Gauteng North survived a final round onslaught from Ekurhuleni to lift their second successive South African U-23 Inter-Provincial Championship title, while KwaZulu-Natal secured a popular promotion to the A-Division at Royal Durban on Friday.

Gauteng North ensured their successive title defence at the South African U-23 Inter-Provincial Championship with another convincing performance, while KwaZulu-Natal survived an onslaught from Boland to keep control of the promotion battle at Royal Durban Country Club on Thursday.

The 26^th INDWE SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial in Stellenbosch is heading for an epic final round showdown after Western Province pushed Central Gauteng from their perch at De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate on Thursday.

Central Gauteng moved to the top of the log and staked their claim for a second successive INDWE SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial title with two decisive victories in Wednesday’s second round at De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate.

Gauteng North kept their title defence on track with a third successive victory at the South African U-23 Inter-Provincial Championship, while KwaZulu-Natal kept control of the promotion battle at Royal Durban Country Club on Wednesday.

Women’s Golf South Africa (WGSA) celebrates its centenary this year at a time when the local women’s game is the strongest it’s ever been, and with this weekend’s Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship set to showcase this.

It was not surprising to see Western Province and Central Gauteng top the Senior A-Section log after action wrapped up in the first round of the 26^th edition of the INDWE SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial at De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate.

Ekurhuleni kept the pressure on log leaders Gauteng North with a second consecutive A-Section victory, while KwaZulu-Natal strengthened their promotion bid in the South African U-23 Inter-Provincial Championship at Royal Durban Country Club on Tuesday.

Gauteng North got their South African U23 Inter-Provincial title defence off in spectacular fashion with a comprehensive first round victory at Royal Durban Country Club on Monday.

The field at this year’s South African U-23 Inter-Provincial Championship will be flush with youthful exuberance when the national team championship tees off at Royal Durban Golf Club from 7-11 April.

Gauteng North is hoping to spoil the party for defending champions Central Gauteng at the 26^thedition of the INDWE SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial from 8-11 April.

Ekurhuleni’s Paul Boshoff defeated Hennie du Plessis from Limpopo at the last hole of a humdinger 36-hole final to lift the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play Championship title on Saturday.

Hennie du Plessis dispatched unheralded Herman Loubser in the semi-final of the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play Championship to reach the 36-hole final at Umhlali Country Club on Friday.
Du Plessis beat the youngster 6 & 4 and will go up against Paul Boshoff from Ekurhuleni, who claimed the biggest scalp of the championship when he downed South African’s number one ranked junior, Jovan Rebula, in the quarter-finals.

Central Gauteng will launch their title defence at the 26^thedition of the INDWE SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial, but it could be the Western Province that provides the sparks at De Zalze and Erinvale from 7-11 April.

Ekurhuleni’s Tristen Strydom made a big move towards the double at the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship, but the Stroke Play champion could be in for a tough quarter-final tussle in the Match Play Championship at Umhlali Country Club on Friday.

Cara Gorlei held up under huge pressure from Western Province stable mate, Ji Sun Kang, to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Ekurhuleni’s Tristen Strydom replaced first round leader Altin van der Merwe in pole position at the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old from Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate took advantage of the early morning breeze at Umhlali Country Club to navigate his way to a three-under-par 68 and lunged to the top of the leaderboard on three under 139.

Kim Williams was presented with the 2013 Amateur of the Year award at the 22^nd annual Compleat Golfer Annual Awards ceremony, held at Country Club Johannesburg on Monday, 31 March.
The occasion marked the third time that Womens Golf South Africa named Williams as the most outstanding amateur for a season and she joined the illustrious company of Ashleigh Simon, the only other amateur who has lifted the award multiple times.

Altin van der Merwe carded an opening two-under-par 69 at Umhlali Country Club to hit the front at the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. The Western Province number finished one shot clear of fellow Province golfer, Luca Filippi, and German junior, Michael Pfeifer.