We sat down with outgoing president Karen Olivant to find out more about the highs and lows of her six-year tenure at Womens Golf South Africa. We also found out where her passion for golf administration began and how she plans to spend her 'retirement'.

She might be playing a limited schedule this season, but Menlo Park High School matriculant Danielle du Toit is making every start count. She won the North West Championship in February and on Sunday, the 18-year-old repeated the feat in the ProShop 36-Hole Junior Championship at Country Club Johannesburg.

South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry held her nerve to claim the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday.

South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry holds all the cards after she opened up a yawning gap on the chasing pack in the second round of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday.
Mistry shared the overnight lead at three under after opening with a 69 at the Wanderers Golf Club, but she underlined her status as Womens Golf South Africa’s 2015/2016 Player of the Year when she pulled five strokes clear on the field.

A near-death experience when Ernie Els was just starting his career certainly gave the four-time Major champion an appreciation for the value of life. And it’s perhaps no surprise that he’s since become one of golf’s most ardent supporters of charity.

Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit benefitted from extra work with the putter to charge into a three-way tie for the lead in the opening round of the Sanlam South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Sunday.
The reigning Nomads SA Girls champion racked up five birdies at The Wanderers Golf Club to join South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry and Woo-Ju Son at three-under-par 69.

In early April, Kaiyuree Moodley threw her name in the hat of prime contenders for this year’s Sanlam South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship when she scored a come-from-behind victory in the prestigious Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship.

Kajal Mistry. Woo Ju Son. Chiara Contomathios. Danielle du Toit. Kaiyuree Moodley. All juniors and all winners on the Womens Golf South Africa circuit this season. And the odds are good that one of them will step onto the podium in this year’s Sanlam South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, says defending champion Kaleigh Telfer.

Reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur champion Lumien Orton and GolfRSA Elite Squad member Zethu Myeki kept South Africa’s title defence on track at the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Lesotho on Thursday.

GolfRSA Elite Squad member Sarah Bouch and team captain Vicki Traut got South Africa’s title defence underway with a solid opening round in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Lesotho on Wednesday.

GolfRSA Elite Squad members Zethu Myeki and Sarah Bouch, reigning Sanlam SA Women's Amateur champion Lumien Orton and captain Vicki Traut will start the hunt for South Africa’s sixth consecutive title in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) at the Maseru Golf Club in Lesotho on Wednesday.

Royal Durban Country Club may have been bathed in sun for much of the day, but the conditions belied the severity of gusts that proved hugely challenging for the juniors competing in the first two rounds of the Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship on Monday.

Junior golf in South Africa has received a timely lift with the announcement of a brand new national series of events that will culminate in two players qualifying to take part in the North and South Junior at Pinehurst, North Carolina in the United States of America next year.

Kajal Mistry, Symone Henriques and Kaleigh Telfer lifted the inaugural Girls Competition trophy at the All-Africa Junior Golf Championship while compatriots Luca Filippi, Jayden Schaper, Garrick Higgo and Christo Lamprecht celebrated a 19th consecutive victory for South Africa in the Boys Competition at Africa’s premier junior golf contest in Zimbabwe on Friday.

A pair of 67s from Luca Filippi and Kajal Mistry at Royal Harare Golf Club put the two South African teams in an undeniably strong position on moving day at the 2017 All-Africa Junior Golf Championship in Zimbabwe.

Tough pin positions and gusting wind led to considerably higher scoring and the two South African squads had to dig deep to stay ahead of the opposition in round two of the All-Africa Junior Golf Championship at Royal Harare Golf Club on Wednesday.

The South African junior teams made a promising start in the 2017 All-Africa Junior Golf Championship, which teed off at Royal Harare Golf Club on Tuesday.

South Africa’s number two ranked Zethu Myeki will join reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur champion Lumien Orton, Sarah Bouch and Vicki Traut in pursuing victory in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Lesotho alongside next month.

Seven of South Africa’s top ranked juniors have arrived at this week’s All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Zimbabwe in pursuit of spots into the prestigious Toyota Junior Golf World Cup supported by JAL.

The ongoing rivalry between South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry and Woo Ju Son ensued in an exciting battle at the Western Province Women’s Amateur Championship this week. In a fitting outcome, both juniors collected some hard-earned silverware.

Fancy taking on some of the west coast of Scotland’s finest courses? Well here’s your chance – with the launch of the World Masters Golf Championship, a competitive event in a social environment that is open to all amateur golfers over 50 years of age who have an official handicap.

GolfRSA Elite Squad members Kajal Mistry and Symone Henriques will partner reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play champion Kaleigh Telfer in South Africa’s debut at the All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Zimbabwe next week.

Clovelly Country Club’s Katia Shaff hopes to replicate the winning performance that landed her leading amateur honours in the SA Women’s Masters earlier this season when she leads the local challenge in the Western Province Women’s Amateur Championship at Rondebosch Golf Club today.

It is with great sadness that we learned of Carol Goldsbury’s passing on Friday morning 10th of March. Fondly known as ‘Mrs Rules’, Carol lost her battle against cancer.

In an amazing twist of fate, both the defending champions in this year’s Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) found themselves in the heat of the battle as the final rounds in both the Girls and Boys Competitions went into extra time on Thursday.

South Africa’s top ranked juniors produced a double victory for the country in the 36-hole Team Competition during the 2017 Curro SA Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club.

Free State’s Wilco Nienaber fired a five-under-par 67 in round two to take a three-shot lead in the 106-strong Boys Competition at the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI), while fellow South African Caitlyn Macnab edged out Australia’s Jihye Park to keep the overnight lead in the 42-strong Girls Competition on day two of the Global Golf Junior Tour event at Durbanville Golf Club on Wednesday.

