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Teams for prestigious 2024 Africa events announced

15 March 2023 – Seven new caps will make their debut for South Africa in two prestigious African team events, sponsored by The R&A and hosted by the Africa Golf Confederation, in April and May. Dylan Kayne, Charl Barnard, Kesha Louw and Gia Raad have been awarded junior national colours for the All Africa Junior…
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GolfSixes League South Africa Limpopo Series supported by The Emole Group

Mopani Leopards victorious in GolfSixes League Limpopo Series

March 2024 –  The Mopani Leopards were crowned the first champions of the GolfSixes League South Africa Limpopo Series supported by The Emole Group contested at Polokwane Golf Club in March. The GolfSixes League, which is played over a six-hole layout, adopts the Texas Scramble Format and features relaxed rules aimed at welcoming novice players…
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Van der Merwe books 152nd Open berth in Africa Amateur

25 February 2024 – Altin van der Merwe held his nerve under the greatest pressure to secure the Africa Amateur Championship in a sudden-death play-off, and with it a spot in the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon later this year. The 27-year-old GolfRSA No 1 had been hoping to cap off an outstanding amateur…
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Hat trick heaven for Van Kan

24 February 2024 – Kyra van Kan’s month of love continued as she made it a hat trick of February wins with a commanding nine-stroke victory in the inaugural Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational. Watch highlights from Kyra van Kan’s final round HERE Having swept to runaway victories in the South African Stroke Play Championship and…
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Stay and Play with Southern Sun at Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa

Exciting news for golf enthusiasts! Take advantage of the stunning offer at Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa as part of the partnership between GolfRSA and Southern Sun . With this exclusive stay and play package, golfers can experience the unparalleled beauty of Arabella while enjoying top-notch accommodation and world-class golfing facilities. Take advantage of the…
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First SA Triple Crown for Van Kan

19 February 2024 – Impressive barely begins to describe the way in which Kyra van Kan secured the first women’s Triple Crown on the women’s amateur golf circuit by capturing GolfRSA’s three biggest titles within a period of just 12 months. Following wins in the 2023 South African Women’s Amateur and 2024 South African Women’s…
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Van der Merwe victorious in GolfRSA International Amateur

February 2024 – Altin van der Merwe played one of the greatest shots in the history of the SA Swing of events to capture the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship in a dramatic sudden death playoff with Dutchman Jack Ingham. With both players having finished regulation play at 12 under par over the 72-hole championship at…
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Leopard Creek prepares to host inaugural Africa Amateur Championship

14 February 2024 – The first ever playing of the Africa Amateur Championship will feature 72 of the continent’s most promising elite men’s amateur golfers when it is held at the prestigious Leopard Creek Country Club from 21-24 February. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Kruger National Park, the inaugural championship will provide a world-class…
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Graham adds to Scottish success in SA Amateur

12 February 2024 – Scotland’s Gregor Graham continued his country’s fine record in the South African Amateur Championship when he edged local favourite Jordan Burnand 4&2 in the 36-hole final at Royal Johannesburg Golf Club. The Blairgowrie player became the fifth Scot to lift the most sought-after amateur title in South Africa, emulating compatriots Michael…
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Raad, Sakota reign supreme in the SA Women’s Amateur

12 February 2024 – Golf prodigy Gia Raad put on a masterful display at magnificent Modderfontein Golf Club to walk away with the most prestigious title in South African amateur women’s golf while Paola Sakota celebrated her first national success in the Flight Division this February. In a battle of teens, 16-year-old Central Gauteng junior…
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Teen Weber claims historic Proudfoot Trophy victory

5 February 2024 – Fourteen-year-old Ben Weber made history as the youngest winner of the Proudfoot Trophy – the 36-hole stroke play qualifier for the South African Amateur Championship – since its inception in 1931 when he edged countryman Simon du Plooy and Netherlands’ Lars van der Vight by a stroke. WATCH: Weber’s historic Proudfoot…
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Double SA Amateur delight for Van Kan

6 February 2024 – Twelve months after her resounding 11 & 10 victory in the SA Women’s Amateur Championship, Kyra van Kan achieved the double with a wire-to-wire six-shot triumph in the SA Women’s Stroke Play Championship at Modderfontein Golf Club. It was a win that was just as emphatic as her match play triumph…
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Burnand seals stunning SA Stroke Play victory

1 February 2024 – Jordan Burnand fired a final-round three-under-par 67 around Mount Edgecombe’s The Woods course to claim the biggest title of his career, the South African Stroke Play Championship, by a single shot. The 23-year almost didn’t make it to the 1st tee, though, after being ill during the week leading up to…
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Van der Merwe caps breakout season with Freddie Tait Cup win

3 November 2023 – Altin van der Merwe proudly took his place alongside 2023 champion Dean Burmester during the presentation ceremony, excited to receive the prestigious Freddie Tait Cup as the Leading Amateur in the 113th Investec South African Open Championship. The 27-year-old had already wrapped up the award by Friday evening, emerging as the…
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Van der Merwe and Bennett lead Investec SA Open amateur challenge

30 November 2023 – Altin van der Merwe and Dan Bennett laid down early markers for the prestigious Freddie Tait Cup in the Investec South African Open Championship at Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate on Thursday. Van der Merwe, who ranks first on the GolfRSA Open Amateur Rankings, and Bennett, the country’s top junior,…
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Freddie Tait Cup beckons at 113th Investec SA Open

29 November 2023 – Seven of South Africa’s top amateur talents will peg it up in the Investec South African Open at Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate on Thursday. The amateur challenge includes World No-1 and reigning Amateur champion Christo Lamprecht, last year’s leading amateur Christiaan Maas, and Altin van der Merwe, Dan Bennett,…
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Lamprecht leads amateur challenge in Investec SA Open

21 November 2023 – World No 1-ranked amateur Christo Lamprecht leads a quintet of GolfRSA National Squad golfers into this year’s Investec South African Open Championship, giving the country’s top amateurs a wonderful opportunity to test themselves against some of the world’s best professionals. Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate will host the $1.5-million showpiece, jointly…
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Proteas shine in 2023 Eisenhower Trophy in Abu Dhabi

11 November 2023 – Christo Lamprecht, Christiaan Maas and Altin van der Merwe added to South Africa’s terrific sporting success with an outstanding performance in the 33rd World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi. The GolfRSA National Squad trio combined for rounds of 139, 138, 138 and 139 at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club to close…
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Burnand, Verster do SA proud in Argentina

12 November 2023 – GolfRSA National Squad pair Jordan Burnand and Ivan Verster continued South Africa’s proud record in Argentina  with a superb showing in the prestigious Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup and Argentine Amateur Championship. Despite having to wait until the second day of the tournament to start their campaign in the Copa Tailhade, the…
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Woodbridge goes back-to-back in SA Senior Champs

6 November 2023 – A year ago, Western Province senior Greg Woodbridge produced the round of his life on the final day at East London Golf Club to win the SA Senior Amateur Championship with a four-shot victory at East London Golf Club. The defending champion did it again in the Kalahari, but this time…
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Welcome to golf, T-20 style!

15 October 2023 – GolfRSA will be launching the popular GolfSixes League at golf clubs across South Africa in 2024, but the shorter, fun and fast-paced version aimed at drawing beginners to the game is already drawing a huge fan club. “So far, nearly 50 youngsters attended our activation days at Modderfontein Golf Club and…
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Records pile up for GolfRSA’s Lamprecht

12 October 2023 – Christo Lamprecht set two new benchmarks for South African amateur golf when he rose to No 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings in September and moved to the summit of the PGA Tour University Rankings in early October. The GolfRSA National Squad member became the first South African since the…
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Lions soar to the summit in premier IPT’s

11 October 2023 – What a fortnight for Central Gauteng, with the men’s team sweeping to an unchallenged victory in the SA Inter-Provincial Tournament at East London Golf Club in late September, and the women’s side following suit in the SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Tournament at Umhlali Country Club in early October. Seven years after their…
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Macnab cracks WAGR Top 20

5 October 2023 – South Africa’s leading women’s amateur Caitlyn Macnab climbed to a career-high 18th in the official World Amateur Golf Ranking at the end of September following her second individual collegiate win and first victory with the Ole Miss Women’s Golf Team. Following a stellar career on the GolfRSA amateur circuit and her…
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Welcome to the 2023 SA IPT at East London Golf Club

The warmest of welcomes to the 2023 South African Inter-Provincial in Border. We are delighted to return to East London Golf Club and very grateful to all who have contributed to prepare for this event. Thank you to you all, whether it was on the course, in the clubhouse or behind the scenes, and a big…
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GolfRSA Quartet impress in Egypt

15 September 2023 – GolfRSA National Squad quartet Johndre Ludick, Keagan Crosbie, Vuyisani Makama and Jordan Wessels made the most of the opportunity to desert golf for the first time and flew the South African flag with pride in the 2023 Egyptian Amateur in early September. Ludick and Crosbie both improved on less than perfect…
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Lamprecht soars to No 2 on WAGR

