May 2022 - Golf RSA

Month: May 2022

Masterful Maas lifts Brabazon Trophy

23 May 2022 – Christiaan Maas underlined his status as one of South Africa’s brightest golfing prospects when he marched to a five-shot victory in a wire-to-wire performance in England to lift the Brabazon Trophy. When the 18-year-old Pretoria golfer first set eyes on Saunton Golf Club on a walk around the Links layout with…

May the month of success for GolfRSA Squad

23 May 2022 – May has been a month of success for former GolfRSA National Squad members on the Sunshine Tour, with graduates having racked up three consecutive victories on the local circuit. Tristen Strydom, an inaugural National Squad member in 2016, got the ball rolling with a dominating performance in the season-ending Tour Championship.…

North West and Free State steal the show in Sishen

16 May 2022 – North West edged Northern Cape for glory in the 2022 South African Country Districts Inter-Provincial, while Free State came out tops in the promotion battle at Sishen Golf Club this May. A-SECTION Hosts Northern Cape had positioned themselves at the top of the log with 6 points, and 29 games points…

Lions roar to victory in Challenge IPT

16 May 2022 – Central Gauteng was in fiery form as they marched to an undefeated victory in the 2022 Challenge Inter-Provincial against Gauteng North, Western Province and Ekurhuleni at Ceres Golf Club this May. The Lions announced their intent with a decisive 7.5 – 4.5 victory over Gauteng North in their opening gambit. Western…

Investec secures the title sponsorship to both SA Opens

16 May 2022 – Investec is proud to confirm the title sponsorship of The SA Open Championship, one of the DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and the second oldest national Open in golf after The Open Championship. First played in 1903, the four-day, globally televised championship will celebrate a field of…

Southern Cape sweeps to victory in SA Women’s Mid-Am IPT

6 May 2022 – Southern Cape swept to victory in the very first SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial in spectacular fashion at Parys Golf & Country Estate in May. The Garden Route side kicked their campaign off on a high note, making a winning start by beating KwaZulu-Natal 4 – 2, but it was Boland who…

Ekurhuleni clinches SA Women’s Mid-Am IPT promotion

7 May 2022 – Ekurhuleni will make their debut in the A-Section in the 2023 SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial after claiming a hard-fought victory in a tightly contested promotion battle in the inaugural edition played at Parys Golf & Country Estate in May. “It went down right to the wire,” said Ekurhuleni captain Candice Wort…

Jacobs eagles his way to Nedbank Junior title

4 May 2022 – Stefan Jacobs soared to a three-shot victory in the Nedbank Junior Challenge, thanks to two sensational front-nine eagles at the Gary Player Country Club that helped the Randpark junior hold off a charging Aldrich Potgieter. Potgieter has been on a sublime run of form over the past few months, having racked…

Steady Steenkamp strikes Mid Am gold

3 May 2022 – Upington’s Bertie Steenkamp kept calm amidst a late surge from former two-time champion Derek Scullard to claim a wire-to-wire win in the South African Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Championship this May. The 39-year-old Upington golfer is no stranger to winning GolfRSA events, having claimed two GolfRSA Club Champion of Champions titles, but…