France’s Alexandre Lasalarie fired a brilliant five-under-par 67 to take the first round lead in the 106-strong Boys Division on day one of the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) on Tuesday, while South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab leads the 42-strong Girls Division in the 54-hole Global Golf Junior Tour strokeplay event at Durbanviile Golf Club.

South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son will start her title defence in a world class field of international entrants from 18 countries in the 2017 Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI) at Durbanville Golf Club from 7 to 9 March.

Congratulations to GolfRSA Elite Squad player Symone Henriques and Chiara Contomathios, who performed superbly in the last two events on the 2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour.

The final school year is tough on any golfer, but more so when your majors are mathematics and science. Like all matriculants, academic pressure has forced the 18-year-old Menlo Park learner to put her golfing aspirations on the back burner this season, but Du Toit pushed the books aside for the North West Open and showed her class when she claimed victory in the North West Open on Sunday.

The Border Championship trophy remained in Swiss hands after Cloe Grand followed compatriot Azelia Meichtry into the winner’s circle on Sunday. The 17-year-old KeNako Academy student came from behind to beat local favourite Zethu Myeki by one shot for victory on seven under 226 at East London Golf Club.

Kaleigh Telfer captured a double victory in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Eastern Province Championships when she lifted both the Stroke Play and Match Play titles at Humewood Golf Club.

Just one day after she edged out Zethu Myeki from Border in extra time for the Stroke Play title, Kaleigh Telfer from Gauteng is targeting the double in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Eastern Province Championships at Humewood Golf Club.

Randpark golfer Kajal Mistry rounded off a sensational season last year with victory in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championships and befitting the country’s top ranked player, she began 2017 in fitting fashion with a magnificent performance in the Liberty GNGU Junior Girls Open earlier this month. We caught up with Kajal during her debut at the SA Women's Open and discovered some of the things that drive South Africa's top ranked senior and junior golfer. Check out the video on the WGSA Facebook page - WGSA

Ahleigh Buhai defeated defending champion Lee-Anne Pace at the first extra hole of a sudden-death play-off for the Cape Town Ladies Open title, while Chiara Contomathios edged out Laila Hrindova for the amateur honours at Royal Cape on Thursday.

Laila Hrindova from Slovakia moved into the amateur lead as Ashleigh Buhai tightened her grip on the Cape Town Ladies Open, but the Glendower pro has defending champion Lee-Anne Pace snapping at her heels at Royal Cape Golf Club.

Chiara Contomathios, Bianca Wernich and Laila Hrindova share the amateur lead in the Cape Town Ladies Open and, if one had to judge her performance in Tuesday's opening round, the honeymoon might be over, but Ashleigh Buhai is having a whale of a time in Cape Town after giving her husband the boot.

Catherine Lau has taken the amateur lead while, for a second time in three weeks, its advantage to a foreign campaigner as Britain’s Kiran Matharu continued to stamp her dominance on the Ladies Tshwane Open at Zwartkop Country Club on Wednesday.

Golf RSA number one ranked junior Woo Jo Son broke into top 10 as Lee-Anne Pace is closing in on a historic three-peat in the SA Women’s Open after she left the field behind in Friday’s second round at San Lameer Country Club.

Zethu Myeki and Woo Ju Son share the amateur lead on day one while Lee-Anne Pace proved once again that form is temporary, but class is permanent when she capitalised on a blistering start to take the first round lead in the SA Women’s Open – sponsored by the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality – on Thursday.

All but one of the 2017 Golf RSA Elite Squad will be in action at this week’s prestigious SA Women’s Open at San Lameer Country Club in pursuit of the prestigious Jackie Mercer Trophy.

Lee-Anne Pace hopes to make some headlines when she hunts an unprecedented hat-trick in the SA Women’s Open starting at San Lameer Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on Thursday.

Melissa Eaton hopes that a return to her native Port Shepstone will kick her Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies season into high gear as she headlines the field at the R250 000 SA Women’s Open alongside two-time champion Lee-Anne Pace this week.

Carrie Park from South Korea rubber-stamped her status as a future world beater when she clinched her first Sunshine Ladies Tour title in spectacular fashion, while Western Province amateur Katia Shaff became the first Sally Little Trophy recipient in the South African Women’s Masters on Saturday.

Golf RSA Elite Squad member Kaleigh Telfer grabbed a share of lead in the Sally Little Trophy chase while Carrie Park continued to make a name for herself as one of the hottest prospects on the Sunshine Ladies Tour.

Given the wealth of knowledge she has accumulated in nine seasons on the Ladies European Tour, it is not surprising that Stacy Bregman would back herself in this week’s SA Women’s Masters. What is unusual to hear is that the four-time Sunshine Ladies Tour winner thinks the youngsters might steal the limelight in the R500 000 showpiece at Rondebosch Golf Club from 19-21 January.

Watching good friend Graeme Storm lift the BWM SA Open trophy on Sunday put Rebecca Hudson from England in a winning frame of mind ahead of the SA Women’s Masters this week.

Ashleigh Simon needs no introduction. Her storied amateur career was nothing short of outstanding and, since she joined the pro ranks, she has complimented a flood of amateur victories with two Ladies European Tour and four Sunshine Ladies Tour titles.

KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher shot her way to a fourth place finish in the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s season-opening SuperSport Ladies Challenge at Huddle Park Golf Club this January.

Gauteng teenager Woo Ju Son bolstered her number one spot in the Golf RSA Womens Golf South Africa Junior Rankings with back-to-back victories in the first two weeks of the season.

Randpark golfer Kajal Mistry put an exclamation point on a watershed season as the number one ranked player on the Senior and the joint number one Junior on the Womens Golf South Africa standings.
Did you know Kajal only finished outside the top 10 once throughout the 2016 season? We caught up with Kajal to find out more about her affinity for music, roast chicken and 2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson and the things that make this 16-year-old rising star from Bryanston tick.

