Month: December 2016
Introducing WGSA number one Kajal Mistry
Randpark golfer Kajal Mistry put an exclamation point on a watershed season as the number one ranked player on the Senior and the joint number one Junior on the Womens Golf South Africa standings.
Did you know Kajal only finished outside the top 10 once throughout the 2016 season? We caught up with Kajal to find out more about her affinity for music, roast chicken and 2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson and the things that make this 16-year-old rising star from Bryanston tick.
Central Gauteng lifts SA U-19 IPT title
Gauteng North spoiled Central Gauteng’s party a tiny bit, but in the end the final round loss did nothing to dampen the excitement as the youthful side celebrated victory in the South African U-19 Inter-Provincial on Friday.
Boland banks promotion at SA U-19 IPT
Boland edged out Mpumalanga by one single point to snatch the coveted promotion in this year’s B-Section matches of the South African U-19 Inter-Provincial Championship at White River Country Club on Friday.
Myeki on the move at All India Championship
South Africa’s number three ranked Zethu Myeki made easy work of her first round match in the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship on Thursday.
B-Section battle looms as Central Gauteng celebrates
Central Gauteng might have a small party tonight after they sewed up the A-Section title, but the team will be saving the big celebration until the 2016 South African U19 Inter-Provincial at White River Country Club officially wraps up on Friday. For Mpumalanga and Boland, though, there are no such comforts.
Myeki through to Match Play at All India
South Africa’s Zethu Myeki qualified for the knock out stage at the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship with a solid comeback in the final round of the 36-hole qualifier on Wednesday.
Battle lines drawn at SA U-19 IPT
Southern Cape carved out a tidy victory while Western Province mounted a spirited comeback with a win and a draw in the third round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial on Wednesday, but it could be too little, too late for the defending champions and 2014 winners.
SA’s Special Olympics golfers celebrate their Olympic moment
In a year in which golf made its return to the Olympic Games, South Africa’s Special Olympics golfers once again showed how the game is still thriving at this level of competition.
Ekurhuleni, Boland take command at White River
Ekurhuleni took command of the A-Section in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship as Boland continued its rampage in the B-Section with another blistering performance at White River Country Club on Tuesday.
SA pair slow off the mark in India
South Africa’s Zethu Myeki and Danielle du Toit made a fair to middling start in the 36-hole qualifier of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.
SA pair set for Indian Amateur
Good luck to Gauteng North's Danielle du Toit and Zethu Myeki from Border, who start the stroke play qualifier for the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.
Early candidates to the fore at SA U-19 IPT
Gauteng North and Central Gauteng were in commanding form on day one of South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship, while Boland and Mpumalanga got off to a blistering start in the B-Section Battle for Promotion at White River Country Club on Monday.
Stapleton bows out of Indian Amateur
Central Gauteng mid-amateur Shaun Stapleton fought the good fight, but South Africa’s lone survivor at the 116th Amateur Golf Championship of India reached the end of the road in Friday’s second round at Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
Pickering powers to Joburg Junior Open victory
Slade Pickering from North West held his nerve to fend off several contenders as he completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Joburg Junior Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Friday. The 18-year-old Pecanwood golfer produced a final round four-under-par 68 at the East Course to close out a four shot victory at 10 under 134.
R&A and USGA announce new local rule
The R&A and the USGA today announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green.
Stapleton stays the course in India
Shaun Stapleton is the last man standing in the 116th Amateur Golf Championship of India after Western Province senior Francois le Roux was eliminated in the first round of the match play stage on Thursday.
Pickering pushes to pole at Joburg Junior Open
Pecanwood’s Slade Pickering surged to the top of the first round leaderboard in the Joburg Junior Open courtesy of an eagle and seven birdies at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Thursday.
R&A and USGA announce new local rule
The R&A and the USGA today announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green.
Le Roux and Stapleton advance in India
Western Province senior Francois le Roux and Shaun Stapleton, a mid-amateur from Central Gauteng, are the only South Africans starting the match play stage in the 116th Amateur Golf Championship of India today.
SA make a battling start in India
Morgan Phillips and Shaun Stapleton led the eight-man challenge for South Africa in the opening round of the 116th Amateur Golf Championship of India on Tuesday.
Phillips, who ranks fourth in the South African Golf Association Senior rankings and third ranked mid-amateur Stapleton posted a pair of 76s at Royal Calcutta Golf Club to grab a share of 15th in the Indian Golf Union’s flagship event.