Month: August 2018

Team SA extends lead in Ghana

Team SA extends lead in Ghana

31 August 2018 – Team South Africa kept the country’s title defence in the 14th All-Africa Challenge Trophy on track on a tough scoring day at the Achimota Golf Club to pull 15 shots clear of Tanzania in Accra, Ghana on Thursday. South Africa led the first round on six-over 150 and kept control of…
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Team SA looking to go low in Ireland

Team SA looking to go low in Ireland

31 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab, Kaleigh Telfer and Kajal Mistry are fired up to make the most of moving day after a much better show in the second round at the World Amateur Team Championship on Thursday. The South Africans posted a team total of 144 at the Montgomerie Course at Carton House and…
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New handicap changes: what to expect

New handicap changes: what to expect

30 August 2018 – On September 3rd 2018, amateur golf in South Africa moves a step closer to the World Handicap System when GolfRSA introduces some noteworthy changes to the handicap system. As of Monday, club golfers in South Africa will no longer make use of the traditional Handicap that they have used for years.…
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SA makes a fine start in AACT defence

SA makes a fine start in AACT defence

30 August 2018 – Casandra Hall and Zethu Myeki got South Africa’s title defence in the 14th All-Africa Challenge Trophy underway with a solid opening round at the Achimota Golf Club in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday. Hall and Myeki combined for a first round six-over 150 to open up a 13-shot lead over Tanzania, while…
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Uploaded ToSA trio off to solid start at Espirito in Ireland

SA trio off to solid start at Espirito in Ireland

30 August 2018 – South African trio Kajal Mistry, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer tied for 24th at the World Amateur Team Championship as Japan shot to the top of the first round leaderboard in Ireland on Wednesday. A record total of 57 nations teed off at Carton House in County Kildare in the 28th…
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SA trio ready to fire in Ireland

SA trio ready to fire in Ireland

KILDARE, Scotland (28 August 2018) – All eyes in the world of South African amateur golf will be Kajal Mistry, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer when the GolfRSA trio join a host of international teams for the first round of the Espirito Santo Trophy at Carton House Golf and Spa Resort in Maynooth, Ireland. The…
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Venues announced for SA’s Big Three

Venues announced for SA’s Big Three

21 August 2018 – GolfRSA has announced the host courses for its three biggest events of the year, with the Sanlam SA Amateur returning to Cape Town for the first time since 2012. Also revealed are the venues for the South African Stroke Play Championship and the African Amateur Championship. The three events run consecutively and…
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Filippi comes full circle in Southern Cape

Filippi comes full circle in Southern Cape

21 August 2018 – Luca Filippi is finally having the kind of season he knew he was capable of and victory at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Sunday validated his simple, but effective objective for 2018. “I had some great highlights, but last year still felt like a let-down in terms of the rankings. I…
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SA trio primed for All-Africa Challenge Trophy

SA trio primed for All-Africa Challenge Trophy

21 August 2018 – Zethu Myeki will spearhead South Africa’s title defence in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) alongside new caps Casandra Hall and Lenanda van der Watt in Ghana at the end of August. With the exception of 2006, South Africa has won every other edition of the highly-esteemed team championship, supported by…
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A Quick 18 with Jaden Deltel

A Quick 18 with Jaden Deltel

The Quick 18 series shines the spotlight on 13-year-old Jaden Deltel from Central Gauteng. Jaden took up the game at the age of nine, but played all his golf on a nine-hole course and when the Deltel family moved to South Africa from the Seychelles Islands, the world was his oyster. Jaden’s progress in a…
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Loubser pips Couch for Bridge Fund win

Loubser pips Couch for Bridge Fund win

20 August 2018 – Durbanville junior Louis Loubser Jnr defeated Keegan-Slade Couch from Milnerton in extra time to win the second event in the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at Boschenmeer Golf Estate on Sunday. Francois Cilliers, who won the season-opening event at Royal Cape Golf Club in July, looked on course for back-to-back…
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Fearless Filippi soars to victory in Southern Cape

Fearless Filippi soars to victory in Southern Cape

19 August 2018 – Luca Filippi from Western Province fired a final round three-under-par 69 on Sunday to win the Southern Cape Open, supported by the Western Province Department of Sport, at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. The GolfRSA National Squad Player beat fellow Western Province golfer Ayden Senger by four strokes to win with a…
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SA duo exits Girls British Amateur with plenty positives

SA duo exits Girls British Amateur with plenty positives

17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab and Kajal Mistry took away a lot of positives after exiting the Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. The GolfRSA National Squad duo ticked their first box when both finished in the top 64 to progress to the match play stage in the 90th edition…
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Macnab makes top 16 in Girls British Amateur

Macnab makes top 16 in Girls British Amateur

17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab will start today’s third round in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur with GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in support after she claimed two decisive victories at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland on Thursday. Macnab was in magnificent form in the first two rounds of the match stage…
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Macnab & Mistry cruise into Match Play in Ireland

Macnab & Mistry cruise into Match Play in Ireland

16 August 2018 – South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab produced the lowest round in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier to reach the match play stage in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur on Wednesday alongside GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in their championship debut at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad won the…
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Schaper returns to winning form at North & South

Schaper returns to winning form at North & South

15 August 2018 – Former number one ranked junior Jayden Schaper made a welcome return the winner’s circle when he claimed the Nomads North and South title on Wednesday. The Ebotse golfer ended a 12-month winning drought on the national circuit on a dramatic final day at Country Club Johannesburg, showing all his experience under…
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SA pair in pursuit at Girls British Open

15 August 2018 – GolfRSA Elite Squad players Kajal Mistry and Caitlyn Macnab will try to hunt down the trio of players that head a tightly packed leaderboard in today’s second round of the Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club. Lizzy Peeters from the Netherlands, Mathilde Claisse from France and Sweden’s Ingrid…
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SA juniors set to start British Open challenge in Ireland

13 August 2018 – South African juniors Kajal Mistry and Caitlyn Macnab primed to start the 2018 Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship, which tees off at Ardglass Golf Club in County Down, Ireland on Tuesday. The GolfRSA Elite Squad pair will line up in a field of 144 players from 24 countries in the 36-hole…
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Jarvis charges to Africa Junior Open victory

12 August 2018 – In July, GolfRSA National Squad player Casey Jarvis eclipsed the leaders to lift the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship title with a final round eight-under-par 64 at Middelburg Country Club. On Sunday, the 15-year-old from Boksburg lived up to his billing as one of the best closers on the junior circuit…
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Van Wyk on fire at Fish River

11 August 2018 – In-form Central Gauteng amateur Kieron van Wyk will be targeting a maiden win on the Sunshine Tour Junior Series when he heads into the final round of the Africa Junior Open at the Mantis Collection’s Fish River Resort near Port Alfred. Just over a week ago, Van Wyk’s valuable contribution aided…
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