South Africa’s number three ranked Zethu Myeki made easy work of her first round match in the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship on Thursday.

South Africa’s Zethu Myeki qualified for the knock out stage at the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship with a solid comeback in the final round of the 36-hole qualifier on Wednesday.

South Africa’s Zethu Myeki and Danielle du Toit made a fair to middling start in the 36-hole qualifier of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.

Good luck to Gauteng North's Danielle du Toit and Zethu Myeki from Border, who start the stroke play qualifier for the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.

The R&A and the USGA today announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green.

Kajal Mistry from Bryanston put an exclamation point on a very successful 2016 season by moving into the top spot in Womens Golf South Africa’s Senior Rankings on Sunday. The 16-year-old Randpark golfer celebrated a hat-trick of wins this season with a two shot margin in the Mpumalanga Open and Closed Championship at Middelburg Country Club.

The South African junior quartet competing in the 8th Albatross International Golf Championship India arrived home on Sunday boasting top 10 finishes in the two team events, as well as three top 10 places in the Individual Competitions at the Classic Golf and Country Club near New Delhi.

South Africa's Casandra Hall and Kajal Mistry are tied for sixth in the team competition after two rounds of the 8th Albratross International Golf Championship India in Gurgaon, India.

Golf RSA today announced the confirmation of elected nominees to its Board of Directors including Johann Rupert as chairman and Cynthia Rayner, Dale Hayes, Jabulane Mabuza, Ken Walker and Zanosi Kunene as independent, non-executive directors.

Sandra Winter wrote her name in the record books when she achieved the first three-peat in the prestigious SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at George Golf Club on Wednesday. The Kingswood golfer finished eight strokes clear of fellow Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland on eight-over-par 224 thanks to a closing three over 75.

Kingswood golfer Sandra Winter strengthened her bid to become the first hat-trick champion of the prestigious SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in Tuesday’s second round at George Golf Club.

Two-time champion Sandra Winter got her bid for a hat-trick in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship off to a flying start at George Golf Club on Monday. The Kingswood golfer took full advantage of the perfect conditions and hurtled straight to the top of affairs with a two-over-par 74.

Southern Cape duo Sonja Bland and Sandra Winter will spearhead the local challenge in the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship that tees off at the magnificent George Golf Club today.

Womens Golf Western Province Junior Development Programme members Kaylah Williams and Iman Adams together with Glenda Muller produced a hat-trick of victories for the host union at the 36^th Ackerman Championships at Clovelly Country Club on Sunday.

Gauteng North gave it a mighty fine try, but it was too little, too late as Gauteng celebrated a successful A-Division title defence in the South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship on Friday.

Gauteng continued their relentless march in the 56th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial and Ekurhuleni crushed Gauteng North’s title hopes and Southern Cape strengthened their promotion bid at Umhlali Country Club on Thursday.

Gauteng and Southern Cape emerged as dominant forces as the match play section got underway in the 56th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial at Umhlali Country Club on Wednesday.

Border and Ekurhuleni threw down the gauntlet and put defending champions Gauteng and Gauteng North on notice at the 56th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial at Umhlali Country Club on Tuesday.

Gauteng is poised to launch their title defence in the 2016 SA Women's Inter-Provincial Championship with a solid start in today's qualifying round at Umhlali Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa’s Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Cara Gorlei posted a top 25 finish for World Amateur Team Championships as the Republic of Korea clinched its fourth Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico on Saturday.

Kaleigh Telfer and Ivanna Samu saved their best performances for moving day to lift South Africa to 20th at the World Amateur Team Championship, while South Korea is on the verge of its fourth Espirito Santo Trophy title as Hye Jin Choi and Min Ji Park built a 14-stroke lead over Switzerland in Friday’s third round.

South African juniors Danielle du Toit and Deon Germishuys wrapped up their Duke of York Young Champions Trophy campaign in a tie for 25th at Royal Birkdale on Thursday.

Min Ji Park and Hye Jin Choi posted respective rounds of 68 and 69 to lift the Republic of Korea to a seven shot lead in the Espirito Santo Trophy, while South Africa slipped outside the top 20 on day two of the 27th World Amateur Team Championship in Mexico.

Sisters Morgane and Kim Metraux fired rounds of 68 and 69 respectively to propel Switzerland to a one-stroke lead in the first round of the 27th Espirito Santo Trophy, while South Africa will start today’s second round in joint 18th at the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships (WWATC).

Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit vaulted 13 spots on day two of the 2016 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, while Deon Germishuys slipped outside the top 20 at Royal Birkdale in England on Wednesday.

South African juniors Deon Germishuys and Danielle du Toit made a battling start to the 2016 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy in fickle weather conditions at Royal Birkdale in England on Tuesday.

Kajal Mistry from Bryanston produced a well-timed birdie and eagle near the end of the final round to clinch a four-stroke victory in the Ekurhuleni Championship, while local favourite Cassandra Hall swept to second with an equally impressive finish at ERPM Golf Club on Monday.

This week will launch some significant activity in the ranks of world amateur golf with the 16th edition of the invitation-only Duke of York Young Champions in England and the start of the prestigious World Amateur Teams Championships (WATC) for both men and women, being held back to back near Cancun in Mexico this September.

Gauteng’s Kajal Mistry will take a one shot lead into today’s final round of the Ekurhuleni Championship with local favourite Casandra Hall in hot pursuit at ERMP Golf Club.

Lumien Orton proved that form is temporary but class is permanent as the former top ranked amateur marched to a second trophy finish in eight weeks, courtesy of a one-shot victory at the Northern Cape Championship in Kimberly on Monday. Just under two months since she defeated Symone Henriques on her way to claiming the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship title, Orton opened with a 72.

