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GolfRSA celebrates five Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2023

22 August 2023 – Major winner Ashleigh Buhai, reigning SA Women’s Amateur champion Kyra van Kan, World Blind Championship winner Charlene Pienaar, former Womens Golf South Africa President Sarah Braude and GolfRSA made it quintet of finalists for golf on the 2023 Momentum gsport Awards shortlist. The list of 60 finalists across 20 categories was…

GolfRSA introduces THE GOLF MAG!

We are very excited to welcome you to THE GOLF MAG – our super cool, fully digital golf magazine with a distinctly South African angle! Enjoy navigating the pages and exploring the video links on ANY of your devices as we shine the spotlight on our homegrown talents and industry partners, give you some awesome…

Macnab, Mistry and Streicher named for 2023 WATC

13 August 2023 – GolfRSA is delighted to announce that the country’s three top-ranked amateurs Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry and Megan Streicher will represent South Africa in the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi in October. “Congratulations to Caitlyn, Kajal and Megan on their well-deserved selection,” said Womens Golf South Africa President and…

R&A launches African Amateur at Leopard Creek

19 July 2023 – The first African Amateur Championship will be played at Leopard Creek, South Africa from 21-24 February 2024. The championship will feature 72 men from the African region competing in a 72-hole stroke play format with the winner receiving an exemption in The 152nd Open at Royal Troon. An invitational event for…

GolfRSA launches the Caddie Handicap Initiative

30 June 2023 – GolfRSA is delighted to announce its collaboration with Handicaps Network Africa (HNA) for the Caddie Handicap Initiative. This exciting development in the HNA system will enable golf clubs to register their caddies as they would new handicap members, granting them an official handicap index on the World Handicap System (WHS) at…

Golfsixes hits South African shores

3 July 2023 – Welcome to golf…T20 style! GolfRSA is excited to announce that the popular GolfSixes League – golf’s game-changer in Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe – launched in South Africa and will be rolled out at golf clubs across the country. “GolfSixes League has revolutionised golf in every country that has embraced the…

Andrew and De Wet take the helm at WGSA

29 May 2023 – Susan Andrew from Ekurhuleni and Gauteng North Golf’s Madeleine de Wet were elected as the new office bearers for Womens Golf South Africa at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting on 21 May at the Paarl Golf Club. Succeeding the outgoing President Sarah Braude, with whom she served as Vice-President for the…

GolfRSA salutes Joan Herbert

2 May 2023 – It is with enormous sadness that we learned of the passing of one of South African golf’s great servants, Joan Herbert. On behalf of GolfRSA and Ekurhuleni Golf Union and all our members, we extend our deepest condolences to Darryl, their children, grandchildren, family and friends. We will miss Joan’s smile,…

Draw Procedure: 2023 GolfRSA Race to The R&A 9 Hole Challenge

29 April 2023 – Excitement is mounting as we draw closer to cut-off date of the 2023 GolfRSA Race to The R&A 9 Hole Challenge at Royal Liverpool ahead of the 151st Open Championship this July! GolfRSA is delighted to announce the draw procedure that will determine who the two lucky winners are who will…

2023 GolfRSA Race to The R&A 9 Hole Challenge at Royal Liverpool

27 March 2023 – In partnership with The R&A, GolfRSA has launched an exciting new competition where golfers could win their way to represent South Africa in The R&A 9-Hole Challenge Final on the same course as the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. To enter this year’s lucky draw for the GolfRSA Race to…

SA’s Pienaar celebrates international breakthrough in Cape Town

31 March 2023 – Charlene Pienaar became South Africa’s first female disabled world champion, Canadian Kiefer Jones defended the title he won in Rome 2018, while Englishman Andy Gilford and Alejandro de Miguel from Spain also tasted their first global success in the 2023 ISPS Handa IBGA World Blind Championships at Milnerton Golf Club on…

Pienaar powers to Ladies lead in SA Blind Open

27 March 2023 – South Africa’s Charlene Pienaar stamped her authority in the Ladies Division on day one of the South African Blind Open, while Ernst Conradie and Gareth Slattery led the SA challenge in the B2 and B3 Divisions at Milnerton Golf Club on Monday. Pienaar opened her campaign in the 36-hole medal competition…

Van Kan and Ullyett are SA Amateur champs

26 February 2023 – Kyra van Kan ditched the bridesmaid tag when she capped a memorable week at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate with a dominating victory in the final of South African Amateur Championships in February. It was third time’s the charm for the GolfRSA No 1 as she made up for her near…

Whateley and Phipps victorious at Mount Edgecombe

21 February 2023 – Central Gauteng Golf Union’s Samantha Whateley went wire-to-wire to lift the South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship title, while teenager Charlotte Phipps celebrated a hugely popular Silver Division victory at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate on Tuesday. Rounds of 69 on the par-70 Woods Course and a level-par 72 and closing…

Hot Couvra rides top form to Proudfoot Trophy triumph

20 February 2023 – Martin Couvra became the proud first French winner of the Proudfoot Trophy on Monday, but he needed two sudden-death holes to see off reigning Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier of the South African Amateur Championship at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate. As the mercury rose quickly…

Whateley, Van der Merwe set Mount Edgecombe pace

19 February 2023 – Samantha Whateley opened up a four-shot lead in the opening round of South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship, while fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Janko van der Merwe took a slender one-shot lead in the 36-hole qualifier of the South African Amateur Championship at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate on Sunday.…

Van Kan looking for redemption in Mount Edgecombe

18 February 2023 – Maybe a change of venue for the 2023 edition of the South African Amateur Championships, taking place at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate from Sunday, will signal a change of luck for GolfRSA No 1 Kyra van Kan. The combined championship tees off with the men’s 36-hole qualifier and the SA…

GolfRSA welcomes Anne Vermaak as Operations Manager

17 February 2023 – GolfRSA is delighted to announce the appointment of Anne Vermaak as Operations Manager from 1 March 2023. “We are excited to welcome Anne to the GolfRSA team,” CEO Grant Hepburn said. “Anne brings a wealth of experience to the role having been the recent CEO of Gymnastics South Africa and she…

GolfRSA National Women’s Squad for 2023 unveiled

1 February 2023 – Seven new players have been welcomed into the GolfRSA Women’s National Squad as GolfRSA continues to identify and develop the country’s most promising amateur talents. The Class of 2023 features three groups. With eight members from last year’s programme graduating to higher tiers, the Elite Group will consist of 12 players…

Introducing GolfRSA No 1 Kyra van Kan

January 2023 – South Africa’s top ranked Kyra van Kan began 2022 with a sixth-place finish in the SA Women’s Stroke Play Championship and a runner-up finish in the SA Women’s Amateur Championship and the 16-year-old teenage golf prodigy never let up, capping a watershed season with her fifth victory in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship in…