15 September 2023 – Georgia Tech standout Christo Lamprecht became South Africa’s highest ranked amateur when he soared to No 2 in the Official World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) in September. The GolfRSA National Squad member surpassed the previous mark set by Cameron Johnston and Nicol van Wyk, who both reached third in the rankings…
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East London Golf Club primed for SA IPT battles

14 September 2023 – Western Province will be targeting a third hat-trick of South African Inter-Provincial Tournament titles in the 62nd edition of GolfRSA’s premier national team event at East London Golf Club from 18-22 September. The defending champions scored their first three-peat in 1998 and achieved their second with consecutive wins from 2002 to…
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GolfRSA’s Coastal Inland Challenge heading North

30 August 2023 – Sixteen of the country’s leading Senior and Mid-Amateur golfers will be heading north this year to duel it out for team glory in the GolfRSA Coastal Inland Challenge at Highland Gate Golf and Trout Estate from 13-14 November. The two-day competition features two eight-man teams from the Coastal and Inland regions…
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“Don’t make a big deal about it,” says Broomhead

26 August 2023 – Jono Broomhead has a very simple secret behind his strong start to his rookie season on the Sunshine Tour and the four top-10s in eight tournaments that have carried him to the top of the Fortress Rookie of the Year standings. “Don’t make a big deal out of it,” said Broomhead. Standing…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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GolfRSA quartet primed for R&A Girls Amateur

11 August 2023 – GolfRSA National Squad quartet Kesha Louw, Jasmine Furstenburg, Gia Raad and Olivia Wood are primed to fly the flag for South African in the 94th edition of the prestigious R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship from 15-20 August in Yorkshire, England. While Raad has been campaigning in Britain for the last three weeks,…
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A feast of first-time winners

31 July 2023 – One of GolfRSA’s primary objectives is to promote junior golf development by providing a strong national competitive platform where our rising talents can gain experience, improve their skills and test themselves at the highest level. The recent June | July holidays were jam-packed with national events and what a treat to see…
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English Glory for GolfRSA’s Gia

Just a fortnight after her first national breakthrough in the Nomads SA Girls Championship on home soil, 16-year-old Johannesburg golfer Gia Raad celebrated her first international triumph in the 2023 English Girls’ Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. The GolfRSA National Squad member fired two eagles on her way to a final round 68 at The…
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Silver Medal the latest in long list of Lamprecht achievements

23 July 2023 – Reigning Amateur Champion Christo Lamprecht added to South Africa’s illustrious history in The Open Championship when he became the country’s first Silver Medal winner in the 151st edition on Sunday. Setting records and making history is becoming something of a habit for Lamprecht. He was just 16 years and 25 days…
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Experience of a lifetime for SA duo at Royal Liverpool

23 July 2023 – Two South Africans had the experience of a lifetime when they flew the flag for South Africa in The R&A 9 Hole Challenge Final at Royal Liverpool Golf Club ahead of the 151st Open Championship in July. Willie van der Ryst, a Chemical Engineering student at Potchefstroom University, and 71-year-old engineering…
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SA’s Lamprecht survives Open baptism of fire

21 July 2023 – After the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship, reigning Amateur champion Christo Lamprecht must have walked off the Royal Liverpool course thinking “what the heck just happened?” Co-leader on day one, then fighting for survival on day two. Talk about a baptism of fire. After dropping five shots in…
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Stunning start for GolfRSA’s Lamprecht at Hoylake

20 July 2023 – As Christo Lamprecht stood over the ball on the 18th tee on the opening day of the 151st Open Championship, his face was a canvas painted with intent, focus and a smidgen of joy. He cranked his last driver of the day, watched it run out past the 320m mark, flashed…
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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…
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GolfRSA announces power-packed 2023 Eisenhower Team

14 July 2023 – GolfRSA is delighted to announce the three amateurs who will represent South Africa in the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi in October. The South African team will feature reigning Amateur champion Christo Lamprecht, 2022 English Men’s Stroke Play champion Christiaan Maas and GolfRSA No 1 Altin van der…
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Juniors named for 2023 Reply Italian U-16 challenge

13 July 2023 – Reigning Nedbank Junior Challenge champion Bryan Newman, Roelof Craig, Johndre Ludick and Ben Weber will fly the flag for South Africa when the Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship tees off in Italy in August. The GolfRSA National Squad quartet will join a world-class field in the 16th edition of this popular…
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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…
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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…
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SA’s Lamprecht claims The Amateur Championship

25 June 2023 – Christo Lamprecht continued South Africa’s proud history in The Amateur Championship when he became the fourth winner – and third GolfRSA National Squad champion in the last six years – to lift one of the most prestigious trophies in the amateur game. The World No 6 defeated Ronan Kleu from Switzerland…
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SA pair thrilled to be heading to Royal Liverpool

26 June 2023 – Two amateur golfers from South Africa have won a trip of a lifetime to compete in The R&A 9 Hole Challenge ahead of The 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in July. Potchefstroom University student Willie van der Ryst and 71-year-old Jorge del Pozo will tee it up with 40 other…
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PLAY South Africa’s Top Courses

The Club Management Association of South Africa (CMASA) Club Foundation invites you to take part in our Annual Auction which is NOW LIVE online until the 30th of June 2023. Winners will be announced on the 1st of July 2023. ⛳ Golf at 7 of the Top 10 Courses in South Africa will be up for…
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Van Wyk takes Amateur Qualifier honours

20 June 2023 – George amateur Ben van Wyk continued the country’s proud tradition in the prestigious Amateur Championship when he became the third South African in the last six years to win the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier in England on Tuesday. Following in the footsteps of GolfRSA National Squad graduates Wilco Nienaber (2018) and…
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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…
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GolfRSA welcomes 2023 National Squad inductees

8 May 2023 – The newly-crowned Nedbank Junior Challenge champion and the reigning Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play and Nomads SA Under-15 Challenge champions are among 10 players who have been inducted into the Men’s National Squad as GolfRSA continues to identify and develop the country’s most promising amateur golfers. Joining the Class of…
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Newman takes 3rd Nedbank Junior Challenge crown

5 May 2023 – Rising star Bryan Newman again demonstrated his uncanny ability to deliver in the pressured moments when he edged South Africa’s No 2-ranked Dan Bennett to claim the 2023 Nedbank Junior Challenge with a new tournament record at Sun City in May. Adding a growing list of big tournament wins in the…
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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,…
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SA quartet selected for Indonesian challenge

30 April 2023 – GolfRSA has selected four rising stars to fly the flag for South Africa in the 2023 Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior World Championship in Indonesia at the end of May. GolfRSA National Squad pair Kyra van Kan and Lisa Coetzer will compete in the Girls Division, while South African Golf Development Board duo…
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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…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT B-SECTION: Round 3 Results and Log

South African Senior and Super Senior Inter-Provincial: B-SECTION at Elements Private Golf Reserve. ROUND 3 RESULTS AND LOGS Click HERE for individual team scoring. SENIORS Border 8.5 Northern Cape 3.5 Mpumalanga 8.5 Limpopo 3.5 North West 8 Ekurhuleni 4 SENIORS LOG 1 North West (6 points | 28 game-points) 2 Mpumalanga (5 point | 23…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT A-SECTION: Round 3 Results and Log

South African Senior and Super Senior Inter-Provincial: A-SECTION at San Lameer Country Club. ROUND 3 RESULTS AND LOGS Click HERE for individual team scoring. SENIORS RESULTS Central Gauteng 8.5 Boland 3.5 Boland 6 Eastern Province 6 Central Gauteng 7.5 Eastern Province 4.5 Western Province 12 Southern Cape 0 Free State 7 Southern Cape 5 Western…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT B-SECTION: Round 2 Results and Log

2023 South African Senior & Super Senior Inter-Provincial Tournament B-SECTION at Elements Private Golf Reserve. ROUND 2 RESULTS AND LOGS (Due to technical difficulties, there is no live scoring available) SENIORS Mpumalanga 8.5 Ekurhuleni 3.5 North West 11 Northern Cape 1 Border 10 Limpopo 2 SUPER SENIORS Eastern Province 6 Northern Cape 0 Central Gauteng…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT A-SECTION: Round 2 Results and Log

2023 South African Senior & Super Senior Inter-Provincial Tournament A-SECTION at San Lameer Country Club. ROUND 2 RESULTS AND LOGS (Due to technical difficulties, there is no live scoring available) SENIORS Eastern Province 7 KwaZulu-Natal 5 Eastern Province 8.5 Southern Cape 3.5 KwaZulu-Natal 6 – Southern Cape 6 Central Gauteng 9.5 Free State 2.5 Central…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT B-SECTION: Round 1 Results and Log

