October 2021 - Golf RSA

Month: October 2021

Lyall the Lionheart seals dream victory at Glendower

22 October 2021 – Lyall McNeill carded the low round of the day to win the 2021 South African Senior Amateur Championship on debut at Glendower Golf Club on Friday. The KwaZulu-Natal golfer posted a closing two-under-par 70 to finish at level for the tournament. He was pushed all the way by American Tom Sweigart,…

Watson hunting sweet double at Glendower

21 October 2021 – Former SA Mid-Amateur champion Graeme Watson will vie for the unique double after a classy second round performance moved the Ebotse senior within striking distance of the SA Senior Amateur Championship leaders on Thursday. KwaZulu-Natal’s Lyall McNeill and Tom Sweigart from Qatar mastered the tougher conditions at Glendower Golf Club on…

Homies lays marker for unique SA Amateur Triple

20 October 2021 – Neil Homann put his bid for a unique South African amateur triple into motion when he raced into the lead of the SA Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday. The 51-year-old Bryanston golfer fired a two-under-par 70 in the opening round at Glendower Golf Club and was the only player in the…

GolfRSA names strong quartet for Spirit International

19 October 2021 – GolfRSA has named a powerful team to compete in the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas, USA from 4-6 November. GolfRSA National Squad members Christo Lamprecht, Kieron van Wyk, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaylah Williams have been tasked to try and improve on South Africa’s combined…

Singh & Moorgas double up in Canon PE Disabled Open

19 October 2021 – The Canon Port Elizabeth Disabled Open saw two players – Robin Singh and Craig Moorgas – earn their second victories of the Canon Open Series while Deaf golfer Charles Williams’ persistence paid dividends with a maiden victory in the series and Usher Manel illustrated what a fantastic grassroots structure the First…

Western Province finish on top in SA Mid-Am IPT

15 October 2021 – Western Province added yet another Inter-Provincial title to their collection this year when the Mid-Amateur team took the honours at Elements Private Golf Reserve. The Union has achieved unprecedented success in the IPTs in 2021, with victories in the Men’s and Women’s premier events, as well as the Senior and Super…

North West nails promotion at Elements

15 October 2021 – North West had only one hurdle left to cross on the final day and they did so in style, sweeping to an undefeated victory in the B-Section in the ninth South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship at Elements Private Golf Reserve. Over five days of intense battles, superb shot-making and pressure putts,…

EP, North West and Northern Cape go big at Elements

14 October 2021 – Eastern Province delivered a commanding performance, North West cemented promotion and Northern Cape celebrated double success in the penultimate round of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve on Thursday. A-SECTION Western Province effectively has two hands on the trophy, but Eastern Province are also smiling after dishing out…

Big guns make noise at Elements

13 October 2021 – The battle for victory intensified on Wednesday as four teams made some major moves in the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION Log leaders Western Province furthered their bid for glory with another dominant performance, while defending champions Gauteng North also scored big on day four. The 2016…

Free State, Limpopo in fiery form at SA Mid-Am IPT

12 October 2021 – A good day for Western Province and a great day for Free State, while Limpopo banked some vital points in the promotion battle on day two of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION After a win and a loss in the opening round, Free State renewed their…

Quartet of teams sound an early warning at Elements

11 October 2021 – Western Province and Central Gauteng sounded an early warning on the opening day of the 2021 SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament, while North West and Mpumalanga dominated the promotion battle from the get-go at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION Western Province and Central Gauteng both came through the first round matches unscathed,…

Western Province conquers at Rondebosch

9 October 2021 – The 2021 SA Women’s Inter-Provincial ended in jubilation for Western Province, who celebrated a return to the winner’s circle with an unbeaten campaign at Rondebosch Golf Club on Friday. The 2017 champions bellowed their intention on the opening day of the tournament with a commanding nine-stroke victory in the Seeding Round.…

Eastern Province nails SA Women’s IPT promotion

9 October 2021 – Eastern Province emerged victorious in the battle for supremacy to secure the coveted promotion in the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial after an epic scuffle on the final day at Rondebosch Golf Club. Border looked locked in to win the B-Section, having claimed the top spot with an eight-stroke victory in the…

Bennett claims unique double in St Francis

9 October 2021 – KwaZulu-Natal’s Dan Bennett made his much-anticipated tournament breakthrough when he won the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship and Dimension Data U-19 Junior Open in St Francis. Bennett was inducted into GolfRSA National Squad earlier this year after playing only a handful of tournaments since his family moved back to South Africa…

All to play for in final round of SA Women’s IPT

7 October 2021 – Three teams still have a realistic chance of lifting the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial title at Rondebosch Golf Club, as the final round of competition looms on Friday. A-SECTION Western Province are in pole position to claim the win on home soil after they edged defending champions Ekurhuleni in a tightly…

Emotional win for Ekurhuleni in U13 Champs

7 October 2021 – Ekurhuleni held on for a popular home win in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship, edging Border by seven strokes at ERPM Golf Club. Team manager Helgaard Coetzee dedicated the victory to late South African Golf Association president Martin Saaiman, who passed away in August. “Martin was a former president of the…

Ekurhuleni, Province battle on the cards at Rondebosch

6 October 2021 – Ekurhuleni barely kept their bid for a hat-trick alive as Western Province flexed their muscles with a convincing victory in the first round of the A1 Division of the 60th Women’s Inter-Provincial Tournament, held at Rondebosch Golf Club in Cape Town. A-SECTION Having won the seeding event by nine strokes, Province…

Golf RSA | Cubitt double it with Tshwane Junior open win

Cubitt doubles it with Tshwane Junior Open win

Jack Cubitt won his second GolfRSA tournament of the year when he held on for a two-stroke win over SA No 1-ranked amateur Christiaan Maas and Nico Booysens in the Tshwane Junior Open at Silver Lakes Country Club. What should have been a comfortable to march to victory ended up being a lot closer than…

Western Province, Border lay early markers at SA Women’s IPT

5 October 2021 – Western Province made a strong case for a home victory with a dominant start in Tuesday’s seeding round at the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship in Cape Town. The 2017 champions carded level-par 144 in the morning foursomes to open up a slender two-shot lead over Gauteng, but really showed off…

SAGDB’s Jacobs goes low for Cape Town Junior Open title

4 October 2021 – A stunning final round of 65 saw South African Golf Development Board member Craig Jacobs close out his maiden national title with a one-stroke win in the Cape Town Junior Open. The 17-year-old Atlantic Beach Links golfer was well back of first-round leader Johan Bredenkamp, who opened with a 65, when…