Chiara Contomathios, Bianca Wernich and Laila Hrindova share the amateur lead in the Cape Town Ladies Open and, if one had to judge her performance in Tuesday's opening round, the honeymoon might be over, but Ashleigh Buhai is having a whale of a time in Cape Town after giving her husband the boot.

Catherine Lau has taken the amateur lead while, for a second time in three weeks, its advantage to a foreign campaigner as Britain’s Kiran Matharu continued to stamp her dominance on the Ladies Tshwane Open at Zwartkop Country Club on Wednesday.

Golf RSA number one ranked junior Woo Jo Son broke into top 10 as Lee-Anne Pace is closing in on a historic three-peat in the SA Women’s Open after she left the field behind in Friday’s second round at San Lameer Country Club.

Zethu Myeki and Woo Ju Son share the amateur lead on day one while Lee-Anne Pace proved once again that form is temporary, but class is permanent when she capitalised on a blistering start to take the first round lead in the SA Women’s Open – sponsored by the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality – on Thursday.

All but one of the 2017 Golf RSA Elite Squad will be in action at this week’s prestigious SA Women’s Open at San Lameer Country Club in pursuit of the prestigious Jackie Mercer Trophy.

Lee-Anne Pace hopes to make some headlines when she hunts an unprecedented hat-trick in the SA Women’s Open starting at San Lameer Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on Thursday.

Melissa Eaton hopes that a return to her native Port Shepstone will kick her Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies season into high gear as she headlines the field at the R250 000 SA Women’s Open alongside two-time champion Lee-Anne Pace this week.

Carrie Park from South Korea rubber-stamped her status as a future world beater when she clinched her first Sunshine Ladies Tour title in spectacular fashion, while Western Province amateur Katia Shaff became the first Sally Little Trophy recipient in the South African Women’s Masters on Saturday.