South African Senior and Super Senior Inter-Provincial B-SECTION – ROUND 1 RESULTS AND LOGS (Due to technical difficulties, there is no live scoring available) SENIORS Elements Private Golf Reserve North West 9 Limpopo 3 Ekurhuleni 8.5 Border 3.5 Mpumalanga 6 Northern Cape 6 SUPER SENIORS Elements Private Golf Reserve Central Gauteng 6 Mpumalanga 0 North…
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SA Senior & Super Senior IPT A-SECTION: Round 1 Results and Log

South African Senior and Super Senior Inter-Provincial A-SECTION – ROUND 1 RESULTS AND LOGS (Due to technical difficulties, there is no live scoring available) SENIORS San Lameer Country Club Western Province 11.5 – Gauteng North 0.5 Western Province 9 – Eastern Province 3 Eastern Province 7 – Gauteng North 5 Boland 11 – Free State…
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GolfRSA Rising Star Newman shines in Scotland

16 April 2023 – After a winning start to the 2023 local season, talented North West junior Bryan Newman tested the waters in the prestigious Scottish Boys’ Open Championship this April and came incredibly close to a breaking through on the international stage. Teeing off in the 144-strong field featuring top juniors from 13 countries…
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Potgieter prepped for Masters baptism of fire

5 April 2023 – Former champion Charl Schwartzel and 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen will carry the hopes of Mzansi on their shoulders when the 87th Masters tees off at Augusta on Thursday, but 2022 Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter – who completes the South African Triad – won’t just be there to soak up…
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Lewin reigns supreme in Nomads SA U-19 Match Play

3 April 2023 – Steenberg’s Pearce Lewin claimed his a maiden GolfRSA national junior title after triumphing over Charl Barnard in a strong showing in the Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Match Play Championship at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club. “All credit to Charl, because he played really well and barely missed a putt;” a delighted…
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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…
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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…
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Jones off to flying start in World Champs at Milnerton Golf Club

MILNERTON, 30 March 2023 – Just two days after a commanding six-shot victory in the South African Blind Open, Canadian Kiefer Jones made a dream start in his title defence in the 2023 ISPS Handa IBGA World Blind Championships at Milnerton Golf Club. The Galgary golfer underlined his top billing with a best round of…
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Historic Nomads SA Boys victory for record-breaker Bennett

30 March 2023 – Daniel Bennett shattered three South African golfing records as he marched to a wire-to-wire 21-stroke victory in the 2023 Nomads SA Boys Under 19 Stroke Play Championship at Pecanwood Golf and Country Estate on Wednesday. Thirty-six years since Mark McNulty won the Royal Swazi Sun Classic with a 72-hole tournament record…
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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…
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World’s best blind golfers set for Milnerton challenge

26 March 2023 – A bumper week awaits South Africa’s top blind golfers with the SA Blind Open and IBGA World Championship set to take place at Milnerton Golf Club this week. The world’s best will descend upon the notoriously tricky links course for what promises to be an exciting week. The 2023 South African…
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Top-ranked GolfRSA trio headed for Uganda

24 March 2023 – GolfRSA No-1 Kyra van Kan and fellow national squad members Jasmine Furstenburg and Zanè Kleynhans have been selected to represent South Africa in the All Africa Junior Team Championship in Uganda this April. The Junior Protea Girls team will line up against the top talents from other African nations in the…
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Van Kan, Gutuza and Sikhonde triumph at Sun City

23 March 2023 – GolfRSA No 1 Kyra van Kan, Sarah Gutuza and eight-year-old Milani Sikhonde had a lot to celebrate after scooping the 2023 Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl presented by Sun International titles with outstanding performances at Sun City this March. Reigning South African Amateur champion Van Kan arrived at the Lost City…
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Potgieter and Davis go wire-to-wire to win Junior Invitational

19 March 2023 – Aldrich Potgieter, the 2022 Amateur champion, and American Anna Davis, the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur winner, lived up to their billing to win the Boys and Girls Junior Invitational titles in wire-to-wire style on Saturday. The Junior Invitational invites 60 elite junior golfers from around the globe to compete at…
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Teams for prestigious 2023 Africa events announced

7 March 2023 – Two new caps are among the eight top South African talents selected to fly the flag for the country in South Africa’s title defence at two prestigious African team events coming up in April and May. Last year, SA captain Christiaan Burke, Casey Jarvis, Jono Broomhead and Jordan Duminy swept to…
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Couvra makes SA Amateur history at Mount Edgecombe

26 February 2023 – France’s Martin Couvra achieved an historic treble when the South African Amateur Championships wrapped up at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate on Friday. For a stretch of 234 holes, over nine days, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, 19-year-old Couvra was simply unstoppable, winning the 72-hole South African Stroke Play Championship, the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Class-act Couvra cruises to SA Stroke Play glory

16 February 2023 – Martin Couvra became the third Frenchman to win the South African Stroke Play Championship after he emphatically claimed the 2023 edition at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate on Thursday. A near-perfect final round of six-under-par 66 took his tournament total to a staggering 15-under-par, earning him a six-shot victory over Ireland’s…
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Clinical Couvra pulls away in SA Stroke Play

15 February 2023 – Martin Couvra fired a superb third round of 67 to put one hand on the South African Stroke Play Championship, played at Mount Edgecombe’s The Lakes course. The Frenchman, who is one of the top-ranked players in the field at 92nd on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, takes a four-stroke lead…
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Irish delight as Hill climbs to the summit

14 February 2023 – Ireland’s Joshua Hill continued to build momentum in the South African Stroke Play Championship after his second-round three-under-par 69 on Tuesday took his tournament total to seven-under, a shot clear at the summit of the leaderboard. “I’m pleased with the way I played these first two rounds,” Hill said of his…
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Scotland’s Wilson takes early lead at The Lakes

13 February 2023 – A packed international leaderboard unfolded with Scotland’s Matthew Wilson at the summit after the opening round of the South African Stroke Play Championship concluded on Monday at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate. The Scot underlined his growing status as one of Scottish Golf’s rising stars with a five-under-par 67 round that…
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Broomhead braces for SA Stroke Play title defence

10 February 2023 – Defending champion and GolfRSA No 1 Jono Broomhead will lead the country’s top amateurs when they take on a wave of international players in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate on Monday. The GolfRSA South African Swing, which draws top international golfers to the country,…
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Potgieter’s dream year continues at African Amateur

9 February 2023 – Twelve months ago, a youngster with an Afrikaans name and an Aussie twang made his first appearance in a South African national golf event when he teed it up as a last-minute entrant into GolfRSA’s African Amateur Championship Stroke Play Championship. Though Aldrich Potgieter would not go on to win, his…
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Team SA goes back-to-back at Leopard Creek

9 February 2023 – Kyle de Beer, Aldrich Potgieter, Jono Broomhead and Dan Bennett celebrated a successful title defence for Team South Africa thanks to an explosive start in the Team Competition of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club. The quartet raced to a 12-stroke lead over Scotland over the…
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Pack closes in on Potgieter at Leopard Creek

LEOPARD CREEK, 7 February 2023 – Aldrich Potgieter maintained pole position at the halfway mark of the African Amateur Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club, but the reigning British Amateur champion’s lead is a slim one. Following a second round of 69 that featured six birdies, one bogey and a double bogey at the tricky…
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Potgieter sprints to African Amateur lead

6 February 2023 – Reigning Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter showed serious restraint as he swept into the lead on a windy opening day at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek on Monday. The 18-year-old put on a superb ball-striking display to fire a five-under-par 67 and lead a jam-packed leaderboard, His closest…
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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…
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Deltel gets GolfRSA Junior Protea Team nod

26 January 2023 – Jaden Deltel will make his debut for South Africa in the GolfRSA Junior Protea team at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek early next month. The Bryanston golfer will join fellow GolfRSA National Squad members Jack Buchanan, Amilkar Bhana, as well as Keagan Crosbie in representing the country…
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SA golf celebrates Denis Hutchinson

26 January 2023 – GolfRSA National Squad & South African Golf Development Board members joined professionals from the Sunshine Tour, Sunshine Ladies Tour & PGA of South Africa to celebrate the incredible contribution of SA golfing great Denis Hutchinson has made to the game this January. The annual Denis Hutchinson Challenge was hosted once again…
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Sakota seals sensational breakthrough at ERPM

11 January 2023 – Filip Sakota captured his first under-19 title in style with a come-from-behind victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Inland event at ERPM Golf Club this January. The 19-year-old Gauteng golfer lagged six shots off the pace after a disappointing four-over-par 76 in the opening round in the morning, but…
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Newman remains on the rise in 2023

10 January 2023 – North West junior Bryan Newman continued to impress as he racked up his fourth national title in the weather-reduced Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal at Selborne Golf Club this January. Remarkably, it was yet another wire-to-wire performance that landed Newman in the winner’s circle in KwaZulu-Natal. The Pecanwood golfer capped…
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Weber goes wire-to-wire in Nomads SA U-15

