), Connie Chen, Kim Williams and Kelli Shean enjoy the opening ceremony which took place yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 19 October). The SA Girls tee off today at 10h40 at the Olivos Golf Club.

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Monique Smit returns to golf to win at Clovelly

Jonathan Ackerman presents Gus Acketman Trophy to Monique Smit

Southern Cape's Monique Smit returned to tournament golf after a break to win the 54 hole Gus Ackerman Trophy played at Clovelly Country Club on Saturday and Sunday. She won on the second play-off hole against Eastern Cape's Iliska Verwey after both players carded one-over par 217.

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Update from Buenos Aires – Sunday

An email from the South African Team at WATC. Pictured before teaming up with Kelli Shean are Val Holland, Kim Williams, Connie Chane and Sandra Winter.

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Ambition Argentina Team meets in Buenos Aires

Team Practice

Val Holland (coach), Sandra Winter (Captain) and players Connie Chen, Kim Williams and Kelli Shean all arrived safely in Buenos Aires yesterday to compete in the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships for the Espirito Santo Trophy.

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Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga triumph

Ekurhuleni proudly display the A Section winner's trophyEkurhuleni, who beat host Union Boland, at the end of the day emerged the winner of the A Section while Mpumalanga comfortably took the B Section honours in the South African Mid Amateur Inter Provincial Tournament.

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Ekurhuleni the champions in waiting?

Worcester Golf Clubhouse over looking participating team flagsThe form book is certainly anything but consistent in this year’s South African Mid Amateur Inter Provincial Tournament being played at Worcester Golf Club, especially in the A Section.

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Kwazulu Natal are back in the hunt

Worcester Golf Club, venue of this year's SA Mid Amateur IPTKwazulu-Natal, defending champions in the South African Mid Amateur Inter Provincial Tournament, beat host province Boland to put themselves back in contention to win this year’s tournament being played at Worcester Golf Club.

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