Month: April 2017
Central Gauteng takes SA Senior IPT glory
Western Province and Gauteng North did everything possible to spoil Central Gauteng’s party, but they could not stop the Lions from roaring to a successful title defence in the 30th South African Senior Inter-Provincial in Knysna on Friday.
EP seals SA Senior IPT promotion
Twelve months after the side was relegated at Kyalami Golf Club, Eastern Province emerged as the undisputed champions in an epic battle for supremacy against Boland in the final round of the 30th South African Senior Inter-Provincial in Knysna on Friday.
SA Amateurs chase title wins of Schwartzel, Stone
Multiple European Tour winner Brandon Stone says next week’s Oxigen Prince’s Grant National Amateur Invitational tournament always awakened in him the same feeling Jordan Spieth must have every time he steps onto Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters.
SA Senior IPT heads to humdinger final
Western Province beat Central Gauteng by the narrowest of margins in 2014 and 2015, but the Lions turned the tables on Province last year to celebrate their 12th victory since 2002 in the South African Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial.
Boland and EP all out in Battle for Promotion
The B-Division battle for promotion is perched on a knife’s edge as just half a games point separate Boland and Eastern Province ahead of the final round of the South African Senior Inter-Provincial in Knysna.
Fabulous Frade triumphs at Westlake
Nicholaus Frade from Gauteng North finally got the putter going and it paid off with a provincial breakthrough in the Western Province Amateur on Wednesday.
Lions hunt Southern Cape at SA Senior IPT
Central Gauteng are within a games point of A-Division log leaders Southern Cape at the midway point of the 29th SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship after a powerful assault in Wednesday’s second round in Knysna.
Boland and EP at loggerheads in Knysna
Boland and Eastern Province will start the third round in the battle for promotion at the 29th SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship in Knysna locked at the top of the standings on Thursday.
Saulez has control at Westlake
Just four days after Clayton Mansfield lifted the Boland Amateur Stroke Play title, fellow Durban Country Club golfer Matt Saulez will attempt to make it two in a row for KwaZulu-Natal when he starts the final two rounds of the Western Province Amateur Stroke Play Qualifier in pole position at Westlake Golf Club.
Southern Cape and Central Gauteng show strength in Knysna
Central Gauteng made a dream start to their title defence in the 29th SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial and Southern Cape showed they mean business in the first round matches at the Simola Golf and Country Estate near Knysna on Tuesday.
Majestic Mistry clinches SA Amateur Stroke victory
South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry held her nerve to claim the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday.
Seniors ready to rumble at SA IPT
Central Gauteng launches their title defence in the 29th SA Senior Amateur Inter-Provincial at the Simola Golf and Country Estate near Knysna today.
Mistry makes magnificent move at SA Stroke Play
South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry holds all the cards after she opened up a yawning gap on the chasing pack in the second round of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday.
Mistry shared the overnight lead at three under after opening with a 69 at the Wanderers Golf Club, but she underlined her status as Womens Golf South Africa’s 2015/2016 Player of the Year when she pulled five strokes clear on the field.
Els helps SA golf to keep giving back
A near-death experience when Ernie Els was just starting his career certainly gave the four-time Major champion an appreciation for the value of life. And it’s perhaps no surprise that he’s since become one of golf’s most ardent supporters of charity.
Els helps SA golf to keep giving back
A near-death experience when Ernie Els was just starting his career certainly gave the four-time Major champion an appreciation for the value of life. And it’s perhaps no surprise that he’s since become one of golf’s most ardent supporters of charity.
Mansfield hopes to double down in Western Cape
KwaZulu-Natal’s Clayton Mansfield has shifted his sights to the Western Province Amateur this week after he bagged his first provincial title in wire-to-wire style at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Friday.
“You gain a different kind of confidence with that first big win,” said 22-year-old from Durban Country Club after he closed out a five stroke victory in the Boland Amateur Open on a winning total of 14-under-par 202.
SAGA salutes Michael Sherriff
It was with sadness that the South African Golf Association learned of the unexpected passing of one of the country’s rising stars, Michael Sherriff, who lost his life in a car accident over the Easter weekend.
Chips Shots with Garrick Higgo
GolfRSA National Squad member Garrick Higgo celebrated his debut in the prestigious Junior Invitational with a tie for 45th at Sage Valley Country Club in South Carolina. The De Zalze junior posted rounds of 79, 73 and 76 to finish on 12 over 228.
We chatted to the ambitious firecracker from Boland and found out more about what drives him, his likes and dislikes and what he still hopes to accomplish this year.
Third time’s a charm as Niemans wins Junior Invitational
Joaquin Niemann from Chile celebrated his third start in the Junior Invitational with a four stroke victory over American Austin Eckroat at the Sage Valley Golf Club.
The Chilean carded rounds of 67, 70 and 67 to triumph on 204 and don the prized Gold Jacket as the prestigious junior championship’s second international champion after 2015 winning Marcus Kinhult from Sweden.
Du Toit on attack at SA Amateur Stroke Play
Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit benefitted from extra work with the putter to charge into a three-way tie for the lead in the opening round of the Sanlam South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Sunday.
The reigning Nomads SA Girls champion racked up five birdies at The Wanderers Golf Club to join South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry and Woo-Ju Son at three-under-par 69.