10 January 2023 – East London Golf Club’s Ben Weber underlined his undoubted potential by winning the season-opening Nomads SA U-15 Championship at Robertson Golf Club. The 13-year-old led from start to finish in his three-shot victory, carding rounds of 69, 68 and 72 for a 54-hole total of seven under par. It was Weber’s…
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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…
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Lions claw their way to SA U19 IPT victory

18 December 2022 – Led by talisman Jaden Deltel, who scored a perfect 12 points for his province, Central Gauteng clinched their first South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial title since 2016 with a narrow win at Mbombela Golf Club. Central got off to a wobbly start when they went down to North West (6.5 – 5.5)…
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Elephants mow down opposition at Mbombela

18 December 2022 – Eastern Province stormed to victory in the B-Section of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament at Mbombela Golf Club, winning seven out of seven matches to secure promotion to the A-Section. To make the victory even sweeter, EP’s Jean Upman and Devon Valentine shared the Most Valuable Player award on 9.5…
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Teams named for 2023 African Amateur

CAPE TOWN, 10 December 2022 – GolfRSA National Squad members Yurav Premlall, Jack Buchanan and Amilkar Bhana, as well as Keagan Crosbie will wear the green and gold for the first time when they debut for South Africa in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the magnificent Leopard Creek in 2023. The quintet has…
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Lawrence joins the greats as Investec SA Open champion

4 December 2022 – It had everything the final round of the 112th Investec South African Open deserved. And it took everything from Thriston Lawrence to do what the greats of South African golf have done before him and add his name to one of the most sought-after trophies in the game. With a drama-filled…
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History-maker Maas lifts Freddie Tait Cup at Blair Atholl

4 December 2022 – While former double SA Amateur Thriston Lawrence celebrated a wire-to-wire victory in the 112th Investec South African Open Championship, Christiaan Maas made his own bit of history when he joined an elite group of three as the leading amateur at Blair Atholl on Sunday. The 19-year-old Pretoria golfer emulated Neville Sundelson…
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Premlall primed for Freddie Tait Cup chase at Blair Atholl

3 December 2022 – South Africa’s No-1 ranked Yurav Premlal placed himself within reach of a successful title-defence of the Freddie Tait Cup in the Investec South African Open after a third round 71 got him within reach of leading amateur Christiaan Maas on Saturday. But the 19-year-old Junior Presidents Cup player will have his…
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Masterful Maas aims for double Investec SA Open glory

2 December 2022 – Christiaan Maas laid down a serious marker for success on Friday to join the extraordinary league of amateur gentlemen who have won both the coveted Freddie Tait Cup and the world’s second oldest national Open, the Investec South African Open Championship. The 19-year-old Pretoria golfer backed up an opening round of…
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Former SA Amateur champs toe-to-toe at Investec SA Open

2 December 2022 – Kyle de Beer closed with an eagle while Christiaan Maas found one on the first hole of the opening round of the 112th Investec South African Open where their respective scores of 69 left the two leading amateurs in a 13-man tie of the 25th spot at Blair Atholl Golf and…
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Potgieter eager to get going in debut Investec SA Open

30 November 2022 – Having had a taste of The Open Championship thanks to his triumph in The Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes in June, GolfRSA National Squad member Aldrich Potgieter will be hunting more prestigious silverware in the 112th Investec SA Open this week. The 18-year-old’s debut in the Sunshine Tour…
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Silver Division winner Hermien Jones & Bronze Division winner Louise Olivier flank Sandra Winter, the 2022 South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship winner & Senior Trophy champion at Mossel Bay Golf Club

Records Galore at SA Women’s Mid-Amateur

Southern Cape golfer Sandra Winter strolled into the records books once again in the 2022 South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, Hermien Jones held her nerve to win the Silver Division & Louise Olivier went wire-to-wire to defend her Bronze Division title at Mossel Bay Golf Club in November. Winter, who turned 50 this year, has…
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2023 R&A and USGA Rules of Golf Update

23 October 2022 – The R&A and the USGA have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they continue to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules will go into effect on 1 January 2023. Download the Rules of Golf in full and use our helpful infographic to…
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Traut targets Winter’s SA Women’s Mid-Amateur record

MOSSEL BAY, 8 November 2022 – Vicki Traut will be bidding to become only the second player to win four South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship titles when she leads a stellar field into battle next week. The GolfRSA flagship event will be contested at the magnificent Mossel Bay Golf Club in the heart of the…
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2022 GolfRSA Champion of Champions at Killarney Country Club; credit Ernest Blignault

GolfRSA’s Champion of Champions crowned at Kyalami

26 October 2022 – The National Final of the GolfRSA Champion of Champions, delivered by The Courier Guy, came to an exciting conclusion at Kyalami Country Club, with the A Divisions of the men’s and women’s events needing to go to playoffs to determine the winners. The GolfRSA flagship tournament seeks to find the country’s…
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Woodbridge seals memorable SA Senior Amateur win

22 October 2022 – Western Province golfer Greg Woodbridge produced the round of his life on the final day of the South African Senior Amateur Championship to claim his first national title on the GolfRSA Senior circuit in October. The 54-year-old was confidence and poise personified as he pulled away from the chasing pack at…
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Daisies delight in SA Mid-Am IPT glory at Devonvale

20 October 2022 – While Gauteng North steamrolled their way to A-Section victory in the 2022 SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial in October with dominating performances over the final two days at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate. The Daisies hit hard and fast on day one to route Western Province and Eastern Province 8 – 4, but…
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KZN rally for SA Mid-Am IPT promotion

20 October 2022 – KwaZulu-Natal rallied for a hard-fought for B-Section victory in the 2022 South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial as the battle for supremacy went down to the wire at Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate in October. After four days of intense clashes, three teams would fight for promotion. But who wanted it more –…
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Mount Edgecombe to host GolfRSA flagship events

17 October 2022 – Mount Edgecombe Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal has been announced as the host venue for two of GolfRSA’s flagship events during the 2023 South African Swing. The South African Amateur Championships will be played across The Woods and The Lakes Courses from 19-24 February, while the men will also contest the South…
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Amateur line-up announced for 2022 Investec SA Open

16 October 2022 – South Africa’s top-five ranked amateurs on the GolfRSA Open Amateur Ranking will tee it up alongside their professional counterparts in the Investec South African Open Championship at Blair Atholl Golf Estate from 1-4 December 2022. “Led by reigning South African Amateur champion and our new No 1 Kyle de Beer, the…
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Showtime for SA Club Champions

16 October 2022 – A grand total of 84 players, featuring club champion men and women from A, B and C Divisions, as well as 12 caddie club champions, will start the quest to become the Ultimate Champions on Monday. Having qualified through the Regional Finals to tee it up in the National Final of…
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Stepping outside the ropes

15 October 2022 – After 28 years in golf administration, former Executive Director of the SAGA Bruce Younge has – almost – hung up his clipboard and spray-paint can and retired to the Southern Cape. We had a chance to chat to Younge and reflect on a long and distinguished career, where he played a…
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Daisies delight home crowd with SA Women’s IPT win

13 October 2022 – Gauteng North rallied to win their first Women’s Inter-Provincial title since 2013 when they edged defending champions Western Province in the final round of matches at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate. After a narrow 1.5 – 2.5 loss to Central Gauteng in the opening round, the Daisies routed Southern Cape…
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Brave Border clinches SA Women’s IPT promotion

13 October 2022 – Border’s Demi Flanagan, Kesha Louw, Millie Dondashe and Sanet Pieterse had a huge incentive to win the promotion battle in the 61st South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Tournament and they pulled it off with a classy performance at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate. “We won the B-Division stroke play qualifier last…
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Bennett battles back to win Cape Town Junior Open

12 October 2022 – Former Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Dan Bennett made a welcome return to the winner’s circle in the Cape Town Junior Open in October. Just a week after finishing runner up in the Ekurhuleni Open, the KwaZulu-Natal golfer went one better and claimed a one-stroke victory in the 54-hole Sunshine Tour…
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Potgieter edges Bhana for Dimension Data triumph

12 October 2022 – Reigning Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter gave himself the perfect going-away present when he captured the Dimension Data Junior Open U-19 title, beating fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Amilkar Bhana in a playoff. Potgieter returns to Australia next week play in the WA Open on the professional PGA of Australasia Tour, and…
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Weber goes wire-to-wire in George

12 November 2022 – Border’s Benjamin Weber claimed his second victory of the year when he fired two rounds of 70 to close out a three-shot win in the Dimension Data Junior Open U-15 in George. The 13-year-old, who plays out of East London Golf Club, lifted the Sun City U-15 Challenge title at the…
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Lions power to Nomads U-13 Teams victory

12 October 2022 – Central Gauteng ran away with the Nomads SA Under-13 Stroke Play Championship title, finishing a distant 27 strokes clear of runners up North West at Maccauvlei Golf Club. Although the final round was a bit of a battle, Chad Stanton, Syan Ramchander, Morne Steyn, Schalk van Ettinger, Andrew Erasmus and Matthew…
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WP doubles up with unbeaten Koro Creek feat

