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Bridge Junior Series winners heading to Pinehurst

13 April 2019 – Casey Jarvis and Tyran Snyders will be heading to the Junior North and South Championship at Pinehurst Resort in the United States in early July after winning the respective North and South Regjonal Finals of the 2019 Bridge Fund Managers Junior Golf Series this April. Victory came with all expenses paid trips from Bridge Fund…

Fabulous 4 for Lions & Super Senior glory for KZN

12 April 2019 – Not even Mother Nature could stop the mighty Lions from roaring to a fourth successive victory in the 32nd South African Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial, while KwaZulu-Natal sealed the Super Senior title at Wingate Park Country Club on Friday. SENIORS Rain and lightning put a serious damper on the final day’s action,…

Boland and Border bank promotion in Katberg

12 April 2019 – Boland and Border emerged as the undisputed champions in an epic final round battle for supremacy for glory in the 32nd South African Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial Tournament at Katberg Hotel and Eco Golf Estate on Friday. SENIORS Over the last three years, Boland started the final round unbeaten, but spoiled their…

Team SA seals 23rd Africa Region 5 title in Namibia

11 April 2019 – South Africa’s leading amateurs Wilco Nienaber, Luca Filippi, Jayden Schaper and Therion Nel completed a successful title defence in the 25th Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Namibia on Thursday. The GolfRSA National Squad quartet signed off with a clean sweep in the Match Play final round at Rossmund Desert Golf…

Boland, Mpumalanga heading for Katberg showdown

11 April 2019 – The battle for promotion in the SA Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial will come down to a scrimmage between log leaders Boland and Mpumalanga, while Border pulled ahead in the Super Senior contest at Katberg Hotel and Eco Golf Estate on Thursday. SENIORS Unbeaten Boland enjoyed a third round bye and still managed…

Intense final day battles slated for Wingate

PRETORIA, 11 April 2019 – Some epic clashes are on the cards in both the senior and super senior divisions after the third round of the SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial wrapped up at Wingate Park Country Club on Thursday. SENIORS Central Gauteng – still undefeated after five matches – will be hunting their fourth successive…

Western Province take a stand at Wingate Park

10 April 2019 – Central Gauteng’s Seniors and Super Seniors top the logs at the halfway mark, but their Western Province counterparts made a serious statement of intent on day 2 of the South African Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial Tournament at Wingate Park Country Club. SENIORS After double success on day one, Central Gauteng kept their…

Boland, Free State with early control at Katberg

10 April 2019 – Free State made a bold move as Boland strengthened their bid for promotion in the Senior Division, while a three-way clash for glory is on the cards between Border, Ekurhuleni and Eastern Province in the Super Senior Division in the South African Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial Tournament at Katberg Hotel & Eco…

Team SA in pound seats at Africa Region 5

10 April 2019 – The four-man South African team has kept the country’s title defence on track in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament with another dominant performance at the Rossmund Desert Golf Course in Namibia on Wednesday. Ekurhuleni junior Jayden Schaper stretched a two-shot overnight lead in the 54-hole Stroke Play Seeding stage to…

Schaper leads Team SA with strong start in Africa Region 5

9 April 2019 – South Africa’s number one ranked junior Jayden Schaper – flanked by fellow GolfRSA National Squad players Luca Filippi, Wilco Nienaber and Therion Nel – boosted South Africa’s title defence bid with a strong start in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Namibia. Schaper opened with a one-under-par 71 and fired a sizzling…

Lions, KZN have early edge at Wingate Park

9 April 2019 – Defending champions Central Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal made light work of their opening gambit in the 2019 South Africa Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial, while Super Seniors Central Gauteng and Southern Cape also flexed their muscles on day one at Wingate Park Country Club. SENIORS Central Gauteng mowed down Border 10.5 – 1.5 but…

Mpumalanga, Boland draw early blood at Katberg

9 April 2019 – Boland and Mpumalanga claimed the first scalps in the Senior Division while Super Senior teams Ekurhuleni, Border and Eastern Province made the most of the sunny conditions to power their way to first round success in the South African Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial at Katberg Hotel & Eco Golf Estate on Tuesday.…

SA quartet ready for unique desert challenge

8 April 2019 – Four of South Africa’s top ranked amateurs will take up the country’s title defence in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament at one of only five registered all-grass desert golf courses in the world on Tuesday. Wilco Nienaber, Luca Filippi, Jayden Schaper and Therion Nel will aim to hunt down a 25th title…

National Squad to build on recent success in UK tour

8 April 2019 – South Africa’s top amateur male golfers will once again test their mettle on a demanding tour to the United Kingdom and Ireland as the GolfRSA National Squad seeks to emulate its successful 2018 trip. Last year’s squad bettered all expectations when they returned with three big international wins, a handful of…

Top 12 for Telfer in Augusta debut

7 April 2019 – South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer closed out a top 12 finish at Augusta National as the world’s top-ranked amateur Jennifer Kupcho from the United States became the first champion of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Saturday. Telfer began the inaugural event strong and was third on her own after an opening three-under-par…

Telfer grinds out spot for Augusta National

5 April 2019 – Tough scoring conditions got the better of South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer in Thursday’s second round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, who had to battle her way into the final round field in a sudden-death play-off. The GolfRSA Elite Squad member began moving day in third on three-under, but struggled to…

Sweet Seventh for South Africa in Eswatini

4 April 2019 – Zethu Myeki, Sarah Bouch and Larissa du Preez dovetailed brilliantly over 54 holes to capture South Africa’s seventh successive Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy victory with a wire-to-wire performance in Eswatini. GolfRSA Elite Squad members Myeki and Bouch combined for an eight-over 150 in Thursday’s final round at the Nkonyeni Lodge and…

Telfer makes dream start in Augusta Amateur

AUGUSTA, Georgia (3 April 2019) – South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer mixed it up with the world’s top ranked amateur and the 2018 SCFA Women’s Amateur Championship runner-up in a dream start at the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Wednesday. The GolfRSA Elite Squad member fired four birdies in an opening round of three-under-par 69…

Team South Africa strengthens lead in Swaziland

3 April 2019 – GolfRSA Elite Squad golfer Zethu Myeki fired a sizzling three-under-par 68 to anchor Team South Africa on day two of the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate in Eswatini. Fellow Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Larissa du Preez returned a two-over 73 to give the defending champions…

Telfer set for historic debut in Augusta event

GEORGIA, United States (2 March 2019) – South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer will share in a historic week for women’s amateur golf when she joins the most promising future stars of the game in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur today. The annual championship – established by Augusta National Golf Club – features a world-class field…