Gauteng North rising star Danielle du Toit edged out local favourite Azelia Meichtry to celebrate a third victory this season in the Southern Cape Championship in George on Sunday. The 17-year-old from Pretoria Country Club staved off a spirited challenge from the top ranked Swiss amateur to clinch a one stroke victory at Oubaai Golf Club.

Sunshine Ladies Tour campaigners Carrie Park and Nobuhle Dlamini and Ekurhuleni amateur Lora Assad both crossed the first hurdle in qualifying for the 2017 LPGA Tour on Sunday.

Class is in at the LPGA Tour Stage I Qualifying Tournament in California where three of South Africa's former top ranked amateurs - Sunshine Ladies Tour campaigners Nicole Garcia, Carrie Park and Nobuhle Dlamini - have joined Ekurhuleni amateur Lora Assad and 344 other hopefuls looking to play their way onto the 2017 LPGA Tour.

Arms held over her head in triumph, Inbee Park showed about as much emotion as you are likely ever to see from the stoic South Korean golfer.
Her par putt didn't matter, as she had a big lead walking up the 18th fairway, the gold medal all but secured. But it went in regardless, capping a remarkable week of golf for the LPGA Hall of Famer that was as much surprising as it was dominating.

Paula Reto could tick the biggest box of all when she starts today’s final round in the Women’s Golf Competition at the Olympic Games as a definite medal contender in Rio de Janeiro.

Advice from South Africa’s team captain Gary Player helped Paula Reto to make a significant move on day two of the Women’s Golf Competition in Rio de Janeiro, while compatriot Ashleigh Simon’s decision to let go also paid dividends on Thursday.

Gauteng North’s Larissa du Preez was absolutely delighted when she celebrated her first provincial success with an impressive four stroke victory in the ProShop Ladies Golf Gauteng 36-hole Stroke Play Championship this week.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (15 August 2016) – South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon and Paula Reto are among the world’s top women golfers set to take the Olympic stage in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, 17 August. A field of 60 competitors in the women’s golf competition at Rio 2016 will be seeking to follow in the footsteps of American Margaret Abbott, who won the gold medal in Paris in 1900.

South African-born Justin Rose became golf's first Olympic champion in over 100 years, as the Brit outlasted British Open champion Henrik Stenson, in a brilliant advert for the game in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

Ivanna Samu’s run in the Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship in Wales shrieked to a stop after Maria Vittoria Corbi from Italy downed the country’s top ranked amateur in the first round of the match play stage on Thursday.

As South Africa’s Jaco van Zyl and Brandon Stone begin their bid in the Men’s Golf Competition at the 2016 Olympic Games, compatriot Ivanna Samu will fly the flag for the country in the very prestigious Girl's British Open Amateur Match Play in Wales on Wednesday.

Solid putting and ball striking handed Ivanna Samu a share of third in the first round of the Girl's British Open Amateur Qualifying in Wales on Tuesday. The 17-year-old SA number one fired an opening three-under-par 70 to join Patricia Garre from Spain.
The pair is one shot behind Sweden's Julia Engstrom and just two off the pace from first round leader Paula Neira from Spain.

South Africa's number one and two - Ivanna Samu and Kaleigh Telfer - are putting the final touches on their preparation for the 36-hole Qualifier at the 2016 Girls' British Open Amateur Championship in Wales. We wish our two rising stars all the best for today's first round at Royal St. David's Golf Club!!

South Africa’s top ranked Ivanna Samu struck a winning note just days before she departs for Wales to compete in the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship with number two ranked Kaleigh Telfer.

At long last, the registration of Golf RSA has been finalised. We are both relieved and excited that the organisation is now officially registered. This letter serves to communicate the steps that are currently underway or will occur very shortly.

Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Cara Gorlei will represent South Africa in a record field of 55 women’s nations at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championships, conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF), in September.
Let’s take a closer look at the South African trio hoping to hunt down the country’s second title in the Espirito Santo Trophy at the Mayakoba El Camaleon and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Clubs from 14-17 September.

Golf RSA has recently contracted former Western Province Director of Golf Eric Lefson to coordinate a course rating programme that will bring the rating of South African golf courses in line with the USGA’s course rating system.

As one prestigious Open wrapped up on Wednesday, another started in Scotland and, having flown the flag for South Africa with great pride in the Junior Open Championship this week, two of the country’s brightest prospects were eager to get to Royal Troon to for the first round of The Open Championship.

It felt as if she had come full circle when Lumien Orton won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Orton beat the Western Cape’s Cara Gorlei 2Up in the final after earlier defeating Symone Henriques 2&1 to make the final.

Gauteng’s Symone Henriques surprised even herself as she played her way into the semi-finals of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Tuesday. The 15-year-old Henriques was floating around the links on Tuesday morning after beating one of the favourites, Michaela Fletcher, 2&1 to make it through to the afternoon’s quarterfinals.

South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son from Gauteng and recent Dimension Data Junior Open champion Christo Lamprecht from Southern Cape are rubbing shoulders with the cream of junior golf in the Junior Championship in Scotland.

With a major Grade 12 Maths exam still to negotiate later this week, Kaleigh Telfer is pleased the numbers on her scorecard are falling in her favour at the moment as she won her second round match in the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at the Ebotse Links on Monday.

The experience gained from playing college golf in the United States was clear to see as Michaela Fletcher managed her game and a tender back to win Sunday’s 36-hole stroke play seeding round for this week’s Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at the Ebotse Links.

It took Kaleigh Telfer years to claim her dream victory in the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship in April, and now the Gauteng golfer has her eyes fixed on winning the double in next week’s Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Match Play Championship.

Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu had to dig deep on the back nine at Woodhill Golf Estate and the country’s number two ranked player showed some serious grit to win the Liberty Gauteng North Championship on Monday.
Samu collected her fifth title this season when she edged out Casandra Hall from Ekurhuleni by one shot on seven-over-par 223 with rounds of 76, 70 and 77.

South Africa’s number two ranked Ivanna Samu will take a comfortable lead into today’s final round of the Liberty Gauteng North Ladies Open, having pulled five shots clear at Woodhill Country Club on Sunday.

Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) has selected South African number one Kaleigh Telfer, number two ranked Ivanna Samu and former number one Cara Gorlei to represent the country in theEspirito Santo Trophy at the World Amateur Team Championships in Mexico this September.

Gauteng North junior Danielle du Toit gave credence to the old adage “when at first you don’t succeed, try and try again” when she seized a runaway victory in the Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club on Tuesday. In 2014, Ivanna Samu lost the prestigious title in a three-way play-off to Cara Gorlei.

Gauteng North junior Danielle du Toit maintained her grip on the Nomads SA Girls Championship with as the country’s top ranked junior Woo-Jo Son stepped up her pursuit in Monday’s second round at Orkney Golf Club.

Twelve months after she lost the Nomads SA Girls Championship title to Ivanna Samu in a three hole play-off, Gauteng North teenager Danielle du Toit basked in glory on the opening day of the prestigious junior event at Orkney Golf Club.

Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu claimed a magnificent play-off at Orkney Golf Club last year, but the defending champion will have her work cut out when she kicks off her title defence in the prestigious Nomads SA Girls Championship on Sunday.

The United States celebrated a double victory, while the South African Boys team shared fourth and the SA Girls team tied for seventh after a final push in the 2016 TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan on Friday.

The South African Boys team moved to third in the 2016 TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup Supported by JAL, but the Girls Team lost a little footing on day three of the prestigious international teams event in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan.

The South African Boys and Girls teams made positive headway in Wednesday’s second round at the 2016 TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup Supported by JAL in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan.

The South African Boys team tied for sixth and the SA Girls grabbed a share of seventh in the first round of the 2016 TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup Supported by JAL in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday.

Juniors Dylan Mostert and Ivanna Samu flew the flag for South Africa with great pride in the curtain-raiser for the 2016 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, presented by JAL, in Toyota City, Japan on Sunday.

Cole Stevens and Caitlyn Macnab grabbed top five finishes in the 13-14 age group at the Ciputra Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship, while compatriots Symone Henriques and Hilmi Mallick both finished just outside the top 10 in the 15-17 age group at Damai Inda Golf in Indonesia on Friday.

The junior quartet from South Africa produced a mixed bag of results at the Ciputra Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia on Thursday.

Caitlyn Mcnab is in hot pursuit after a solid performance at the Ciputra Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia while Cole Stevens stayed in touch with the leader on Wednesday.

South Africa’s Symone Henriques and Caitlyn Mcnab launch their Ciputra Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship campaign today, while Cole Stevens and Hilmi Mallick take aim in round two of the Boys Competitions at the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) Course at Damai Inda Golf in Indonesia.

Four of South Africa’s leading lights will line up against a host of foreign nations in the Ciputra Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia this week.

Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Woo-Ju Son lived up to their star billing when they sealed back-to-back success for Gauteng in the Swiss Teams Trophy in the 72-Hole Teams Championship on Wednesday.

Ekurhuleni A’s Casandra Hall, Sarah Bouch and Caitlyn McNab lifted the Challenge Trophy with a crushing victory in the 72-Hole Teams Championship at Middelburg Country Club on Wednesday.

Gauteng’s A-team produced two solid performances to open up a comfortable gap on Gauteng North A in the 72-Hole Teams Championship at Middelburg Country Club on Tuesday.

Casandra Hall and Sarah Bouch kept Ekurhuleni firmly in the driver's seat after two rounds in the Challenge Trophy division at the 72-Hole Teams Championship. The pair combined for 147 to finish 14 shots clear of Gauteng C.
Hall still leads the Individual Standings on 140, and will carry a one stroke lead into this afternoon's third round at Middelburg Country Club.

Gauteng made a fast start to their title defence in the 72-Hole Teams Championship, but surprisingly it was the B-team who pushed the 2015 champions in early pole position in the Swiss Team Trophy division at Middelburg Country Club on Monday.

Gauteng have doubled their chances for back-to-back titles in the 72 Hole Team Championship with two strong teams taking aim in the Swiss Team Trophy division at Middelburg Country Club from 22 – 25 May.

Gauteng have doubled their chances for back-to-back titles in the 72 Hole Team Championship with two strong teams taking aim in the Swiss Team Trophy division at Middelburg Country Club from 22 – 25 May.

Ivanna Samu and Kaleigh Telfer spent the better part of last season jostling for the number one position on the Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) Senior Rankings and their rivalry is alive and kicking five months into 2016.

Johannesburg’s Kaleigh Telfer claimed her maiden Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship title when she won by six strokes at Westlake Golf Club on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old Telfer closed with a tournament low of three-under-par 69 to win on one over par. Eleonora Galletti and Switzerland’s Azelia Meichtry shared second place on seven over par.

It’s not yet on the level of her love for Deep House music, but 17-year-old Kaleigh Telfer is slowly starting to understand Westlake Golf Club’s course. And if she can hold onto her two-stroke lead in Tuesday’s final round of the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship, she may well leave here loving it.

Free Stater Chante van Zyl has had to make do with the forced closure of nine of the 18 holes at her home course and very little in the way of quality greens or even a practice bunker to prepare for this week’s Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship. But she was still able to share the lead in Sunday’s first round at Westlake Golf Club.

