February 2025 - Golf RSA

Month: February 2025

SA Women’s Amateur celebrations for Raad and Samuels

28 February 2025 – Gia Raad became only the 13th woman to win back-to-back South African Women’s Amateur Championship titles since 1906 when she outlasted Lisa Coetzer 7&6 in the 36-hole final, while England’s Tess Samuels edged Isabella Orray 1-up for the Flight Division title at PE Golf Club – The Hill on Friday. WATCH:…

Pacesetter Maas edges ahead in rain-hit SA Open

28 February 2025 – Christiaan Maas at two-under-par was the leading amateur after the first round of the Investec South African Open Championship was finally completed on Friday morning at a drenched Durban Country Club. The 2023 Freddie Tait Cup winner made four birdies and two bogeys after a first round which stretched from mid-morning…

Raad targets SA Women’s Amateur double

27 February 2025 – Gia Raad has set herself up for a shot at winning a second consecutive South African Women’s Amateur Championship as she played her way into the final with a pair of impressive victories in the quarter-finals and semi-finals on Thursday at PE Golf Club – The Hill. She got into the…

Webster’s punches SA Women’s Amateur top 8 spot

26 February 2025 – Kaylee Webster won what was perhaps the most entertaining match of the day on Wednesday in the South African Women’s Amateur Championship at PE Golf Club – The Hill when she beat Isabella Ferreira 1-up in the round of 16. Earlier in the day, the 16-year-old Webster had dispatched Alieke van…

Maas, Arthur lead amateur challenge in Investec SA Open

26 February 2025 – The 2025 Investec South African Open Championship is bound to be one to remember as a host of the country’s top amateurs bid for top honours. Durban Country Club has undergone renovations but one thing that has not changed is the production line of top amateur talent vying for a spot…

Louw, Sebata crowned champions in SA Women’s Stroke Play

25 February 2025 – Kesha Louw cemented her status as GolfRSA’s number one amateur with a come-from-behind play-off victory in the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship, while Mogomotsi Sebata lifted the B-Division title at a rainy and windy PE Golf Club – The Hill in Gqeberha on Tuesday. The 18-year-old kept her head…

Coetzer keeps pole in the SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play

24 February 2025 – Lisa Coetzer carded the second-lowest round of the day when her two-under-par 70 took her to a three-stroke lead after the second round of the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. Once again, the front nine proved challenging, but Coetzer got her scoring done early…

Coetzer soars on wings of eagles at SA Women’s Stroke Play

23 February 2025 – Lisa Coetzer made two eagles on Sunday on her way to a six-under-par 66 and a two-stroke lead after the first round of the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at PE Golf Club – The Hill. The eagles came on the back nine after she had made three bogeys…

Braveheart Barnard captures SA Amateur at Humewood

21 February 2025 – Charl Barnard produced the best performance of his career and played his way into the Investec South African Open when he defeated Cameron Mukherjee of Great Britain 5/3 in an enthralling the 36-hole match play final in the South African Amateur Championship at Humewood Golf Club. WATCH: Celebrating 2025 SA Amateur…

Barnard to battle Mukherjee for the SA Amateur title

20 February 2025 – South Africa’s number five amateur Charl Barnard rolled on into the final of the South African Amateur Championship on Thursday with a pair of tight victories in the quarter-finals and semi-finals on a windy day at Humewood Golf Club. Barnard dispatched France’s Louka Morin 1-up in their quarter-final to set up…

Giant slayers topple big names at SA Amateur

19 February 2025 – There were some big-name casualties as the South African Amateur Championship whittled down to its last eight players on Wednesday, with 15-year-old East London school boy Arron Louw and Frenchman Louka Morin stealing the show at Humewood Golf Club. Louw – the younger sibling of reigning GolfRSA No.1 Kesha Louw –…

Favourites bring it on day one at SA Amateur

18 February 2025 – The early tournament favourites lived up to their billing in the first round of knockout matches at the South African Amateur Championship, with GolfRSA No. 1 Astin Arthur, first-seed JP van der Watt and top international talents Gregor Tait, Kartik Singh, Emilio Meijer and Louka Morin through to the top 32…

Victorious Van der Watt lifts the 2025 Proudfoot Trophy

17 February 2025 – JP van der Watt celebrated his first national success in front of a jubilant home crowd when he lifted the Proudfoot Trophy as the winner the stroke play section of the South African Amateur Championship on Monday. WATCH: Celebrating Proudfoot Trophy champion JP van der Watt The home favourite fired an…

Classy Coetzee charges clear in SA Amateur

16 February 2025 – He was nervous to start with, but Juan Coetzee caught alight on the back nine at Humewood Golf Club on Sunday with seven birdies on his way to an opening eight-under-par 64 in the first round of the South African Amateur Championship. The 15-year-old Gauteng North junior started the day with…

Flying Frenchman Auch-Roy soars to SA Stroke Play glory

13 February 2025 – It seems scarcely believable, but Frenchman Noa Auch-Roy almost lapped the field on Thursday in the gruelling 36-hole finale to the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club. WATCH: #winnerscircle with 2025 SA Stroke Play champion Noa Augh-Roy Play was delayed by an hour in the morning…

Unflappable Wessels keeps control at SA Stroke Play

12 February 2025 – Jordan Wessels had a superb front nine on Wednesday in the second round of the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club, and that helped him to a five-under-par 67 and a three-stroke lead at the halfway mark. Wessels, who started his round on the 10th, eagled…

Wessels goes deep to lead SA Stroke Play in Mossel Bay

11 February 2025 – Mooinooi’s Jordan Wessels hit the front in the first round of the South African Stroke Play Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club when he fired an eight-under-par 64 for a two-stroke lead on Tuesday. He held that edge over fellow-countrymen Nelis de Bruin and Liam Ross and Gregor Tait of Scotland.…

Newman seals stunning Africa Amateur victory

8 February 2025 – South Africa’s Bryan Newman captured R&A Africa Amateur Championship in fine style, relying on a conversative approach to hold off the challenge of Zimbabwe’s Keegan Shutt to emerge victorious at Leopard Creek. Newman also had to deal with high temperatures and fast greens, but the 17-year-old overcame every obstacle to produce…

Raad crowned Queen of the African Continent at Leopard Creek

7 February 2025 – Reigning SA Women’s Amateur champion Gia Raad kept her cool on Friday after an early double-bogey, and carded a one-under-par 71 at Leopard Creek to close out a two-stroke victory in the R&A Amateur Africa Women’s Invitational. That calmness not only gained her the title, but also invitations to compete in…

Newman gunning for Africa Amateur glory

7 February 2025 – A towering seven-iron from 200 yards out on the 13th hole at Leopard Creek on Friday set Bryan Newman up for a fine four-under-par 68 in the third round of the R&A Amateur Africa Championship and a five-stroke lead ahead of the final round. The resultant eagle there, together with four…