Month: October 2012
Michaela wins Sanlam Cancer Challenge Final
SUN CITY (23 October 2012) – Ask any golfer, professional or amateur, what it takes to succeed in this game and they will tell you that you need talent, skill and a little bit of luck.
Sanlam Cancer Finalists & Delegates enjoy great SANLAM hospitality at Sun City
WGSA President, Cynthia Rayner had the pleasure of playing the Gary Player course at Sun City with veteran golf journalists Grant Winter and Allan Jones on Monday. Read more on Day 1
Ackerman Championships
Nobuhle Dlamini from Centurion Golf Club won the Ackerman Championships played at Clovelly Golf Club this weekend on a score of 222 (74,71,77).
Boland Championships
Swaziland's Nobuhle Dlamini adds the Boland title to her impressive list.
SA claims top 25 finish at WATC
Brandon Stone and Zander Lombard pulled out all the stops on Sunday to lift South Africa to a 23rd place finish at the weather-reduced World Amateur Team Championships in Turkey. Playing purely for pride and position, Stone carved out a three-under-par 68 at the Sultan Course at Antalya Golf Club and Lombard produced a one-under-par 70 to improve four shots on their overnight total and finish the weather-reduced 54-hole championship on a team total of one-under-par 427.
SA WATC campaign dealt blow by Turkish weather
Hoping to recover from a disappointing start in their bid to lift the country’s first Eisenhower Trophy, South Africa’s three leading amateurs had pinned their hopes on solid performances in the remaining three rounds at Antalya Golf Club in Turkey. However, thunderstorms so severely interrupted play at the World Amateur Team Championships on Friday that only six teams was able to complete their rounds.
Second round action at WATC hampered by weather
South Africa’s three leading amateurs were hungry to reverse their disappointing start to the World Amateur Team Championships in Turkey and get their title bid back on track with a solid performance on Friday, but inclement weather dealt their hopes a huge blow.
SA team make slow start in Turkey
The country’s three leading amateurs made a disappointing start in the opening round of the World Amateur Team Championships in Turkey and are well off the record-breaking pace set by the United States on Thursday. The trio combined for a total of three-over-par 145 at the Sultan Course at the Antalya Golf Club, which left the local side tied for 34th in the field of 72 competing countries.
Ekurhuleni Junior Open championship
A very competitive A Division saw the trophy being shared by Michaela Fletcher (KZN) and Bianca Theron (Boland).
Korea wins Women’s World Amateur Team Championship again
The Republic of Korea, with a total of 13-under-par 563, won the 2012 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship (WWATC) on Sunday at Gloria Golf Club in Turkey by three strokes, becoming the first team in 22 years to capture consecutive titles.