Ernie Els’s role as a mentor to South Africa’s golfers was evident again when his words to Branden Grace during a cup of coffee inspired Grace to a maiden PGA Tour victory. This week a young golfer from an East London township who benefits from Els’s support will keep trying to achieve her own goals when she tees it up in the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Westlake Golf Club.

South Africa’s top trio Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Zethu Myeki collected an unprecedented 12th victory for the country in the 13th edition of the All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) in Hammemet, Tunisia on Friday.

Ivanna Samu and Kaleigh Telfer kept South Africa in the driver’s seat in the 13th All-Africa Challenge Trophy despite delays and wet conditions that tested the patience at Golf Citrus in Hammemet, Tunisia on Thursday.

Ivanna Samu and Kaleigh Telfer got South Africa’s title defence in the 13th All-Africa Challenge Trophy underway with a solid opening round , while Zethu Myeki overcame a nervy start in her first international appearance to grab a share of seventh in the individual standings at Golf Citrus in Hammemet, Tunisia on Wednesday.

Good luck to our top ranked players Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer, Zethu Myeki and team manager Karen Olivant inchasing down South Africa's 12th title in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) at the Citrus Golf Course in Hammamet, Tunisia from 7-9 April.

Tshwane juniors Danielle du Toit and Keegan Mclachlan celebrated a double South African victory in the 2016 World Amateur Golf Audi Reunion on Reunion Island on Monday. Du Toit claimed a runaway victory in the Ladies Championship in a wire-to-wire performance at the magnificent Golf Du Bassin Blue, while Mclachlan edged out fellow Gauteng North amateurs Albert Venter and Albert van der Knaap to lift the Mens Championship title.

Gauteng North duo Danielle du Toit and Keegan Mclachlan took command in the 2016 World Amateur Golf Audi Reunion on a tough scoring day at the magnificent Golf Du Bassin Blue on Reunion Island on Sunday.

Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit leads a strong South African challenge in the Ladies Championship at the 2016 World Amateur Golf Audi Reunion, while Western Province amateur Michael Sherriff finished within striking distance of the first round pacesetter in the Mens Championship on Reunion Island.

Tshwane junior Catherine Lau celebrated a welcome return to the winner’s circle when she lifted the Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship title for the second time in three years at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. The 15-year-old Woodhill golfer shot a final round 69 to triumph by three strokes on three under 213.

Kaleigh Telfer kicked her preparation for the All-Africa Challenge Trophy in Tunisia into high gear when she followed team-mates Ivanna Samu and Zethu Myeki into the winner’s circle on the Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) circuit on Sunday. She fired a course record 66 in the final round at Victoria Country Club to claim a runaway victory on in the KZN Ladies Golf Stroke Play Championship.

Woo-Ju Son hung tough and Garrick Higgo fended off a determined charge from Slovakia’s Jakub Hrinda to secure a double celebration for South Africa with wire-to-wire victories in the Curro South African Juniors International at Durbanville Golf Club on Thursday.

Overnight leader Woo-Ju Son protected her overnight lead in the Girls Division of the Curro South African Junior International against a 43-strong line-up at Durbanville Golf Club, while De Zalze golfer Garrick Higgo has been in a league of his own in the 97-strong Boys Division through two rounds of the 56-hole Global Junior Golf Tour event.

Eagle Canyon’s Woo Ju Son leads the South African charge in the 44-strong Girls Division after day one of the Curro South African Juniors International (SAJI), while Boland golfer Garrick Higgo has the overnight lead in the Boys Division through 18 holes of the 54-hole Global Golf Junior Tour strokeplay event being contested at Durbanville Golf Club.

Top ranked junior Ivanna Samu is riding a wave of confidence ahead of the prestigious Curro SA Junior Internationals this week after she lifted the Edith Bowie Trophy for a second time in three years on Sunday. Samu overcame a seven shot deficit in the final round to claim a two shot victory on one-under-par 143 in the Pam Golding Properties Western Province Championship on Sunday.

Gauteng amateur Kelsey Nicholas won the Leading Amateur award at the SuperSport Ladies Challenge, while Larissa du Preez from Gauteng North edged out Gauteng's Chiara Contomathios for the runner-up spot in the Sunshine Ladies Tour event at Huddle Park Golf and Recreation.

Ivanna Samu’s patient strategy on Sunday proved to be the winning formula as she stormed to a sensational wire-to-wire victory in the North West Championship at Mooinooi Golf Club.

The recent Border Championship at East London Golf Club served up a feast of celebrations for Azelia Meichtry from Switzerland, local favourite Demi Flanagan and Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu.
Meichtry claimed her third title this season in the Stroke Play Championship and Samu regained the number one spot in the Womens Golf South Africa Senior Rankings on Sunday, while Flanagan recorded an unprecedented fourth Match Play victory on Tuesday.

Border golfer Zethu Myeki made a superb start to her title defence on a very blustery first day at the Border Championship on Saturday. Myeki reeled in three birdies to offset a pair of bogeys for an opening one-under-par 72.

Border amateur Zethu Myeki will make an historic debut for Womens Golf South Africa when she lines up in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) alongside top ranked Kaleigh Telfer and Ivanna Samu in Tunisia this April.

Woo-Ju Son described her final round in the Gauteng North Junior Championship as “very ordinary”, but even when the petite Gauteng junior punches below average, Son is tough to beat.
Just a month after a breakthrough victory in the Nomads WGWP Junior Championship at Durbanville Country Club, the Eagle Canyon golfer was delighted with a podium finish at Waterkloof Golf Club.

Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry will be looking add to her growing list of victories on the Womens Golf South Africa circuit in this weekend’s Border Championship following her rare ‘double’ triumph in the Eastern Province Championship this month.

