South Africa’s number two ranked Zethu Myeki will join reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur champion Lumien Orton, Sarah Bouch and Vicki Traut in pursuing victory in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Lesotho alongside next month.

Seven of South Africa’s top ranked juniors have arrived at this week’s All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Zimbabwe in pursuit of spots into the prestigious Toyota Junior Golf World Cup supported by JAL.

The ongoing rivalry between South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry and Woo Ju Son ensued in an exciting battle at the Western Province Women’s Amateur Championship this week. In a fitting outcome, both juniors collected some hard-earned silverware.

Fancy taking on some of the west coast of Scotland’s finest courses? Well here’s your chance – with the launch of the World Masters Golf Championship, a competitive event in a social environment that is open to all amateur golfers over 50 years of age who have an official handicap.

GolfRSA Elite Squad members Kajal Mistry and Symone Henriques will partner reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play champion Kaleigh Telfer in South Africa’s debut at the All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Zimbabwe next week.

Clovelly Country Club’s Katia Shaff hopes to replicate the winning performance that landed her leading amateur honours in the SA Women’s Masters earlier this season when she leads the local challenge in the Western Province Women’s Amateur Championship at Rondebosch Golf Club today.

It is with great sadness that we learned of Carol Goldsbury’s passing on Friday morning 10th of March. Fondly known as ‘Mrs Rules’, Carol lost her battle against cancer.

In an amazing twist of fate, both the defending champions in this year’s Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) found themselves in the heat of the battle as the final rounds in both the Girls and Boys Competitions went into extra time on Thursday.

South Africa’s top ranked juniors produced a double victory for the country in the 36-hole Team Competition during the 2017 Curro SA Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club.

Free State’s Wilco Nienaber fired a five-under-par 67 in round two to take a three-shot lead in the 106-strong Boys Competition at the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI), while fellow South African Caitlyn Macnab edged out Australia’s Jihye Park to keep the overnight lead in the 42-strong Girls Competition on day two of the Global Golf Junior Tour event at Durbanville Golf Club on Wednesday.

France’s Alexandre Lasalarie fired a brilliant five-under-par 67 to take the first round lead in the 106-strong Boys Division on day one of the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) on Tuesday, while South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab leads the 42-strong Girls Division in the 54-hole Global Golf Junior Tour strokeplay event at Durbanviile Golf Club.

South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son will start her title defence in a world class field of international entrants from 18 countries in the 2017 Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) at Durbanville Golf Club from 7 to 9 March.

Congratulations to GolfRSA Elite Squad player Symone Henriques and Chiara Contomathios, who performed superbly in the last two events on the 2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour.

The final school year is tough on any golfer, but more so when your majors are mathematics and science. Like all matriculants, academic pressure has forced the 18-year-old Menlo Park learner to put her golfing aspirations on the back burner this season, but Du Toit pushed the books aside for the North West Open and showed her class when she claimed victory in the North West Open on Sunday.

The Border Championship trophy remained in Swiss hands after Cloe Grand followed compatriot Azelia Meichtry into the winner’s circle on Sunday. The 17-year-old KeNako Academy student came from behind to beat local favourite Zethu Myeki by one shot for victory on seven under 226 at East London Golf Club.

Kaleigh Telfer captured a double victory in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Eastern Province Championships when she lifted both the Stroke Play and Match Play titles at Humewood Golf Club.

Just one day after she edged out Zethu Myeki from Border in extra time for the Stroke Play title, Kaleigh Telfer from Gauteng is targeting the double in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Eastern Province Championships at Humewood Golf Club.

Randpark golfer Kajal Mistry rounded off a sensational season last year with victory in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championships and befitting the country’s top ranked player, she began 2017 in fitting fashion with a magnificent performance in the Liberty GNGU Junior Girls Open earlier this month. We caught up with Kajal during her debut at the SA Women's Open and discovered some of the things that drive South Africa's top ranked senior and junior golfer. Check out the video on the WGSA Facebook page - WGSA

Ahleigh Buhai defeated defending champion Lee-Anne Pace at the first extra hole of a sudden-death play-off for the Cape Town Ladies Open title, while Chiara Contomathios edged out Laila Hrindova for the amateur honours at Royal Cape on Thursday.

Laila Hrindova from Slovakia moved into the amateur lead as Ashleigh Buhai tightened her grip on the Cape Town Ladies Open, but the Glendower pro has defending champion Lee-Anne Pace snapping at her heels at Royal Cape Golf Club.