Month: February 2015

Local rivals bid for glory at Sanlam SA Amateur

A determined posse of Gauteng North golfers will throw down the gauntlet in the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship, which tees off at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Sunday.

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Strydom sharp and focused for Sanlam SA Amateur

South Africa’s number one ranked amateur, Tristen Strydom, is full of confidence ahead of next week’s Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Country Club after sharpening his game alongside the professionals in the Joburg Open.

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Naidoo living the dream at Joburg Open

Dylan Naidoo birdied three of his last four holes at the West Course for a one-under-par 70, but the 17-year-old Central Gauteng amateur still checked the Joburg Open leaderboard twice to verify his position after first round action wrapped up at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington on Thursday.

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Border reigns supreme at Ladies Champs

Zethu Myeki and Demi Flanagan ensured a superb one-two finish for Border when the rising stars beat out some of the country’s top amateurs to take the honours in the Border Ladies Championship this February.

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SA golf to showcase its young stars

The next two weeks in South African golf will be a showcase of the young stars in the professional and amateur ranks as two of the country’s biggest tournaments in both play out back-to-back.

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Scots triumph in sixth Leopard Trophy

The Scottish Golf Union squad claimed a runaway 15.5 - 8.5 victory in the sixth edition of the annual Leopard Trophy and levelled the Test Series at three-apiece after a full-blown assault against South Africa in the final round at Leopard Creek on Thursday.

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Samu prevails at Gauteng North Girls

Ivanna Samu's meteoritic rise to the number one spot in the WGSA Junior Rankings was instigated by a runner-up finish at the Gauteng North Junior Girls’ Open Championship early in February last year. On Sunday, the leggy teenager came full circle when she claimed a play-off victory in the 2015 edition at Centurion Country Club.

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SA and Scots at stalemate in Leopard Trophy

South Africa and Scotland are poised for an epic final day showdown in the annual Leopard Trophy after the Scottish team rallied to deadlock the Test at 6-all on Wednesday.

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SA and Scotland primed for Leopard Trophy action

Scotland’s Bradley Neil will line up with the pros in the Dimension Data Pro-Am at Fancourt this week, but the reigning Amateur champion will keep a close eye on the action at Leopard Creek Golf Estate, where eight of his Scottish Golf Union National Squad team members will be bidding for repeat success against South Africa in the sixth Leopard Trophy.

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Hendrikse produces magic to win at Bryanston

South Africa’s top ranked senior Mellette Hendrikse rambled to another play-off victory over Lawrence Franklin in the Central Gauteng Golf Union’s Senior Open to claim his second win of the season on Sunday.

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Golf the champion at International Triangular

Golf was the ultimate winner in the annual International Triangular between the South African Golf Association’s Junior Team, the South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) and a team from the Scottish Golf Union at Wanderers Golf Club on Wednesday.

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SA take early control in Triangular

The South African Golf Association’s Junior Team claimed the early lead in the annual Triangular against South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) and a Scottish side comprising members of the Scottish Golf Union’s Mens and Junior National Squads at Wanderers Golf Club on Wednesday.

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USA-bound Theron lifts EP Stroke Play title

Former top ranked SA junior Bianca Theron returned to her vintage best at Humewood Links and issued a warning to her peers an emphatic six stroke victory in the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship on the weekend.
“That first round set me up for victory, because the wind howled in the afternoon and the final round was a lot more colourful,” Theron said. “It’s been a while since I competed and I was really excited to get the juices flowing. I still feel a little bit rusty, but I was surprised how quickly I got back into competition mode."

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Phillips coasts to Players Championship victory

KwaZulu-Natal’s Morgan Phillips delivered a splendid final round performance at the Gary Player Country Club to cruise to victory at the prestigious Players Championship at Sun City on Sunday.

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Naidoo under pressure at prestigious Players

Basil Naidoo hung on to his overnight lead at the Gary Player Country Club, but the KwaZulu-Natal player expects to come under major pressure in the final round of the Players Championship at Sun City on Sunday.

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Courageous Coussaud triumphs at SA Stroke Play

Ugo Coussaud claimed the South African Stroke Play Championship title on Friday, but the first French champion in the history of the prestigious event had to show some real French flair at the final hole to triumph on a winning score of 15-under-par 273at Port Elizabeth Golf Club.

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Putter change puts Naidoo in charge at Players

KwaZulu-Natal’s Basil Naidoo said he felt confident about his game ahead of the prestigious Player’s Championship and not surprisingly, the Greater Durban golfer leads the first round at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City on Friday.

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SA juniors relish Australian experience

Top ranked juniors Ivanna Samu and Eleonora Galletti represented South Africa in the prestigious Astor Trophy and the Australian Women’s Amateur in January.
WGSA asked the girls to share some of their thoughts on their selection, their expectations, the experience and their favourite moments.

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Cool Kaminski keeps control at SA Stroke Play

Frenchman Romain Langasque fired a superb course record eight-under-par 64, a putting lesson from 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke’s coach helped Boland amateur Armand Scholtz to a sizzling 66 and French ace Ugo Coussaud kept in touch with a 68, but none of it enough to catch South Africa’s Rupert Kaminski in the third round in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Thursday.

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Hendrikse to come under fire at Players

South Africa’s top ranked senior Mellette Hendrikse will have a huge target on his back when the first round of the Player’s Championship tees off at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City on Friday.

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