It was one for the books as top ranked amateur Ivanna Samu upstaged the country’s leading professionals to grab the first round lead in the Cape Town Ladies Open at Royal Cape Golf Club on Wednesday.
The lanky 17-year-old Ruimsig golfer showed some exceptional skills in a testy north-westerly wind to fire an opening six-under-par 68 for a one stroke lead over the high profile likes of Lee-Anne Pace, Ashleigh Simon and Monique Smit.

Top Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry claimed her third amateur title on South African soil in the Eastern Province Championship on Sunday. The Sierre golfer edged out Zethu Myeki from Border by three strokes on even-par 144 to lift the Stroke Play division title in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality sponsored event at Port Elizabeth Golf Club.

Most golfers would be seriously frustrated to shoot 20 over par in a 54-hole championship and even more so if you are ranked among South Africa’s top three amateurs. Yet, Zethu Myeki from Border wore a great, big smile after a tie for 30th in her debut in the Ladies Joburg Open on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in early January.

South Africa's Ivanna Samu defeated Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry in a count-out on five-over-par 221 for the leading amateur honours in the Sunshine Ladies Tour's Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies.

South Africa's reigning Sanlam SA Women's Amateur Stroke Play champion Ivanna Samu claimed the leading amateur prize in the Sunshine Ladies Tour's Ladies Joburg Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.

Central Gauteng junior Woo Ju Son rose to the number one spot in the Womens Golf South Africa Junior Rankings in 2015 without visiting the winner’s circle even once. A string of top three and top five finishes boosted her rise and the achievement was a measure of her incredible consistency.

Royal Johannesburg and Kensington’s Eleonora Galletti celebrated a welcome return to the winner’s circle when she claimed a one stroke victory in the Boland Junior Championship in early January.

Womens Golf South Africa would like to thank each and every player, Union President, parent, manager, coach and all the volunteers that have helped at our tournaments, not to mention our wonderful sponsors the Nomads and Sanlam, for their support this past season.

South Africa’s number two ranked Ivanna Samu won the KZN Junior Championship title with a gutsy performance in very tough weather conditions and a week after she defended her title, her face still lights up with delight at finishing the season on such a high note.

Young Symone Henriques is targeting back-to-back victories in the KZN Nomads Girls’ Golf Championship this weekend after a winning performance in the Mpumalanga Championship last week.

Benoni amateur Lejan Lewthwaite put a loud exclamation point on her amateur career when she lifted the Jackie Mercer Trophy in the 2015 SA Women’s Open on the Hibiscus Coast on Tuesday.

Lee-Anne Pace joined an elite band of back-to-back SA Women’s Open champions when she claimed the sought-after title for a second consecutive year at San Lameer Country Club on theHibiscus Coast in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.

Ekurhuleni amateur Lejan Lewthwaite will have to stave off top ranked Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry to secure the Jackie Mercer Trophy at the SA Women’s Open on Tuesday. Lewthwaite from The Lake Club Benoni overturned three bogeys in the testing conditions on the Hibiscus Coast for a one over 73 and a share of second on seven over at San Lameer Country Club with Kim Williams.

Pintsized Woo-Ju Son sparkled in her debut at the SA Women’s Open at San Lameer Country Club on Sunday. The 14-year-old braved the strong, swirling wind that coursed over the stunning Hibiscus Coast layout to open with a six-over-par 78 in testing conditions.

Gauteng junior Symone Henriques will sleep on a three stroke lead in the Mpumalanga Championship after edging clear of Brittney-Fay Berger from KwaZulu-Natal at the 36-hole mark on Saturday.

Zethu Myeki from East London hopes to put the seal on a watershed season with another top performance in the Mpumalanga Open at White River Country Club this weekend.

South Africa’s top female golf export Lee-Anne Pace will headline the field in the 2015 South African Women’s Open on the Hibiscus Coast alongside Shawnelle de Lange, who shared the Jackie Mercer Trophy as the leading amateur with France’s Mathilda Cappeliez last year.

Two of South Africa’s brightest amateur talents - Ivanna Samu and Woo-Ju Son – are heading to the Hibiscus Coast to join the battle for the Jackie Mercer Trophy in the 2015 South African Women’s Open.

Womens Golf South Africa expresses its heartfelt condolences to Bob and friends of former Boland Ladies Golf president Lol Jones, who passed away on Friday 20 November.

Vanessa Smith from Western Province achieved a memorable SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship double on a windswept dayat St Francis Links on Wednesday.

Western Province golfer Vanessa Smith is targeting a repeat performance in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship that tees off at the magnificent St Francis Links from 2 to 4 November.

Gauteng North rising star Danielle du Toit added her name to a prestigious list of champions including Ivanna Samu, Nobuhle Dlamini from Swaziland and Cara Gorlei when she lifted the 35th Ackerman Championship title at the weekend.

Playing for pride, the South African team produced their best golf in the final round of the Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas on Wednesday.

The South African team made a very sombre start in the second round of the Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club in in Texas on Tuesday after their disqualification from the Team Competition.

The South African team will need to dig deep in Tuesday’s second round after the quartet made a cool start in smouldering hot weather conditions in the Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas.

South Africa’s top amateurs Teaghan Gauche, Ivanna Samu, Matthew Spacey, Kaleigh Telfer and WGSA national coach Val Holland touched down in Texas for the 2015 Spirit International at the spectacular Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity.

Four of South Africa’s top ranked amateur golfers will be pursuing the country’s first success in the Spirit International, which tees off at the renowned Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas on Monday.

Gauteng’s Woo-Ju Son and Zethu Myeki will spearhead the challenge in the 35^th Ackerman Championships at Royal Cape Golf Club his weekend. Having knocked on the door in the Boland and Ekurhuleni Championships in September, Son is ready to shake the bridesmaid tag in the 54-hole championship that tees off on Saturday.