24 September 2022 – Western Province retained the South African Inter-Provincial title at Koro Creek Golf Club in Limpopo with yet another dominant performance in the premier national team tournament. The team from the Cape ended the week with a perfect record by defeating the old foe Central Gauteng 7.5 – 4.5 in the final…
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Premlall soars to GolfRSA summit

24 September 2022 – It’s been steady rise for GolfRSA National Squad member Yurav Premlall over the last 12 months, but the 18-year-old has finally reached the No 1 spot on the GolfRSA Open Amateur Ranking. Premlall has been one of the brightest talents on display for many years, having first garnered national attention when…
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Free State clinches cliff-hanger promotion at Koro Creek

24 September 2022 – Free State needed to win their final match and hope that KwaZulu-Natal slipped up in theirs if they had any chance of winning the South African Inter-Provincial Tournament B Section and return to the A Section for the first time since 2018. The first part may have been in their own…
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SA duo star for Internationals in Junior Presidents Cup

20 September 2022 – South Africa’s star players Yurav Premlall and Aldrich Potgieter performed admirably in the 3rd Junior Presidents Cup, accounting for an impressive four and a half points for the International Team, but it was not enough to stem the charge of the United States, who roared to victory on the back of…
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Team SA digs in for 14th continental title

10 September 2022 – GolfRSA Women’s Protea side showed their tenacity and dug in their heels to secure a 14th continental title for the African powerhouse in the All Africa Challenge Trophy this September. Trailing Tanzania and Kenya by one shot after an opening round of 149, Bobbi Brown and new caps Gabbi Venter and Bronwyn…
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SA Teams sign off with Top 20s at WATC 2022

8 September 2022 – The South African women’s and men’s teams both wrapped up their 2022 World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) campaigns with top-20 finishes in France. Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry and Bobbi Brown finished in 15th position in the 29th Espirito Santo Trophy, matching the result Macnab, Mistry and Kaleigh Telfer achieved for South…
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Van der Merwe claims top 10 in Italy

6 September 2022 – Reigning Nomads SA Boys Under-17 champion Janko van der Merwe continued South Africa’s fine record in the Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship with an eighth-place finish at Golf Club Biella Le Betulle. In the previous 14 editions of the event, South Africa had claimed the ‘Teodoro Soldati Trophy’ on three occasions,…
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Meet GolfRSA’s No 1 Junior Keagan Crosbie

9 September 2022 – Gauteng North’s Keagan Crosbie shot to the top of the GolfRSA Junior U-19 Rankings in September when he claimed his second Nomads title in a row in the Nomads North and South Championship at Pecanwood Golf & Country Club. The Centurion Country Club junior started the final round a stroke off…
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Team SA set to defend All Africa title

5 September 2022 – GolfRSA has named a powerful team to defend its All Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) title in Tanzania this week. The defending champions head to Dar Es Salaam as favourites, with GolfRSA National Squad pair Gabbi Venter and Bobbi Brown, and Bronwyn Doeg looking to secure the country’s 14th title in 15…
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The Courier Guy to deliver 2022 Champion of Champions

GolfRSA’s popular Club Champion of Champions Final returns to a familiar venue in October and delivered by the fastest-growing courier company in South Africa. With a new sponsor on board in the shape of The Courier Guy, the National Final returns to Kyalami from 16-19 October, where the country’s ultimate club champions, across multiple divisions,…
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Thompson takes on new R&A role in Africa

After 18 years of loyal service to amateur golf administration in South Africa, GolfRSA’s Manager of Golf Operations, Eden Thompson, begins a new venture in October, taking up an exciting new position with the R&A. Although Thompson’s resignation will be a major blow to GolfRSA, it is a wonderful acquisition for the Royal and Ancient…
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Triple golf finalists in 2022 Momentum gsport Awards

20 August 2022 – GolfRSA and Gabbi Venter were named finalists in the 2022 Momentum gsport Awards alongside reigning British Women’s Open champion Ashleigh Buhai this August. Venter is a finalist in the SuperSport School Star of the Year alongside four-time reigning discus champion Lesedi Khunou and footballer Cimone Sauls. GolfRSA is up against the…
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Potgieter & Premlall heading to Junior Presidents Cup

26 August 2022 – Reigning British Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter and GolfRSA No 1 Yurav Premlall will be teeing it up for the International Team in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup in the United States this September. The Presidents Cup and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) unveiled the top 10 Team Standings for the third…
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SA team named for AAGTC defence

18 August 2022 – GolfRSA No 1-ranked Jono Broomhead will lead a strong, yet relatively inexperienced team in South Africa’s title defence at the All Africa Golf Team Championship in Egypt from 27 – 30 September. The Durban Country Club golfer will be joined by Simon du Plooy from Krugersdorp Golf Club, Mooinooi’s Jordan Wessels…
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SA juniors named for Reply Italian U-16 challenge

16 August 2022 – Reigning Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Janko van der Merwe and compatriots Fabrizio de Abreu, Marno Lange and Johndre Ludick have received a tremendous opportunity to gain international experience in the upcoming Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship. The GolfRSA National Squad trio and Ludick – a member of the South African…
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Selborne soars at Ernie Els Primary School Champs

12 August 2022 – East London’s Selborne Primary soared to victory in the 2022 Ernie Els Primary Schools Championship at Oubaai Golf Club this August. With three scores to count, the team of Benjamin Weber, Blake Horsely, Thomas Lyon and Jake Weber combined for a score of 22-over-par 454 over 36 holes to win by…
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Verster conquers Friends of Engelberg, hosted by Anna

12 August 2022 – Pinnacle Point’s Ivan Verster blew the competition away with a remarkable final round of eight-under-par 64 to win the Friends of Engelberg Championship hosted by Anna by eight strokes. The Louis Oosthuizen Academy member shot rounds of 72, 67 and 64 at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate to finish at 13-under-par…
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Paul Roos dominates SA High School Champs

12 August 2022 – The youthful team from Paul Roos Gymnasium celebrated their first victory in the SA High School Championship this August, edging out the cream of high school golf in South Africa for the title at Humewood Golf Club. A total of 23 teams from 22 tertiary education institutions teed it up in…
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Buhai wins ‘life-changing’ major with AIG Women’s Open title

8 August 2022 – Ashleigh Buhai is a Major champion! The South African No 1 made par on the fourth play-off hole late on Sunday to win the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Muirfield and become just the second South African woman to win a major. And it was fitting that it took a sublime…
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International glory for GolfRSA No 1 Venter

7 August 2022 – Gabbi Venter put together two perfect rounds at the iconic Old Course to continue GolfRSA’s fine international form with a stunning double win in the St Andrews Junior Ladies Championship at St Andrews this August. The 18-year-old from Bloemfontein had risen to No 1 in the GolfRSA rankings in April and…
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Fearless Venter crowned Nomads SA Girls champion

A perfect draw. That’s the shot Gabbi Venter needed to gain the advantage on Sam Whateley at the first play-off hole. And that’s the shot she executed. So well, in fact, that the Free State junior nearly won the Nomads SA Girls Championship with an albatross. Everyone who has competed at the Gary Player Country…
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GolfRSA announces 2022 WATC Teams

28 June 2022 – GolfRSA today announced two strong teams to represent South Africa in the Eisenhower and Espirito Santo Trophies at the 2022 World Amateur Team Championships. Hosted by the French Golf Federation, the Espirito Santo Trophy (women’s championship) will be played from Wednesday 24 August to Saturday 27 August, and the Eisenhower Trophy…
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SA teenage sensation Potgieter seals Amateur glory

19 June 2022 – The 150th Open. The 87th Masters. The 123rd US Open. This is where teenage sensation Aldrich Potgieter will be heading in the year after he claimed amateur golf’s biggest prize with his dream win in the 127th Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes on Saturday. In a thrilling 36-hole…
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SA’s Broomhead takes Amateur Qualifier honours

14 June 2022 – South Africa’s Jono Broomhead claimed a second victory for the GolfRSA National Squad on their UK when he emerged as leading qualifier at The 127th Amateur Championship. Just two weeks after former SA Amateur champion lifted the Brabazon Trophy at Saunton Golf Club, the reigning South African Stroke Play champion produced…
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Golf tourism – Where to from here?

