Month: December 2017

Du Toit delights at All India Ladies Amateur

24 December 2017 – Missing Christmas with the family to travel to India and fly the flag for South Africa in the All India Ladies Amateur Championship proved well worth the sacrifice for Gauteng North golfer Danielle du Toit. The 18-year-old Menlo Park matriculant became the 101st champion of this prestigious women’s amateur tournament when…
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Determined Du Toit makes All India final

23 December 2017 – Danielle du Toit reached the final of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship in Bangalore, India on Saturday, showing great courage under fire and the conviction to win. The 18-year-old South African was relentlessly tested by Rhea Purvi Saravanan from India, but Du Toit prevailed to take the match 4 &…
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Du Toit reaches final four in India

22 December 2017 – South Africa’s Danielle du Toit is through to the semi-final round in the match play stage of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship after two solid victories at the Eagleton Golf Resort course in Bangalore, India on Friday. The Pretoria Country Club golfer mowed down Ananya Datar from India 4 &…
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Du Toit stays on track in India

21 December 2017 – Danielle du Toit crossed the first hurdle in the All India Ladies Amateur Championship with ease in Bangalore, India on Thursday. The Gauteng North golfer routed Tiya Chowdery from the United States 4 & 3 to reach the second round of the match play stage at the Eagleton Golf Resort course.…
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Du Toit books All India Match Play berth

20 December 2017 – Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit sealed a spot in the match play stage of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship, but Zethu Myeki from Border was forced to make an early exit in Bangalore, India on Wednesday. “The roles were reversed 12 months ago, when Zethu reached the second round of…
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Mixed results for SA pair in India

19 December 2017 – It was an up-and-down start for Danielle du Toit and Zethu Myeki, but both players were positive after the opening round of the Indian Golf Union’s All India Ladies Amateur Championship in Bangalore, India on Tuesday. “The Eagleton Golf Resort course is 6,201 yards long (5,670 metres), and what it lacks…
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Myeki’s season of smiles

18 December 2017 – You rarely see Zethu Myeki without a smile these days and it was there again when she stepped up to the first tee at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore, India on Monday morning. “I have so many reasons to smile,” said the 24-year-old Myeki from East London. “I’ve had a…
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Nienaber and Son sizzle in United States

18 December 2017 – GolfRSA juniors Wilco Nienaber and Woo-Ju Son captured a one, two finish for South Africa in the prestigious Greg Norman Academy Junior Invitational in the United States on Sunday. Nienaber laid down a marker for a Global Junior Golf Tour hat-trick when he opened with a one-under-par 71 on the Norman…
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SA U-19 IPT glory for Ekurhuleni

15 December 2017 – Ekurhuleni defeated Western Province in convincing style at East London Golf Club to lift the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial title for the first time in nearly 30 years on Friday. Ekurhuleni led the log with nine points, but Western Province had eight points and two games points advantage as the two…
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North West wins historic promotion in SA U-19 IPT

15 December 2017 – North West claimed the B-Division title in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at East London Golf Club on Friday to earn a historic promotion. Over the first four days of the championship North West dispatched Border, Free State, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape and scored the only clean sweep in this year’s…
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Epic battles loom in Buffalo City

14 December 2017 – Western Province and Ekurhuleni will duke it for the A-Division title in the 2017 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial, while Eastern Province needs to pull a rabbit out of the hat to deny North West promotion in Friday’s final round at East London Golf Club. A-DIVISION A mighty North versus South clash…
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North West on the rampage at SA U-19 IPT

13 December 2017 – Southern Cape and Central Gauteng made the most of moving day in the 2017 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial while North West threw down the gauntlet with the first clean sweep of the championship at East London Golf Club. A-DIVISION Southern Cape suffered a double loss in the opening round, but revived…
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Border keeps banking as Central rallies at SA U-19 IPT

12 December 2017 – Defending champions Central Gauteng bounced back and host union Border rules the B-Division roost after the second round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial in Buffalo City. A-DIVISION After a loss and a draw in round one, Central Gauteng showed just why they can never be written off until the final…
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Ekurhuleni makes early move in East London

11 December 2017 – Central Gauteng and Western Province are the traditional powerhouses in the junior team championship, but Ekurhuleni made a huge stand on the first day of this year’s South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial in Buffalo City. Ekurhuleni trailed Central Gauteng and Southern Cape 3 – 1 after the Foursomes, but the young side…
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Sweet seventh for Western Province

11 December 2017 – Western Province celebrated an extraordinary achievement when the team wrapped up their seventh successive triumph in the South African Super Senior Inter-Provincial Championship at Pezula Golf Club in Knysna from 4-8 December. The defending champions made a bold statement of intent with a resounding 7.5 – 1.5 victory over North West…
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Gauteng North sweeps SA Super Senior promotion

11 December 2017 – Gauteng North won the B-Division in the 2017 South African Super Senior Inter-Provincial Championship with an unbeaten performance at Pezula Golf Club in Knysna from 4-8 December. “To be honest, we were gutted after last year’s relegation and we were determined to get ourselves back in the A-Division,” said player and…
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Mansfield motors into Indian Amateur match play

6 December 2017 – KwaZulu-Natal’s Clayton Mansfield booked his berth in the match play stage of the IGU Yes Bank 117th Amateur Golf Championship of India with a top 10 finish in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier on Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Durban Country Club followed an opening even-par 72 with a final round 73…
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Amateurs primed for Joburg Open

6 December 2017 – South Africa’s top ranked amateur Kyle McClatchie hopes to pour every drop of experience gained in 2017 season into a successful Joburg Open campaign. South Africa’s first golf Olympian and world number 128 will lead a four-man amateur challenge into battle in the first event co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, European…
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SA duo makes solid start in India

5 December 2017 – Malcolm Mitchell and Clayton Mansfield made a fabulous start in the IGU Yes Bank 117th Amateur Golf Championship of India on Tuesday. The KwaZulu-Natal pair both carded rounds of even-par 72 in the first round of the 36-hole stroke play qualifier at the Karnataka Golf Association course Bangalore. Mitchell and Mansfield…
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Introducing Marvelous Caitlyn Macnab

It has been a season to remember for 15-year-old Caitlyn Macnab, who was named the Under-19 Player of the Year by Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf in November. The petite Ekurhuleni golfer – who packs a huge drive and a lethal short game – racked up eight top three finishes since March and one felt it was…
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