Gauteng captured the 55th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship in formidable style to end a nine-year winning drought at Centurion Country Club on Friday.

Border mounted a spirited final round assault to claim the B-Section title for a second successive year in the 55th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Centurion Country Club on Friday.

The battle for promotion may be poised on the knife’s edge, but giant killers Gauteng guaranteed their victory in the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Centurion Country Club on Thursday.

The battle for supremacy in Division 1 for the B-Section title at the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship will go down to the wire after the third round skirmish between Free State and Eastern Province ended in a deadlock and Border handed North West a 5.5 – 0.5 drubbing at Centurion Country Club on Thursday.

Gauteng A and B are in the driver’s seat at the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial after both teams won their foursome matches at Centurion Country Club on Thursday.

Gauteng reinforced their title bid in the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial with two conclusive victories against Gauteng North at a windy at Centurion Country Club on Wednesday.

Free State took advantage in the windy conditions at Centurion Country Club on Wednesday to upset B-Section defending champions Border in the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship.

Gauteng A dominated the Foursomes against Gauteng North B, winning two games and halving another to carry a 2.5 – 0.5 lead into the Singles on day two of the 55^th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial at Centurion Country Club

Gauteng and Gauteng North will go head-to-head for the 55^thSouth African Women’s Inter-Provincial title after finishing in the top draw of the A-Section Qualifier at Centurion Country Club on Tuesday.

Western Province is lining up in title defence after breaking Gauteng North’s seven-year stranglehold in the South African Women's Inter-Provincial Championship with a sublime performance at Royal Cape Golf Club last year.

Kaleigh Telfer staved off a spirited final round challenge from fellow Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu to lift her fourth title this season at the Boland Championship at Worcester Golf Club on Sunday. Telfer carded successive rounds of 68 to triumph on eight-under-par 136.

As the 2015 season enters the home straight, the battle for the top spot in the Womens Golf South Africa Senior Rankings is heating up after Kaleigh Telfer narrowed the gap on current number one Ivanna Samu on Sunday.

South Africa’s Ivanna Samu claimed a runner-up finish in the Girls Competition and finished ninth overall in the 2015 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, while compatriot Dylan Naidoo tied for 14^th in the prestigious international junior championship at Prince’s Golf Club in England on Friday.

Felix Palson from Sweden took the second round lead at the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, while top ranked Ivanna Samu battled the blustery conditions to cling to the 10 spot and fellow South African Dylan Naidoo preserved a top 20 position in Kent, England on Thursday.

South Africa’s top ranked Ivanna Samu enjoyed a top 10 finish in the first round at Prince’s Golf Club and compatriot Dylan Naidoo broke into the top 20 under the watchful eye of Duke of York Young Champions Trophy patron and co-founder, His Royal Highness Prince Andrew.

South Africa’s top ranked Ivanna Samu and Dylan Naidoo will line up against the world’s top juniors in the 15^thedition of the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, which tees off at the Prince’s Golf Club in England from 9-11 September.

South Africa’s Demi Flanagan finished fifth and fellow TuksSport Golf Academy player Ruzanne van der Walt tied for eighth in the University of St Andrews Ladies Invitational in St Andrews, Scotland this weekend.

Fresh from competing in back-to-back international championships in Sweden and Scotland, Kaleigh Telfer was untouchable as she carved out a 10 stroke victory in the Southern Cape Championship at George Golf Club on Sunday.

Gauteng’s Kaleigh Telfer will chase her second provincial title this season after taking a sublime lead in the Southern Cape Championship at George Golf Club on Saturday.
The Bryanston junior opened with a 66 and added a 67, which included a career first albatross at the par-five second, to lead on 11-under-par 133.

Sandra Nordaas from Norway ended Ivanna Samu’s dream run in the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland in the quarter-final on Thursday.
A day after Nordaas defeated fellow South African Kaleigh Telfer at the 20^th hole in the second round, the Norwegian eliminated Samu in the same manner by once again claiming victory at the second extra hole.

South Africa's Ivanna Samu will face off against Sandra Nordaas from Norway, who defeated compatriot Kaleigh Telfer in the first round when the quarter-finals of the 2015 Girl's British Open Amateur Championship gets underway.

South Africa’s top ranked junior Ivanna Samu advanced to the third round of the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland after two comprehensive victories at West Kilbride Golf Club on Wednesday.

South Africa’s Africa Kaleigh Telfer and Ivanna Samu both cleared the finishing line in the Girl’s British Amateur Championship Qualifier to reach the Match Play stage, which tees off at West Kilbride Golf Club in Scotland on Wednesday.

Kaleigh Telfer used a driver to putt her way over the last six holes at West Kilbride Golf Club to an even-par 73 to finish one stroke behind compatriot Ivanna Samu in the first round of the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship Qualifier in Scotland on Sunday.

South Africa’s Woo-Ju Son closed out a top 20 finish in the RB German Junior while compatriot Altin van der Merwe finished second in the Boys Division of the Global Junior Golf Tour event in Germany on Thursday.

South Africa’s Ivanna Samu tied for 21 in the Annika Invitational Europe, fellow Gauteng golfer Kaleigh Telfer finished joint 37^th and2014 runner-up, Ana Pelaez of Spain, claimed a three stroke victory as action wrapped up at Bro-Bålsta GolfKlubb on Thursday.

It was day of struggles, tough conditions and frustration for the four South African juniors competing in international championships in Sweden and Germany on Wednesday. Ivanna Samu traded places with compatriot Kaleigh Telfer at the Annika Invitational Europe, while Woo-Ju Son slipped and Danielle du Toit continued to battle in the RB German Junior.