To open this golf tourism discussion, I used as my base a reflection on what has happened to the sector over the last 18 months or so. Locally golf rounds are up (an interesting phenomenon, which is being experienced globally and in all probability a bubble), so some of the local lockdown level pain, in…
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GolfRSA talent primed for Amateur Championship assault

The 127th Amateur Championship tees off today, with a total of 10 South Africans gunning for a chance to join Bobby Cole (1966) and Jovan Rebula (2018) as South African winners of the world’s most prestigious amateur golfing event. The first goal for the 288-strong field is to make it through to the match play…
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Central Gauteng simply superior in Mbombela

31 May 2022 – Sam Whateley, Kaiyuree Moodley and Central Gauteng captain Marine Legentil ended a six-year drought for the Lions in the 2022 GolfRSA 72-Hole Teams Championship at Mbombela Golf Club in May. The Central Gauteng trio was simply superior as they marched to a 19-stroke victory in the Swiss Team Trophy, combining with…
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Momentous win for Free State in Mbombela

31 May 2022 – GolfRSA’s No. 1-ranked amateur Gabbi Venter led Free State to a historic promotion in the 2022 GolfRSA 72-Hole Teams Championship in Mbombela in May. Rounds of 152, 162, 146 and 155 at Mbombela Golf Club saw the Venter, fellow national squad member Ellandri van Heerden and debutant Cheré Myburgh lift the…
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Masterful Maas lifts Brabazon Trophy

23 May 2022 – Christiaan Maas underlined his status as one of South Africa’s brightest golfing prospects when he marched to a five-shot victory in a wire-to-wire performance in England to lift the Brabazon Trophy. When the 18-year-old Pretoria golfer first set eyes on Saunton Golf Club on a walk around the Links layout with…
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May the month of success for GolfRSA Squad

23 May 2022 – May has been a month of success for former GolfRSA National Squad members on the Sunshine Tour, with graduates having racked up three consecutive victories on the local circuit. Tristen Strydom, an inaugural National Squad member in 2016, got the ball rolling with a dominating performance in the season-ending Tour Championship.…
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North West and Free State steal the show in Sishen

16 May 2022 – North West edged Northern Cape for glory in the 2022 South African Country Districts Inter-Provincial, while Free State came out tops in the promotion battle at Sishen Golf Club this May. A-SECTION Hosts Northern Cape had positioned themselves at the top of the log with 6 points, and 29 games points…
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Lions roar to victory in Challenge IPT

16 May 2022 – Central Gauteng was in fiery form as they marched to an undefeated victory in the 2022 Challenge Inter-Provincial against Gauteng North, Western Province and Ekurhuleni at Ceres Golf Club this May. The Lions announced their intent with a decisive 7.5 – 4.5 victory over Gauteng North in their opening gambit. Western…
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Investec secures the title sponsorship to both SA Opens

16 May 2022 – Investec is proud to confirm the title sponsorship of The SA Open Championship, one of the DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and the second oldest national Open in golf after The Open Championship. First played in 1903, the four-day, globally televised championship will celebrate a field of…
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Southern Cape sweeps to victory in SA Women’s Mid-Am IPT

6 May 2022 – Southern Cape swept to victory in the very first SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial in spectacular fashion at Parys Golf & Country Estate in May. The Garden Route side kicked their campaign off on a high note, making a winning start by beating KwaZulu-Natal 4 – 2, but it was Boland who…
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Ekurhuleni clinches SA Women’s Mid-Am IPT promotion

7  May 2022 – Ekurhuleni will make their debut in the A-Section in the 2023 SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial after claiming a hard-fought victory in a tightly contested promotion battle in the inaugural edition played at Parys Golf & Country Estate in May. “It went down right to the wire,” said Ekurhuleni captain Candice Wort…
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Jacobs eagles his way to Nedbank Junior title

4 May 2022 – Stefan Jacobs soared to a three-shot victory in the Nedbank Junior Challenge, thanks to two sensational front-nine eagles at the Gary Player Country Club that helped the Randpark junior hold off a charging Aldrich Potgieter. Potgieter has been on a sublime run of form over the past few months, having racked…
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Steady Steenkamp strikes Mid Am gold

3 May 2022 – Upington’s Bertie Steenkamp kept calm amidst a late surge from former two-time champion Derek Scullard to claim a wire-to-wire win in the South African Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Championship this May. The 39-year-old Upington golfer is no stranger to winning GolfRSA events, having claimed two GolfRSA Club Champion of Champions titles, but…
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Team South Africa triumph in Angola

29 April 2022 – A determined GolfRSA Protea Team scored a clean sweep in the 2022 Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament to keep South Africa’s excellent record alive in Angola. “We were really determined to step it up after being given the opportunity to play international golf for the first time since 2020,” said elated…
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New SAGA Office Bearers welcomed

26 April 2022 – Henk Smith was officially elected as the President of the South African Golf Association (SAGA) at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Sunday, 24 April. Smith took the reins as Acting President during August last year after the unexpected passing of former President…
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Second Nedbank Junior Challenge draws major interest

In the wake of the exciting news that the illustrious Nedbank Golf Challenge returns to the 2023 DP World Tour schedule, South Africa’s leading junior golfers are champing at the bit to tee it up in the second Nedbank Junior Challenge at the legendary Gary Player Country Club golf course from 2-4 May. The 78-strong…
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Celebrating the 2022 SA Senior IPT champions

12 April 2022 – The 2022 SA Senior Inter-Provincial had all the ingredients of a Hollywood blockbuster – weather issues, matches going down to the wire, victory and promotion battles perched on a knife’s edge – but in the end, Central Gauteng, Free State, Southern Cape and Ekurhuleni were crowned the victors. The first curveball…
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Seven inducted into 2022 GolfRSA National Squad

11 April 2022 – Seven new players have been welcomed into the Men’s National Squad class of 2022, as GolfRSA continues to identify and develop the country’s most promising amateur golfers. The highly successful programme was launched in 2015 through funding from businessman Johann Rupert and provides a platform for talented golfers to further develop…
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GolfRSA Junior Proteas excel in Egypt

11 April 2022 – Team South Africa achieved what they set out to do at the 2022 All Africa Junior Championship, claiming a clean sweep in a successful title defence in the Boys and Girls Sections in Egypt in March. As overwhelming favourites, the GolfRSA Junior Proteas were expected to score comfortable wins in the…
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De Abreu and Louw named for 2022 Junior Open

11 April 2022 – GolfRSA National Squad members Fabrizio de Abreu and Kesha Louw have been selected to represent South Africa in the 2022 R&A Junior Open from 11-13 July, ahead of The 150th Open at St Andrews. The R&A-backed Junior Open Championship will be held at the Monifieth Golf Links, close to the Home…
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More Nomads history for Potgieter at Royal Cape

6 April 2022 – Just days after Aldrich Potgieter rewrote the record books with a stunning 20-shot victory in the Nomads South African Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship, the rising star from Southern Cape made more history with his Match Play triumph at Royal Cape Golf Club. On yet another testing day in the Mother…
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Record-setting Potgieter impresses with Nomads SA Boys win

31 March 2022 – Aldrich Potgieter rewrote the record books with a stunning 20-shot victory in the Nomads South African Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship at Royal Cape Golf Club. Three weeks after winning the Nomads South African Junior International, the 17-year-old from Pinnacle Point put together rounds of 69, 66, 66 and 65 in…
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Newman tames Gowrie to claim Nomads U15 Champs

31 March 2022 – GolfRSA’s top-ranked Bryan Newman lived up to his billing as pre-tournament favourite when he added the Nomads Gowrie Farm SA Under-15 Challenge title to his blossoming golfing CV. Four months ago, the Pecanwood junior capped a fantastic 2021 season and celebrated his 14th birthday with a national breakthrough when he raced…
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Trio of young champions crowned at Sun City

25 March 2022 – Stephanie Barbaglia, Lea van der Merwe and Zoey Rhoda celebrated a victorious campaign in the 2022 Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl presented by Sun International at Sun City this March. Barbaglia broke through to claim a first national victory in a tightly-fought contest in the A-Division and reigning SA Women’s Stroke…
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SA quartet ready to shine at Africa Region 5

24 March 2022 – Reigning South African Stroke Play champion Jonathan Broomhead has been named to the GolfRSA Protea Team that will take up South Africa’s title defence in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Angola next month. The KwaZulu-Natal golfer will line up alongside GolfRSA National Squad players Christiaan Burke from North West,…
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GolfRSA offering 14 online Specialisation Area bursaries for golf club employees

GolfRSA and CMASA are making it possible to boost your career! We are delighted to announce that GolfRSA, in collaboration with the Club Management Association of Southern Africa, have 14 online Specialisation Area Bursaries available to employees of golf clubs in South Africa. If any of the courses listed below are of interest to you,…
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Golf RSA | Talented Juniors to defend SA pride in Egypt

Talented Juniors to defend SA pride in Egypt

10 March 2022 – Seven of South Africa’s top junior talents have been selected to fly the flag for the country in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Egypt this month. The prestigious junior team event will be contested at the Palm Hills Golf Course from 28-31 March. The winning boys team and runners-up, together…
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Golf RSA | Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl heading to Sun City

Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl heading to Sun City

1 March 2022 – GolfRSA’s Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship takes on a grand new look when it tees off at the iconic Lost City Golf Course in March as part of an exciting multi-year sponsorship deal with Sun International. The prestigious new venue represents an exciting new chapter in the development of women’s…
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Golf RSA | Nomads - what are they all about?

