Month: December 2019

Golf RSA | Festive Season Greetings from GolfRSA

Festive Season Greetings from GolfRSA

23 December 2019 – As we stare down the end of 2019, I’d like to take the opportunity to wish all our club golfers the happiest of Festive Seasons. For many, 2019 has been a year filled with difficult challenges and I do hope that you are able to take some time off over the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Premlall gets SA Open nod

GolfRSA’s Premlall gets SA Open nod

23 December 2019 – Sixteen-year-old prodigy Yurav Premlall will make his second appearance in the South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Joburg, when he joins seven fellow GolfRSA National Squad members at Randpark Golf Club from 9 – 12 January. Premlall will be teeing it up with South Africa’s leading amateur Jayden…
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Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Jack Buchanan

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Jack Buchanan

22 December – We shine the spotlight on Dimension Data Junior Open Under-15 Challenge champion Jack Buchanan this December. The 14-year-old Western Province junior displayed nerves of steel as he holed a monster putt at the first extra hole on the Montagu Course to defeat Michael Ferreira in a sudden-death play-off for his first national…
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Golf RSA | SAGDB celebrates 20 years of changing lives

SAGDB celebrates 20 years of changing lives

16 December 2019 – What started as one man’s dream to take the game to the people at grass-roots level has grown and blossomed and this year, the South African Golf Development Board proudly celebrates 20 years of growing golf in South Africa. “The South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) was founded by our patron,…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas Teams named for African Amateur Championship

GolfRSA Proteas Teams named for African Amateur Championship

15 December 2019 – Four of the country’s five Junior Presidents Cup representatives and three new junior caps will be representing South Africa in the fifth African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the magnificent Leopard Creek from 3-6 February 2020. South Africa’s number one ranked amateur Jayden Schaper teed it up in the Junior Presidents…
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Golf RSA | Hat-trick heroes Ekurhuleni and KZN celebrate at Oubaai

Hat-trick heroes Ekurhuleni and KZN celebrate at Oubaai

14 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni rose to the occasion on the final day to close out a hat-trick of titles at Oubaai Golf, Hotel and Spa, while KwaZulu-Natal could finally celebrate winning the promotion battle in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament at close of business on Friday. A-SECTION Two-time defending champions Ekurhuleni laid down…
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Golf RSA | Glory battle at Oubaai going down to the wire

Glory battle at Oubaai going down to the wire

13 December 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal will go all out against Eastern Province in an effort to cap their B-Section victory with an unbeaten run at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while the title fight for glory in the 2019 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament is poised on a knife’s edge. Ekurhuleni tops the A-Section log…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni stay on track for SA U-19 IPT hat-trick

Ekurhuleni stay on track for SA U-19 IPT hat-trick

12 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni remains on track for a hat-trick of South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial titles after three rounds at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while KwaZulu-Natal all but cemented the promotion battle on Wednesday. A-SECTION Two-time winners Ekurhuleni will enjoy a well-deserved fourth round bye after routing Gauteng North 8 – 4 on…
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Golf RSA | KZN on the rampage in Southern Cape

KZN on the rampage in Southern Cape

11 December 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal went on a tear for a second successive day at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while Ekurhuleni and Western Province strengthened their grip in the battle for supremacy in Tuesday’s second round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament. B-SECTION A hugely determined KwaZulu-Natal has made a strong case for…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni off to great start in title defence at Oubaai

Ekurhuleni off to great start in title defence at Oubaai

10 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni picked up where they left off last year and threw down the gauntlet with two convincing victories in the opening round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial on Monday. Two years ago, the Ekurhuleni juniors won the premier junior golf team championship title for the first time in nearly 30…
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Golf RSA | Internationals come up short in Junior Presidents Cup

Internationals come up short in Junior Presidents Cup

VICTORIA, Melbourne, Australia (9 December 2019) – The United States Team fended off a feisty challenge from the International Team on Monday to win the Junior Presidents Cup for a second consecutive time. The American juniors carried a comfortable 9 – 3 lead from the opening day’s Four-Ball and Foursomes sessions into the final round…
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Golf RSA | Internationals with work to do down-under

Internationals with work to do down-under

MELBOURNE, Australia (8 December 2019) – The International Team will have to come out guns blazing in the final round Singles on Monday after the United States Team surged to a commanding 9-3 lead on day one of the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia. Two years ago, the U.S. Team led the first round by…
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