It has been a season of close calls for Magda Kruger, but the Gauteng North junior golfer hopes to get the monkey off her back at the Mpumalanga Open & Closed Championship at Middelburg Golf Club this weekend.

South Africa's Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat carded a pair of 73's at the Los Lagartos Golf Club in Pilar to finish just three shots behind pacesetters Denmark on day one of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina. The South Africans lead Argentina, Uruguay and Spain by two shots and are three ahead of Italy.

Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland ensured her trip to Mpumalanga would be an unforgettable one as she shrugged off the final day pressure from overnight co-leader Sheryl Matthews to lift the South African Mid-Amateur Championship title on Wednesday.

Top amateurs Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat are eager to take South Africa’s successful run in international championships this season outside Africa’s borders with a winning performance in two top international events in Argentina later this month.

Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland kept a tentative hold on to her overnight lead of the South African Mid-Amateur Championship, but the Southern Cape golfer will have some company at the top going into the final round at Graceland Hotel, Casino and Country Club on Wednesday.

Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland has taken pole position in the championship division of the South African Mid-Amateur Championship at Graceland Hotel, Casino and Country Club on Monday.

Top South African junior Thriston Lawrence got his preparation for the 103^rd South African Open Championship underway with a superb victory in the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Sunday.

Top Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland has targeted victory in the South African Mid-Amateur Championship that tees off at Graceland Hotel, Casino and Country Club on Monday and the George golfer is bringing some great form to Mpumalanga.

South Africa sealed a third top five finish in the country’s seventh appearance in the prestigious Spirit International in the United States with a final round four-under-par 68 at Whispering Pines near Trinity in Texas on Saturday.

South Africa sealed a third top five finish in the country’s seventh appearance in the prestigious Spirit International in the United States with a final round four-under-par 68 at Whispering Pines near Trinity in Texas on Saturday.

It was a long day at the office for the participants in this year’s Spirit International, but the South African quartet showed great courage and determination to finish in a strong position at the 36-hole mark in the United States on Friday.

It was a long day at the office for the participants in this year’s Spirit International, but the South African quartet showed great courage and determination to finish in a strong position at the 36-hole mark in the United States on Friday.

Fierce storms, more than 160mm in rainfall and a 25½-hour interruption to the first round had very little impact on the South Africa’s four-man team at this year’s Spirit International in Texas. When darkness fell on the first round of play, the local heroes had pacesetters America well in their sights.

Organisers at the Spirit International were forced to shorten this year’s championship to 54 holes following more than 160mm rainfall at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Wednesday’s first round.

Fierce storms, more than 160mm in rainfall and a 25½-hour interruption to the first round had very little impact on the South Africa’s four-man team at this year’s Spirit International in Texas. When darkness fell on the first round of play, the local heroes had pacesetters America well in their sights.

Organisers at the Spirit International were forced to shorten this year’s championship to 54 holes following more than 160mm rainfall at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Wednesday’s first round.