Christiaan Bezuidenhout lived up to his number one amateur billing when he claimed his second title this season in convincing style at the Sanlam Cape Province Open in George on Sunday.

The Ekurhuleni golfer held off reigning Sanlam SA Amateur, Thriston Lawrence, with a final round 68 for three stroke victory on 14-under-par 274.

Two of the country’s top ranked amateurs will go head-to-head in the third round of the Sanlam Cape Province Open on Sunday, after the SA number one Christiaan Bezuidenhout joined overnight leader, Zander Lombard, in pole position on Saturday.

Jovan Rebula will be looking to extend his winning record of SA Boys titles when the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship tees off at Umhlali Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.

Gauteng North’s Zander Lombard fired a magnificent five-under-par 67 in the opening round of the Sanlam Cape Province Open to lead by one shot from Armand Scholtz and Gerlou Roux.

Gauteng North’s Catherine Lau will launch her Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship title defence at Rondebosch Golf Club on Monday.

Six provincial open championships winners this season will be hunting for repeat success at the Cape Province Open from 28-30 March.
The country’s number one ranked amateur, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, will lead the 126-man field at two of the Garden Route’s top golf courses, George Golf Club and Kingswood Estate Golf Estate.

James du Preez celebrated a lengthy return to form from injury with his first senior provincial title at the North West Open Championship on Sunday. The Pretoria golfer tied Gerlou Roux from the Western Province in regulation play on 14-under-par 274, and clinched the title in a sudden death play-off at Rustenburg Golf Club.

Gerlou Roux from the Western Province fired a seven-under-par 65 to open up a comfortable gap on Mpumalanga’s Thriston Lawrence in the second round of the North West Open Championship on Saturday.

Reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Thriston Lawrence fired a superb four-under-par 68 at Rustenburg Golf Club to join Gauteng North Stroke Play champion Keegan de Lange, Douglas McCabe and Jason Viljoen in the lead at the North West Open Championship on Friday.

Central Gauteng will be looking to extend their dominance in the Indwe SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament, when the 26^th edition of the country’s largest national Senior team competition tees off at De Zalze and Erinvale from 7-11 April this year.