Archive – Women

Bolander joins top ranking players to lead the field in East London

Boland's Maggie du Toit joins Kim, Marne, Bertine and Yvette at the top of the leader board after round one at the Women's Golf South Africa 72 Hole Teams Championship in East London.

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Daisies to defend their 72 hole stroke play title in East London

Daisies to defend their 72 hole stroke play title in East London

2008 Winners Kim, Gina and Henriette

Kim Williams' Gauteng North Daisies look in a strong position to retain their WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship title when the event is played at East London Golf Club next week.

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Marné is Gauteng Match Play Champion

Marné is Gauteng Match Play Champion

Les Rule, Merition Sandys, Ann Bainbridge, Marne Roos and Mrs L Raaff

Marné Roos played flawless golf at Bryanston Country Club this afternoon to defeat Free State's Merition Sandys 7/6 in an 18 hole final.

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Bertine wins in Gauteng

Bertine wins in Gauteng

Ann Bainbrige, The Pro Shop's G Hughes and winner Bertine Strauss

17-year old Bertine Strauss added another stroke play trophy to her cabinet when she picked up the Gauteng Stroke Play Championship with a three-under par 143 at Bryanston Country Club yesterday.

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South African Trio win the Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy

South African Trio win the Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy

Marne, Asheigh and Pam

The South African team of Ashleigh Holmes (Captain), Pam Hayward and Marne Roos won the 2009 Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy played at the beautiful Nkonyeni Estate in Swaziland this week.

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Mareli take Free State title

Mareli take Free State title

Mareli Joubert

Pretoria University student Mareli Joubert won the 54 Hole Free State and Northern Cape Championship Esther Cutler Trophy played at Bloemfontein Golf Club on the weekend of 2 and 3 May. With rounds of 72, 70 and 74 on 216 she was three strokes ahead of Kim Williams on 219 and Connie Chen and Nicole Carlse tied in third place on 220.

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SA Golf Presidents attend R & A Meeting

SA Golf Presidents attend R & A Meeting

Erica Lefson, Enver Hassen and Bruce Younge

WGSA President Erica Lefson, SAGA President Enver Hassen and SAGA COE Bruce Younge attended the 8th International Golf Conference at Fairmont St Andrews from the 29th April to 1st May 2009, hosted by the R & A. The event is held every four years.

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Pam's consistency increases SA's lead in RAACT

Pam’s consistency increases SA’s lead in RAACT

Erica Lefson, Enver Hassen and Bruce Younge

South Africa increased her lead to 21 over Swaziland after the second round of the RAACT with Pam Hayward and Asheigh Holmes shooting one-over par 72s at the Nkonyeni Golf Estate today.

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SA leaps into the lead in Swaziland on day 1 of the RAACT

SA leaps into the lead in Swaziland on day 1 of the RAACT

Pam Hayward

Assisted by an eagle, Pam Hayward shot a one over par 72 to take South Africa into the lead on day 1 of he Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy being played at the Nkonyeni Golf Estate in Manzini.

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WGSA 72 Hole Teams Champship format changed

The WGSA Executive has announced that teams have been allocated to two divisions prior to the 72 Hole Teams Championship which will be played at East London Golf Club from 24 to 27 May 2009.

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South African Team Arrives in Swaziland

South African Team Arrives in Swaziland

Marne, Ashleigh and Pam

News from Ashleigh Holmes (Beaut), Pam Hayward (Tannie) and Marne Roos (Boxer) who will play the first round of the Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy at the luxury Inkonyeni Golf Estate near Manzini tomorrow, 1 May 2009.

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SA’s World Amateur Team receives colours

SA Protea colours were awarded to the players who represented SA at the World Amateur Teams Championship in 2008 SASCOC's Patience Shikwambana with the team

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Nomads SA Girls Championships change venue to Orkney

Orkney Golf Club will once again host the Nomads SA Girls' Championships to be played from 27 to 30 June 2009.

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Champions to defend their titles and Sanlam SA Women’s Championship

Dlamini takes SA Matchplay honours at Royal Cape

Nobuhle Dlamini and Gary

When you think of Nohbule Dlamini, certain images come to mind: a toothy smile, dimpled cheecks and a charming demeanor.

At the end of the Sanlam SA Women's Amateur Championship at Royal Cape we can add a formidable opponent in one-on-one tussles after she won the Matchplay Championship at the 37th hole from Lumien Orton.

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Vintage Tebbutt, in a class of her own

Vintage Tebbutt, in a class of her own

Gilly Tebbutt

If there's an alarm clock that goes off when a player turns 50, signalling a diminishing ability to accrue tournament titles, Gilly Tebbutt is deaf to it.

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Lumien and Nobuhle reach the SA Match Play Final

Lumien and Nobuhle reach the SA Match Play Final

Nobuhle Dlamini

Matchplay golf can be unpredictable and never more so than at the Sanlam South African Women's Amateur at Royal Cape on Thursday.

While former professional Lumien Orton survived the quarterfinals and semi-finals comfortably enough to advance to the 36-hole final on Friday, Western Province's Gilly Tebbutt downed Bertine Strauss before she fell to Swaziland's Nobuhle Dlamini by a one shot margin in the nail-biting round of 18 holes.

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Tinkerbell the surprise upset at SA Matchplay

Tinkerbell the surprise upset at SA Matchplay

Ellie and Beaut (Ashleigh Holmes)

She sets up at the tee, studies the ball for a few moments and swings in a motion that looks effortless. The ball starts off low and then begins to rise, soaring far down the fairway until it hits in the middle.

This isn't an LPGA pro - it's an 11-year-old girl from Johannesburg.

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Major upsets on day one of SA Matchplay at Royal Cape

As expected, teenager Bertine Strauss hammered her way to the Sanlam SA Women's Amateur Matchplay quarterfinals at Royal Cape, but it was a day of upsets and disappointments for tournament favourites Kim Williams and Yvette du Plessis.

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Dream victory for Du Plessis at SA Stroke play

Dream victory for Du Plessis at SA Stroke play

Yvette du Plessis

Local star Yvette du Plessis held her nerve over the closing holes at Royal Cape to seal the Sanlam SA Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship title by two strokes on Tuesday.

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Gauteng teenager Kirsten Campbell wins Abe Bailey B division championship

Gauteng teenager Kirsten Campbell wins Abe Bailey B division chamionship

Kirsten Campbell

Gauteng star Kirsten Campbell enjoyed a memorable triumph when she lifted the B-Division title at the Sanlam SA Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship on Tuesday.

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