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Month: January 2020

No par fives for the pros in SA Open

Every Randpark member knows there are eight par-fives – four on each of the Firethorn and Bushwillow courses – but for the professionals playing in this week’s South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg there are effectively no par-fives. How so? “Well, it’s just that most of the guys can hit every par-five…

The SA Open hosted by the City of Joburg gives hope to Soweto

Dr Andrew Mlangeni remembers the day during the 26 years and four months that he was incarcerated on Robben Island when he found three golf balls that gave him hope. Three golf balls, hidden away in the long grass of a field he and his fellow political prisoners were clearing on the island. When he…

Oosthuizen leads SA’s best at Randpark

Louis Oosthuizen heads to Randpark Golf Club this week as the defending champion and the new Player Host of the South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg, and which this year is a true showcase of the brightest stars of the current and future generations of South African golf. Oosthuizen joined an exclusive…

Pedro banks first Bridge Junior Series win in Robertson

Kathu golfer Lyle Pedro began his 2020 season in style by with a one-shot victory at Robertson Golf Club on Friday, 3 January to lift his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title. With the win the 16-year-old South African Golf Development Board member – a pupil at Curro Kathu – qualifies for the regional…

Play-off birdie lands Ludick a maiden Bridge Junior Series title

Ernest Ludick of Centurion birdied the first play-off hole to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Waterkloof GC on Sunday 27 October 2019. The Mooinooi golfer won the play-off against Kieron van Wyk of Ruimsig CC and Rorisang Nkosi of Pecanwood GC, who had earlier matched his 18-hole score of 69. Keira…

Rama scorches Milnerton to lift Bridge Junior Series title

Nikhil Rama, an 18-year-old member of Bryanston Country Club, produced exceptional and error free play to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on a picture perfect yet scorching day at Milnerton Golf Club on Thursday 26 September 2019. Having never played the links course which has Table Mountain providing a dramatic backdrop,…

Loubser goes big in Bridge Junior Series in Strand

Louis Loubser Jnr, a 17-year-old member of Durbanville Golf Club, secured the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Strand Golf Club on Sunday 15 September 2019. A Grade 11 pupil at The Golf School of Excellence in Tygervalley where he is coached by Paul McKenzie, Louis birdied the 15th and the 16th holes to…

Duminy wins Bridge Junior Series at Clovelly

Jordan Duminy of Mossel Bay, who represented the International team in the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia in December, produced a spectacular shot from deep in the trees to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Clovelly Country Club on Friday 27 September 2019. Having pushed his second shot right of the green…

Gough captures Bridge Junior Series at Royal Durban

Ethan Gough of Hillcrest romped to a comprehensive 3-shot victory at Royal Durban Golf Club on Sunday 8 September 2019 to win the opening tournament of Season 3 of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. The 17-year-old Maritzburg College pupil, coached by Sean Coetzee at the SCIEG academy, shot level par 73 with Matthew Kruger…

Sweet taste of victory for Senger at Royal Cape

Ayden Senger bounced back from the heartache of losing in a play-off at Clovelly last month to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season at Royal Cape Golf Club on Sunday 13 October 2019. By shooting a 2-under 70 in challenging conditions at Royal Cape, 18-year-old Ayden qualified for the…

Perfect eagle start as Ryan beats top field at ERPM

On a day when a lightning storm delayed play by 45 minutes, 18-year-old Ryan van Velzen produced some electricity of his own with 7 birdies and 2 eagles to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at ERPM on Saturday 26 October 2019. “Earlier this year I won the EGU Closed at ERPM with a…

De Klerk defends Bridge Junior Series at Wanderers

1 January 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad member Nash de Klerk fired six birdies at The Wanderers Golf Club to defend his Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title in November, ensuring another stab at an all-expenses paid trip to the North and South Junior Championship at Pinehurst, USA in July 2020. A bogey at the…