August 2021 - Golf RSA

Month: August 2021

Price-Moor targets top 10 in Canon Disabled series

22 August 2021 – Jabu Price-Moor might be starting the Canon Kwazulu-Natal Disabled Open on Monday slightly ‘undercooked’, but the KwaZulu-Natal rising star is nonetheless is targeting a top-10 finish at Mount Edgecombe’s The Woods course. After being in a car accident as an infant, Price-Moor was placed in a full-body cast. Unfortunately Jabu spent…

GolfRSA salutes late SAGA President Martin Saaiman

19 August 2021 – GolfRSA extends heartfelt condolences to Marti and the family and friends of the late South African Golf Association President Martin Saaiman, following his unexpected passing last night. “Martin was an enormous servant of the game, and he impacted many lives in his golf journey over the last 30 years,” said GolfRSA…

GolfRSA launches exciting Coastal/Inland Challenge

5 August 2021 – GolfRSA has announced an exciting new team tournament for Mid-Amateur and Senior golfers. The GolfRSA Coastal/Inland Challenge comprises two teams of eight players, each made up of the region’s top four Mid-Amateur and Senior golfers, and will be played at St Francis Links from 2 – 5 December. Adopting a Ryder Cup-style…

Vorster takes aim at US Amateur

5 August 2021 – Reigning South African Stroke Play Champion Martin Vorster is the lone South African challenger in this year’s US Amateur Championship, being played at the iconic Oakmont Country Club from 9 – 15 August. Based on his position within the top 50 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Vorster received an automatic…

Resuming the search for the Ultimate Club Champion

5 August – GolfRSA welcomes the return of its Club Champion of Champions event, giving players from all divisions from across the country the chance to become the ultimate club champion of South Africa. With most clubs having already completed their club championships, regional finals are underway and three sets of players have already secured their…

Wire-to-wire win for dominant Burke at Modderfontein

4 August 2021 – Christiaan Burke took his second title in as many weeks on the Big Easy IGT Challenge Tour when he claimed the Chase to the Sunshine Tour #30 at Modderfontein Golf Club on Wednesday by four strokes with a 54-hole total of 10-under-par. The North West amateur, who led from start to…

GolfRSA celebrates three Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2021

3 August 2021 – South Africa’s No 1-ranked Caitlyn Macnab, media manager Lali Stander and the federation itself made it a hat trick of finalists for GolfRSA in the 16th Momentum gsport Awards. The Momentum gSport Awards is Africa’s longest running women’s sport recognition awards and is endorsed by the Department of Sport, Arts and…

Team South Storm To Provincial Challenge Victory

2 August 2021 – Team South stormed to victory in the SADGA Provincial Challenge after completing a 17-6 win over Team North at Uitenhage Golf Club. After the first day’s play which saw the teams tied on 2.5-2.5, Team South played exceptional golf on day 2. Of the eight points available via alternate-shot and better-ball,…

Bezuidenhout leads Team SA’s Olympic finish

1 August 2021 – Team South Africa’s Olympic Golf challenge ended with Christiaan Bezuidenhout finishing tied 16th and Garrick Higgo tied 53rd at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo on Sunday. Bezuidenhout, who battled all week to read the greens – his usually deadly putting suffered as a result – saved his best for last…