Coetzee takes Northern Amateur

George Coetzee has shook off the dissapointment of being dropped from the National side by winning the 2006 Northern Amateur Open by a 4/3 margin over Christiaan Basson on Friday in a 36 hole final.

George capped the week in fine style after ending a dissapointing second in the stroke play section of the Championship after a closing 76.

George will now look forward to the Boland and Western Province Opens tat will be played after the return of the National side doing duty at the 2006 Zone VI in Swaziland.