Month: March 2016
Lau revels in SA Girl’s Rose Bowl double
Tshwane junior Catherine Lau celebrated a welcome return to the winner’s circle when she lifted the Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship title for the second time in three years at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. The 15-year-old Woodhill golfer shot a final round 69 to triumph by three strokes on three under 213.
Heroic Higgo takes Northern Amateur
Boland junior Garrick Higgo underlined his status as rising star when he defeated Angus Ellis-Cole 2 & 1 in the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship final to seal back-to-back victories on the South African amateur circuit.
Final four geared up at Northern Amateur
Ekurhuleni’s Angus Ellis-Cole set up a semi-final clash against Marco Steyn from Central Gauteng, while 16-year-old Garrick Higgo from Boland also will face Tyrone Gibb from Central Gauteng in the final four at the Northern Amateur Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Friday.
Higgo takes down Kruse and Loubser at Northern Amateur
Just a week since he held off a strong international challenge to capture the Curro SA Juniors International Boys title, Boland junior Garrick Higgo claimed two big scalps to reach the final eight at the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Wednesday.
Saaiman elected as SAGA acting Second-Vice President
The South African Golf Association congratulates Ekurhuleni Golf Union President Martin Saaiman on his election to the position of acting Second-Vice President. Saaiman was elected at a meeting of the SAGA Executive during the recent Sanlam South African Amateur Championship in George.
Cool-hand Kok clinches Northern Amateur
Unheralded Dylan Kok upstaged some of the country’s leading lights to lift the 2016 Pro Shop Northern Amateur Stroke Play Championship title at Randpark Golf Club on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Gauteng North player closed with a three-under-par 69 to claim his first provincial victory on 15 under 201 in the weather-shortened 54-hole Qualifier at the Firethorn Course.
Telfer hits great form at KZN Champs
Kaleigh Telfer kicked her preparation for the All-Africa Challenge Trophy in Tunisia into high gear when she followed team-mates Ivanna Samu and Zethu Myeki into the winner’s circle on the Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) circuit on Sunday. She fired a course record 66 in the final round at Victoria Country Club to claim a runaway victory on in the KZN Ladies Golf Stroke Play Championship.
Steyn lays marker for Northern Amateur double
South Africa’s top ranked Marco Steyn laid down a marker for a second Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship title when he grabbed a share of the midway lead at Randpark Golf Club on Tuesday.
Kok sets pace at Northern Amateur
The Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship will restart this morning with Gauteng North's Dylan Kok in the driver's seat.
A total of 44 players still need to complete the second round after organisers were forced to suspend action in the 72-hole qualifier due to dangerous conditions after thunderstorms hit at Randpark Golf Club on Monday afternoon.
SA pair victorious at Curro SA Junior International
Woo-Ju Son hung tough and Garrick Higgo fended off a determined charge from Slovakia’s Jakub Hrinda to secure a double celebration for South Africa with wire-to-wire victories in the Curro South African Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club on Thursday.
SA pair victorious at Curro SA Junior International
Garrick Higgo fended off a determined charge from Slovakia’s Jakub Hrinda and Woo-Ju Son hung tough to secure a double celebration for South Africa with wire-to-wire victories in the Curro South African Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club on Thursday.
Higgo and Son keep control at Curro SA Juniors
De Zalze golfer Garrick Higgo has been in a league of his own in the 97-strong Boys Division through two rounds of the 56-hole Curro South African Junior International, while overnight leader Woo-Ju Son protected her overnight lead in the Girls Division of the Global Junior Golf Tour event against a 43-strong line-up at Durbanville Golf Club.
Son and Higgo keep control at Curro SA Juniors
Overnight leader Woo-Ju Son protected her overnight lead in the Girls Division of the Curro South African Junior International against a 43-strong line-up at Durbanville Golf Club, while De Zalze golfer Garrick Higgo has been in a league of his own in the 97-strong Boys Division through two rounds of the 56-hole Global Junior Golf Tour event.
Son shines for SA at Curro SA Juniors
Eagle Canyon’s Woo Ju Son leads the South African charge in the 44-strong Girls Division after day one of the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI), while Boland golfer Garrick Higgo has the overnight lead in the Boys Division through 18 holes of the 54-hole Global Golf Junior Tour strokeplay event being contested at Durbanville Golf Club.
Higgo shines for SA at Curro SA Juniors
Eagle Canyon’s Woo Ju Son leads the South African charge in the 44-strong Girls Division after day one of the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI), while Boland golfer Garrick Higgo has the overnight lead in the Boys Division through 18 holes of the 54-hole Global Golf Junior Tour strokeplay event being contested at Durbanville Golf Club.
Manchest hopes to impress at Curro SA Juniors
Southern Cape junior Franklin Manchest will be looking for a strong start to extend a fruitful season thus far when he joins the 141-strong field in the first Curro SA Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club today.
Samu set for Curro SA Junior Internationals
Top ranked junior Ivanna Samu is riding a wave of confidence ahead of the prestigious Curro SA Junior Internationals this week after she lifted the Edith Bowie Trophy for a second time in three years on Sunday. Samu overcame a seven shot deficit in the final round to claim a two shot victory on one-under-par 143 in the Pam Golding Properties Western Province Championship on Sunday.
Nicholas takes Ammie Honour at SuperSport Ladies Challenge
Gauteng amateur Kelsey Nicholas won the Leading Amateur award at the SuperSport Ladies Challenge, while Larissa du Preez from Gauteng North edged out Gauteng's Chiara Contomathios for the runner-up spot in the Sunshine Ladies Tour event at Huddle Park Golf and Recreation.
Ross wins Sanlam SA Amateur to keep title in Scottish hands
Scotland’s Craig Ross made it a double for his country when he beat South Africa’s Dylan Naidoo to win the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at George Golf Club on Friday. The Kirkhill golfer beat Central Gauteng’s Naidoo 3&1 in the final.
Ross’s triumph is the second successive victory by a Scottish golfer in one of South Africa’s premier amateur tournaments, and the fourth win by a Scottish golfer in the last six Sanlam SA Amateur Championships.
Naidoo, Ross in hunt for Sanlam SA Amateur glory
South Africa’s Dylan Naidoo will play Scotland’s Craig Ross in Friday’s 36-hole final of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at George Golf Club.
Naidoo beat Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent 3&2 in the quarterfinals, and then edged past Switzerland’s Loris Schuepbach 1Up in the semi-finals.
Ross came through the quarterfinals with a 5&3 victory over KwaZulu-Natal’s Matt Saulez, and then beat South African number one Marco Steyn 2&1 in the semi-finals.