Nomads – what are they all about?

1 March 2022 – Nomads is one of GolfRSA’s biggest partners and is a major player when it comes to the development of golf in South Africa. So here is all you need to know about what Nomads is and does, why the organisation is so important and how you can join this wonderful club.…
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Golf RSA | Brave Broomhead seals stunning SA Stroke Play victory

Brave Broomhead seals stunning SA Stroke Play victory

24 February 2022 – Jonathan Broomhead capped an unforgettable week at Randpark Golf Club with the South African Stroke Play Championship trophy in his arms, a first international victory under the belt and the roaring applause of his peers and appreciative fans ringing in his ears. Three off the pace at the start of the…
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Golf RSA | Maas on track to make SA Stroke Play history

Maas on track to make SA Stroke Play history

23 February 2022 – Christiaan Maas not only put himself in contention to achieve the coveted SA Amateur “Double”, but the 2021 SA Amateur champion could rewrite the records books after extending his lead on moving day in the South African Stroke Play Championship. Maas lived up to his GolfRSA No 1 billing when he…
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Golf RSA | Maas rises to the top of Randpark

Maas rises to the top at Randpark

22 February 2022 – South Africa’s top ranked amateur Christiaan Maas carded a stunning 65 at the Firethorn Course on Tuesday to top a congested leaderboard at the halfway mark of the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club. His scorecard was far from tidy, with three birdies, two eagles and trio of…
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Golf RSA | Red hot Van Der Merwe blitzes to Randpark lead

Red-hot Van der Merwe blitzes to Randpark lead

21 February 2022 – Altin van der Merwe got off to a flying start in this year’s edition of the South African Stroke Play Championship, firing a flawless nine-under-par 63 opening round on the Firethorn Course at Randpark. The 24-year-old Humewood golfer hit the front in the late afternoon, edging early leader Christiaan Maas for…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis conquers Leopard Creek for African Amateur double

Jarvis conquers Leopard Creek for African Amateur double

17 February 2022 – Casey Jarvis continued his record-setting habit when he became the first back-to-back winner of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship with a four-stroke win over fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Yurav Premlall on Thursday. However, unlike the forceful style with which he reeled in the SA Amateur and SA Stroke Play…
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Golf RSA | Team South Africa triumphs in African Amateur

Team South Africa triumphs in African Amateur

16 February 2022 – Casey Jarvis, Jordan Duminy and new caps Christiaan Maas and Christiaan Burke celebrated an emphatic victory on seven under par in the Team Competition at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek on Wednesday. The Team Competition is played concurrently with the first three rounds of the stroke play…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis builds four shot barrier at Leopard Creek

Jarvis builds four-shot barrier at Leopard Creek

16 February 2022 – Casey Jarvis continued to stamp his dominance on the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship after a brilliant third round of four-under-par 68 that saw him race clear of chasing pack with 18 holes to play at Leopard Creek Golf Club on Wednesday. The defending champion began the day on nine under…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis jumps to the front at Leopard Creek

Jarvis jumps to the front at Leopard Creek

15 February 2022 – It took him a few years to work out that patience pays at Leopard Creek, and that’s the recipe for success Casey Jarvis applied to step up his title defence in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship in Tuesday’s second round. The GolfRSA National Squad member fired nine birdies, including four…
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Golf RSA | Due top jammed leaderboard at Leopard Creek

Duo top jammed leaderboard at Leopard Creek

14 February 2022 – South Africa’s Yurav Premlall and Zach Chegwidden from England topped a packed leaderboard as action wrapped up in the opening round of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek on Monday. On a blistering hot Valentine’s day at the championship layout bordering the Kruger National Park, the duo shot…
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Golf RSA | De Beer, Legentil and Smit crowned SA champs

De Beer, Legentil and Smit crowned SA champs

12 February 2022 – Qheberha’s Kyle de Beer survived a late fightback from Scotland’s Rory Franssen, surprise package Marine Legentil continued her giant-slaying ways and Liezl Smit edged her daughter Anika for the Flight title as GolfRSA celebrated three new South African Amateur champions at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. Men’s Final De Beer,…
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Golf RSA | New SA Amateur champions ready to be crowned

New SA Amateur champions ready to be crowned

10 February 2022 – The final round of the 120th South African Amateur Championships on Friday will come down to a battle of the ‘oldies’, two best friends and a historic first mother-and-daughter clash at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. In the 36-hole finals that will determine the winners of the country’s most prestigious…
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Golf RSA | Big names topple, but top seeds hold at SA Amateurs

Big names topple, but top seeds hold at SA Amateurs

9 February 2022 – While the top seeds on both the men’s and women’s side advanced in the 120th SA Amateur Championships, there were a number of big-name casualties as the flagship events whittled down to their last eight players on Wednesday. Women’s Stroke Play winner Kiera Floyd continued her march towards the double when…
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Golf RSA | Fearless Floyd claims SA Women's Stroke Play title

Fearless Floyd claims SA Women’s Stroke Play title

JOHANNESBURG, 8 February 2022 – Kiera Floyd broke through for the biggest win of her young career when she won the South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship by five strokes at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Tuesday. The 17-year-old Serengeti golfer has long been considered one of the country’s brightest talents, with her…
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Golf RSA | Early upsets as SA Amateur gets underway

Early upsets as SA Amateur gets underway

8 February 2022 – Some top contenders fell in the marathon first round of the 120th South African Amateur Championship, but the biggest upset on the day was most certainly caused by Mother Nature. Following two lengthy delays due to dangerous weather conditions, four matches were incomplete after play was called, and the eight hopefuls…
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Golf RSA | Memorable Proudfoot Trophy victory or Mckain

Memorable Proudfoot Trophy victory for Mckain

7 February 2022 – Reece Mckain completed a wire-to–wire win in the Proudfoot Trophy at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington’s East Course on Monday, leading the pack of 64 qualifiers into the match play stage of the 120th South African Amateur Championship. Playing on his home course, the 22-year-old BSI Golf member followed up his superb…
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Golf RSA | Kiera Floyd | Floyd ready to soar to new heights

Floyd ready to soar to new heights

7 February 2022 – Inspired by her former provincial teammate Nadia van der Westhuizen’s maiden Sunshine Ladies Tour win, Ekurhuleni teenager Kiera Floyd will be gunning for the South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship title in Tuesday’s final round at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. Floyd fired a second consecutive round of 71, this…
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Golf RSA | RJK's Mckain on song in SA Amateur qualifier

RJK’s Mckain on song in SA Amateur qualifier

6 February 2022 – Local knowledge & a spurt of confidence after a strong Q-School campaign served Reece Mckain well as he grabbed the outright lead in the first round of the 36-hole Proudfoot Trophy at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Sunday. The Balderstone Sports Institute golfer is a member at Royal and…
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Golf RSA | Kyra van Kan | Trio set early SA Women's Stroke Play pace

Trio set early SA Women’s Stroke Play pace

6 February 2022 – Kyra van Kan is looking to draw on her good experiences at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, as the 16-year-old makes a tilt for the South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship title. The Glendower junior opened her account in the 54-hole event with a solid round of 1-under-par 71 that…
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Golf RSA | Golf RSA National Women's Squad for 2022

GolfRSA National Women’s Squad for 2022 unveiled

21 January 2022 – GolfRSA has named the GolfRSA Women’s National Squad for 2022, with 10 new faces joining the group of South Africa’s most promising open amateur and junior golfers. “We are excited to welcome the 10 new members that have earned the opportunity to benefit from the GolfRSA National Squad system,” said Womens…
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Golf RSA | Teams named for African Amateur

Teams named for African Amateur

21 January 2022 – GolfRSA National Squad members Christiaan Burke and Daniel Bennett, as well as Pascal Gunther, Hannes Strooh and Joshua Koekemoer will make their debut for South Africa in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the magnificent Leopard Creek next month. The quintet has been named to the GolfRSA Senior and Junior…
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Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Samantha Whateley

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Samantha Whateley

13 January 2022 – Samantha Whateley trended towards a third provincial win throughout 2021 and the moment finally arrived when she defended her KZNLGA Nomads Junior Girls Championship title in December. Not only did her staggering 12-shot victory in the season-ending event at Umhlali Country Club cap a brilliant season for the GolfRSA National Squad…
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Golf RSA | Just rewards for Joshua

Just rewards for Joshua

13 January 2022 – Joshua Koekemoer got the win he has been trending towards for the past two seasons when he wrapped up the Nomads Inland Order of Merit event at Benoni Country Club in fine style. The Silver Lakes junior, now ranked fourth in the South African Under-19 rankings, powered to a four-shot victory…
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Golf RSA | Deltel pips Gunther for Selborne success

Deltel pips Gunther for Selborne success

13 January 2022 – GolfRSA National Squad member Jaden Deltel captured his first under-19 title when he defeated Pascal Gunther in a play-off to win the Papwa Sewgolum Cup in association with Nomads at Selborne Golf Club this January. The 17-year-old Gauteng junior fired a final round 70 to set the clubhouse target at three-under-par…
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Golf RSA | The Dian Kruger effect

