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Rebula seals GolfRSA double in The Amateur

23 June 2018 – Jovan Rebula became the first South African in more than half a century to break the curse of the Royals and win the 123rd Amateur Championship. Rebula sealed the double for GolfRSA when he defeated Irishman Robin Dawson in the 36-hole final at Royal Aberdeen on Saturday, just four days after…

Rebula to face Irish Open champion in Amateur final

22 June 2018 – South Africa’s Jovan Rebula routed two Englishmen on Friday to set a date with reigning Flogas Irish Amateur champion Robin Dawson in the final of the 123rd Amateur Championship at Royal Aberdeen tomorrow. The 20-year-old George golfer is the sixth South African to reach the last round. Bobby Cole (1966), David…

SA’s Rebula the last man standing at The Amateur

22 June 2018 – George golfer Jovan Rebula will be the lone South African starter in the quarter-finals of the 123rd Amateur Championship today after Wilco Nienaber and Luca Filippi were eliminated in round four. Rebula defeated fellow GolfRSA National Squad player Malcolm Mitchell 1-up in the third round to progress to the top 16…

Joy and heartbreak for GolfRSA six in Scotland

21 June 2018 – There was jubilation in the GolfRSA National Squad camp after five of the six starters made the top 32 in the 123rd Amateur Championship on Wednesday, but the excitement was crushed as soon as the third round draw was published. South Africa’s reigning number one Wilco Nienaber continued his dominance when…

Nienaber medals as SA fields strong challenge in Scotland

20 June 2018 – Bobby Cole is the one and only South African winner in the 123-year history of the Amateur Championship, but South Africa’s leading amateur Wilco Nienaber wrote his own bit of history when he won the stroke play qualifier in Scotland on Tuesday. The 18-year-old GolfRSA National Squad player became the first…

SA’s Nienaber leads The Amateur in Scotland

18 June 2018 – South Africa’s top ranked amateur Wilco Nienaber was in ascendancy again as the highly anticipated 123rd Amateur Championship got underway at Royal Aberdeen and Murcar Links on Monday. A total of 288 amateurs from 38 countries started the first round of the stroke play qualifier in the East of Scotland and…

Big finish for GolfRSA Juniors in Japan

15 June 2018 – The GolfRSA Boys and Girls teams both needed one big push on the last day of the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, and Martin Vorster and Caitlyn Macnab delivered at the Chukyo Golf Club. Vorster fired a course record to boost the boys to a fifth place…

First Major Test for GolfRSA’s Homann

15 June 2018 – World number one Dustin Johnson averted a huge mess on number six at Shinnecock Hills on Thursday at the U.S. Open thanks to an unlucky bounce, but he had Sky Sports to thank for finding his ball in the rough at the US Open. He even earned a free drop when…

GolfRSA Juniors ready to go big in Japan

13 June 2018 – The GolfRSA Boys team are going all out in the final round of the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, in Japan on Friday after another solid day at the Chukyo Golf Club in Toyota City lifted the team to joint fifth. Spain maintained their position at the…

SA teams gain ground at Junior World Cup

13 June 2018 – Both South African teams made a positive move towards the leaders in the second round of the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, in Japan on Tuesday. The GolfRSA Boys gained three spots in the Boys Competition, moving into a tie for seventh with Mexico and Sweden on…

SA Juniors with work to do in Japan

12 June 2018 – Both South African teams will have to regroup after a disappointing start in the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, in Japan. Spain team lit up the Ishino Course at Chukyo Golf Club to lead the Boys Division by two shots on 10-under 203, while Japan opened up…

GolfRSA Squad reboots for Amateur Championship

11 June 2018 – Trouble at the notorious Road Hole for Christo Lamprecht and Therion Nel. Five bogeys for Matt Saulez. Back-to-back double bogeys to start and two bogeys to finish for Luca Filippi. You would imagine the quartet would have plenty to lament after they wrapped up the St Andrews Links Trophy in Scotland…

Lamprecht back in pursuit in Links Trophy

10 June 2018 – Barely a week after he went wire-to-wire in Ireland to become the youngest champion and first foreign winner of the East of Ireland Amateur Open, Christo Lamprecht is in pursuit of another prestigious European title in Scotland. Englishman Laird Shepherd shot 65 on Saturday to lead the field in the St…

Filippi sets SA pace at St Andrews

9 June 2018 – Just a few days after he joined the GolfRSA National Squad on the annual UK Tour, Western Province amateur Luca Filippi fired himself into early contention at the St Andrews Links Trophy in Scotland. With next to no rain in the area for nearly two months, the New Course at St…

SA teens sign off at World Junior in Indonesia

8 June 2018 – Kiera Floyd and Jordan Rothman celebrated third overall in the Girls Team Competition, while South African Golf Development Board duo Rori Nkosi and Keyan Loubser sealed a top 10 finish for South Africa in the Himbara World Junior Golf Championships, presented by Ciputra, in Indonesia on Friday. Floyd from Ekurhuleni wrapped…

SA juniors enjoying Indonesia

7 June 2018 – Kiera Floyd moved to third in the second round of the Girls B-Division in the Himbara World Junior Golf Championships, presented by Ciputra, and Rori Nkosi maintained a top five position in the Boys B-Division at Damai Golf Indah in Jakarta on Thursday. For a second successive day, the two 13-year-old…

SA quartet on the march in Jakarta

6 June 2018 – Jordan Rothman shot to the top of the pile at Damai Indah Golf fellow South African juniors Kiera Floyd, Rori Nkosi and Keyan Loubser also enjoyed a productive day in the Himbara World Junior Golf Championships, presented by Ciputra, in Indonesia on Wednesday. Rothman fired five birdies at the Pantal Indah…

Mixed results for SAGDB duo on day 1 in Jakarta

5 June 2018 – It wasn’t the start Rorisang Nkosi and Keyan Loubser were aiming for, but the South African Golf Development Board pair gained a lot of insight on day one of the Himbara World Junior Golf Championships, presented by Ciputra, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Nkosi was lying second going down the back nine of…

Lamprecht claims historic Irish victory

4 June 2018 – It is rare to see a young golfer capitalise on good shots, but also rebound after poor play. That is why golf pundits should keep an eye on South African Christo Lamprecht in the future. The 17-year-old George golfer demonstrated maturity beyond his years to become the youngest-ever winner of the…

Lamprecht leaps into lead in Ireland

4 June 2018 – South Africa’s youngest ever Sanlam SA Amateur champion Christo Lamprecht is causing quite a stir in County Louth after maintaining the lead in the East of Ireland Amateur Open on Sunday. Lamprecht was put through the wringer during his introduction to links golf in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open, but the…