Month: August 2015
SA quartet primed for Italian challenge
Reigning SA Boys Under-15 champion Wilco Nienaber from Free State will be making his debut in the Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship alongside 2015 Nomads SA Boys Under-17 champion Herman Loubser from Boland, fourth ranked Luca Filippi from Western Province and 10th ranked Luke Mayo from KwaZulu-Natal in Biella, Italy from 1 to 3 September.
Naidoo gets his Glacier Junior Series reward
Dylan Naidoo left it until the second last tournament of the 2015 Glacier Junior Series to book his place in the National Final with a win in the Dale Hayes Tournament at Zwartkop Country Club on Sunday. Naidoo’s round of 67 gave him a three-stroke victory over Kyle Barker and Dylan Kok.
Juniors in race to make Glacier National Final
With only two tournaments left on this year’s Glacier Junior Series, the race to make the National Final is reaching its climax. And Pretoria’s junior golfers will get their last chance to do so at Zwartkop Country Club this Sunday.
Loubser relishing return-trip to Italy after KZN triumph
Boland junior Herman Loubser is savouring his return trip to the Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship next week after winning the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship on Sunday.
The 16-year-old Theewaterskloof golfer underlined his growing status as one of the South Africa’s rising stars when he eliminated Albert Venter 4 & 2 in the 36-hole final at Selborne Country Club.
International experience inspires Telfer in George
Fresh from competing in back-to-back international championships in Sweden and Scotland, Kaleigh Telfer was untouchable as she carved out a 10 stroke victory in the Southern Cape Championship at George Golf Club on Sunday.
Venter vs Loubser for KZN Amateur glory
Centurion Country Club’s Albert Venter and reigning Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Herman Loubser are facing off for the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship title today.
Telfer on fire in George
Gauteng’s Kaleigh Telfer will chase her second provincial title this season after taking a sublime lead in the Southern Cape Championship at George Golf Club on Saturday.
The Bryanston junior opened with a 66 and added a 67, which included a career first albatross at the par-five second, to lead on 11-under-par 133.
Gauche nicks KZN Amateur Qualifier
Teaghan Gauche edged out fellow Gauteng North player James du Preez and Mpumalanga’s Andre van Heerden in a count out to win the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier for the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship on Thursday.
Van Heerden edges ahead at KZN Amateur
Mpumalanga golfer Andre van Heerden fired a nearly flawless 66 in blustery afternoon conditions at Selborne Country Club to open up a slender one stroke lead in the first round of the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier of the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship on Wednesday.
Mediratta & Blaauw set early pace at KZN Qualifier
Mohit Mediratta from Central Gauteng and Gauteng North’s Reinhardt Blaauw set clubhouse target as the morning field wrapped in the first round of the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier for the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship at Selborne Country Club.
O’Reilly has his Day in Knysna
Australian Jason Day and Western Province amateur Carlo O’Reilly may have almost nothing in common, but for both players, Sunday 16 August 2015 will live on as the day that changed their lives.
Just a few hours before Day clinched a start-to-finish victory in the PGA Championship to lift his first Major title, 21-year-old O’Reilly from Atlantic Beach went wire-to-wire in Knysna to break through for his maiden national amateur victory in the Southern Cape Open.
Svensson denies De Lange at Boys Amateur
Sweden’s Marcus Svensson defeated South Africa’s Keegan De Lange 4&3 in the 36-hole final at Royal Birkdale to win the 89th Boys Amateur Championship on Sunday.
Player to captain SA Olympic golf team
Gary Player has been named captain of South Africa’s first Olympic golf team that will compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Player’s Olympic captaincy was made official by the South African Golf Association (SAGA), the governing body for golf in the country.
“Gary is our greatest golfer and one of this country’s greatest ambassadors,” said Gerhard Conradie, President of the SAGA.
O’Reilly rallies for Southern Cape lead
Historic final awaits De Lange at Royal Birkdale
Gauteng North’s Keegan de Lange made South African golfing history as the first South African junior to contest the Boys Amateur Championship final in North West England.
The 18-year-old Pretoria golfer will face Sweden’s Marcus Svenssonn in the 36-hole final for the title at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.
De Lange makes semi-final at Boys Amateur
South Africa's Keegan de Lange defeated Billy Spooner from England at the 19th hole to reach the semi-final of the 89th Boys Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale. The 18-year-old Pretoria Country Club junior will face Martin Torre Borja from Spain in the semi-final.
De Lange delights at Boys Amateur
South Africa’s Keegan de Lange won four straight holes on the back nine at Royal Birkdale to defeat Zacharias Agerbak from Denmark and reach the quarter-finals of Boys Amateur Championship in North West England on Friday.
Nordaas ends Samu’s dream debut in Scotland
Sandra Nordaas from Norway ended Ivanna Samu’s dream run in the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland in the quarter-final on Thursday.
A day after Nordaas defeated fellow South African Kaleigh Telfer at the 20th hole in the second round, the Norwegian eliminated Samu in the same manner by once again claiming victory at the second extra hole.
Samu reaches Quarter-Finals in Scotland
South Africa's Ivanna Samu will face off against Sandra Nordaas from Norway, who defeated compatriot Kaleigh Telfer in the first round when the quarter-finals of the 2015 Girl's British Open Amateur Championship gets underway.
Samu makes top 16 in Scotland
South Africa’s top ranked junior Ivanna Samu advanced to the third round of the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland after two comprehensive victories at West Kilbride Golf Club on Wednesday.