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SA Juniors Primed for African Challenge

23 April 2025 – Twenty-five of South Africa’s brightest junior golf stars will star in two prestigious golf championships on the African continent this April. Two Protea sides are set to continue the nation’s dominant run at the 2025 All Africa Junior Team Championship in Tunisia, while 16 up-and-coming juniors will tee it up in…

Royal Portrush beckons for Shepherd & Botha

15 April 2025 – Daryl Shepherd from KwaZulu-Natal will be walking the fairways of Royal Portrush Golf Club – the same course where legends and global stars of the game have competed in pursuit of glory – after he reigned supreme in the third GolfRSA Race to The R&A 9 Hole Challenge. Rounds of 12,…

Western Province dig deep to defend SA IPT title

12 April 2025 – Western Province left it to the very end to prevail as champions at the recent South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, while Boland regained their A-Section standing in a thrilling promotion battle at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate. The tournament lived up to its billing as one of the premier events on…

Newman in ascendancy again at Nomads SA Boys U19

7 April 2025 – Bryan Newman added the 2025 Nomads SA Boys Championship to his list of victories this year when he cruised to a thumping 9&8 win at Mossel Bay Golf Club. The winner of the Africa Amateur Championship at Leopard Creek in February had a couple of close shaves in the quarter-final and…

Historic Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl wins for Coetzer and Huxham

5 April 2025 – Her closing round of three-over-par 75 was enough to give Lisa Coetzer a two-stroke win as she became the first ever back-to-back winner in the Championship Division while Gemma Huxham celebrated a national breakthrough in the Silver Division of the 2025 Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship at Durbanville Golf Club.…

Class-act Craig clinches Nomads SA Boys U19 Stroke Play victory

4 April 2025 – After a ding-dong battle through the four rounds, Roelof Craig emerged victorious in the Stroke Play section of the 2025 Nomads SA Boys U19 Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club. The 17-year-old Gauteng North junior closed with a five-under-par 67 to edge out Dewan de Bruin by one shot, with Vuyisani Makama…

Groenewald breaks through at Nomads Gowrie Farm

3 April 2025 – Southern Cape’s Jordan Groenewald won his first individual national GolfRSA title with his closing level-par 71 in April, taking him to an eight-stroke victory in the 2025 Nomads Gowrie Farm U15 Challenge. Groenewald’s opening 71 gave him a two-stroke lead over Keaton Filander, with Isawi Sikhonde in third on 74. On 75…

GolfRSA Announces Teams for Prestigious African Tournaments

26 March 2025 – GolfRSA has announced the teams set to represent South Africa in a series of prestigious African golf tournaments taking place in April and May. Leading the charge, Shannon Butler from Central Gauteng, along with KwaZulu-Natal duo Olivia Wood and Kamaya Moodliar, and Western Province’s Odette Booysen, will compete in the Southern…

Mixed emotions for Investec SA Open trophy winners Naidoo and Maas

2 March 2025 – Freddie Tait Cup winner Christiaan Maas left the course rather disappointed, while it was joy in abundance for Dylan Naidoo, who became the first player of colour to lift the Investec South African Open trophy at a drenched Durban Country Club with a play-off victory. WATCH: #squadwatch: GolfRSA graduate Dylan Naidoo…

SA Open history beckons for Maas

2 March 2025 – It’s been 65 years since an amateur won the championship, and Christiaan Maas has positioned himself for a tilt at the title with his third round of two-under-par 70 at Durban Country Club in the Investec South African Open Championship. Denis Hutchinson won the second-oldest national open championship in the world…

Maas keeps Investec SA Open title hopes alive with magnificent 64

1 March 2025 – Christiaan Maas carded a brilliant bogey-free eight-under-par 64 on Friday at Durban Country Club in the second round of the Investec South African Open Championship as he marched towards his second Freddie Tait Cup. The trophy named for a young Scottish lieutenant in the famed Black Watch who died in 1900…

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…