The Dian Kruger effect

13 January 2022 – Centurion Country Club’s Dian Kruger jumped up to No 1 in the Under-15 rankings when he won his maiden national title, the Nomads SA Under-15 Championship, in wire-to-wire fashion at Benoni Lake Golf Club this January. The 14-year-old, who had announced himself on the scene with a tie-fourth finish in December’s…
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Golf RSA | Looking back at 2021

Looking back at 2021

First and foremost, I’d like to wish you and your families a blessed and peaceful Festive Season. Covid-19 has made this a difficult year for many, and I’d like to offer my sincere condolences to anyone who has lost friends or family to the virus. With another wave upon us, I urge everyone to take…
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Golf RSA | Juniors complete majestic IPT sweep for WP

Juniors complete majestic IPT sweep for WP

23 December 2021 – Western Province’s Juniors won six out of six matches to take the honours at the SA Under-19 Inter-Provincial on Wednesday, planting a huge exclamation mark behind an extraordinary 2021 season for the union in national team events. “What a way to cap off a remarkable year for Western Province Golf,” said…
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Golf RSA | Brave Boland bags promotion at the SA U-19 IPT

Brave Boland bags promotion at the SA U-19 IPT

23 December 2021 – Boland bounced back into the top draw after showing immense character to lift the B-Section title in the SA Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament at Kimberley Golf Club. Trailing Northern Cape by one point going into the final day and with the threat of another weather-suspension, the eight-man side dug deep to defeat…
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Golf RSA | Bryan Newman | Newman caps 2021 at no 1 with maiden win

Newman caps 2021 at No 1 with maiden win

22 December 2021 – Bryan Newman confirmed his status as the No 1-ranked U-15 golfer in the country when he completed a six-shot victory in the Joburg Under-15 Junior at Glenvista Country Club in December. Just a few days ahead of his 14th birthday, the Pecanwood junior fired rounds of 70 and 72 to claim…
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Golf RSA | Coastals clinch epic first win at St Francis

Coastals clinch epic first win at St Francis

6 December 2021 – The Inland Team evoked memories of the 1999 “Battle of Brookline” and the 2012’s “Miracle at Medinah” with a dramatic comeback on Singles Sunday, but the resolute Coastal Team prevailed for a narrow 13 – 11 victory to lift the inaugural Coastal Inland Challenge title at the magnificent St Francis Links.…
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Golf RSA | Premlall prevails to lift the Freddie Tait Cup

Premlall prevails to lift the Freddie Tait Cup

6 December 2021 – Yurav Premlall dreamt of winning the Freddie Tait Cup long before he made South African Open Championship history, and on Sunday 5 December at Sun City, the GolfRSA National Squad member achieved his goal. In 2018, the Glendower amateur made international headlines when – at the age of 15 years and…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Delight for Daniel | Daniel Van Tonder

SA Open Delight for Daniel

5 December 2021 – He spends a lot of time appearing emotionless, but Daniel van Tonder pumped his fist in delight on Sunday as he sank a 25-footer for birdie on the final hole of the South African Open Championship to snatch a one-stroke victory. With Oliver Bekker chipping in three times in the final…
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Traut makes it a record hat-trick at Highland Gate

17 November 2021 – Vicki Traut became the first hat-trick winner of the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship when she successfully wrapped up her third title at Highland Gate Golf & Trout Estate on Friday. Traut slept on a comfortable cushion after earlier rounds of 80 and 75, leading 2018 champion Liezl Smit by five shots…
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Golf RSA | Top-ranked amateur Vorster joins pro ranks

Top-ranked amateur Vorster joins pro ranks

17 November 17 – South Africa’s top-ranked amateur Martin Vorster has turned professional and will play his first tournament in the paid ranks when he tees it up in the Joburg Open at Randpark Golf Club on Thursday November 25. Vorster, the reigning South African Stroke Play champion, is currently ranked 40th in the World…
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Golf RSA | Floyd and Steenkamp crowned the ultimate club champions

Floyd and Steenkamp crowned the ultimate club champions

9 November 2021 – South Africa’s No 2-ranked Kiera Floyd stormed to a sensational victory in the GolfRSA Champion of Champions tournament at Kyalami Country Club, while 2017 champion Bertie Steenkamp held his nerve to claim a second title in the Men’s A Division. Floyd, who reeled in three provincial victories since August, followed up…
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Golf RSA | Team SA seals top 10 in The Spirit USA

Team SA seals top 10 in The Spirit USA

8 November 2021 – Christo Lamprecht and Kieron van Wyk beat 19 countries for the lowest round on the final day of the 2021 Spirit International Amateur Championship, boosting Team South Africa to an eighth-place finish in Texas. Lamprecht and Van Wyk, together with fellow GolfRSA National Squad members Caitlyn Macnab and Kaylah Williams, flew the…
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Golf RSA | Fantastic Five set for SA Open

Fantastic Five set for SA Open

5 November 2021 – South Africa’s top-five ranked amateur golfers have been extended an invitation to play in the South African Open Championship at the Gary Player Country Club from 2-5 December, an event co-sanctioned by the European and Sunshine Tours. The quintet, headed by reigning SA Amateur champion and current SA No 1 Christiaan…
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Golf RSA | Teams revealed for inaugural GolfRSA Coastal vs Inland Challenge

Teams revealed for inaugural GolfRSA Coastal vs Inland Challenge

2 November 2021 – Excitement is building for the inaugural GolfRSA Coastal vs Inland Challenge with the announcement of the two teams that will go head-to-head in the Eastern Cape next month. Adopting a Ryder Cup-style format, the two teams – comprising the top four available Mid-Amateur and Senior golfers from each region – will…
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Golf RSA | Lyall McNeill | Lyall the Lionheart seals dream victory at Glendower

Lyall the Lionheart seals dream victory at Glendower

22 October 2021 – Lyall McNeill carded the low round of the day to win the 2021 South African Senior Amateur Championship on debut at Glendower Golf Club on Friday. The KwaZulu-Natal golfer posted a closing two-under-par 70 to finish at level for the tournament. He was pushed all the way by American Tom Sweigart,…
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Golf RSA | Graeme Watson | Watson hunting sweet double at Glendower

Watson hunting sweet double at Glendower

21 October 2021 – Former SA Mid-Amateur champion Graeme Watson will vie for the unique double after a classy second round performance moved the Ebotse senior within striking distance of the SA Senior Amateur Championship leaders on Thursday. KwaZulu-Natal’s Lyall McNeill and Tom Sweigart from Qatar mastered the tougher conditions at Glendower Golf Club on…
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Golf RSA | Neil Homann | Homies lays marker for unique SA Amateur Triple

Homies lays marker for unique SA Amateur Triple

20 October 2021 – Neil Homann put his bid for a unique South African amateur triple into motion when he raced into the lead of the SA Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday. The 51-year-old Bryanston golfer fired a two-under-par 70 in the opening round at Glendower Golf Club and was the only player in the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA names strong quartet for Spirit International

GolfRSA names strong quartet for Spirit International

19 October 2021 – GolfRSA has named a powerful team to compete in the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas, USA from 4-6 November. GolfRSA National Squad members Christo Lamprecht, Kieron van Wyk, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaylah Williams have been tasked to try and improve on South Africa’s combined…
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Golf RSA | Robin Singh | Singh & Moorgas double up in Canon PE Disabled Open

Singh & Moorgas double up in Canon PE Disabled Open

19 October 2021 – The Canon Port Elizabeth Disabled Open saw two players – Robin Singh and Craig Moorgas – earn their second victories of the Canon Open Series while Deaf golfer Charles Williams’ persistence paid dividends with a maiden victory in the series and Usher Manel illustrated what a fantastic grassroots structure the First…
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Golf RSA | Western Province finish on top in SA Mid-Am IPT

Western Province finish on top in SA Mid-Am IPT

15 October 2021 – Western Province added yet another Inter-Provincial title to their collection this year when the Mid-Amateur team took the honours at Elements Private Golf Reserve. The Union has achieved unprecedented success in the IPTs in 2021, with victories in the Men’s and Women’s premier events, as well as the Senior and Super…
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Golf RSA | North West nails promotion at Elements

North West nails promotion at Elements

15 October 2021 – North West had only one hurdle left to cross on the final day and they did so in style, sweeping to an undefeated victory in the B-Section in the ninth South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship at Elements Private Golf Reserve. Over five days of intense battles, superb shot-making and pressure putts,…
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Golf RSA | EP, North West and Northern Cape go big at Elements

EP, North West and Northern Cape go big at Elements

14 October 2021 – Eastern Province delivered a commanding performance, North West cemented promotion and Northern Cape celebrated double success in the penultimate round of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve on Thursday. A-SECTION Western Province effectively has two hands on the trophy, but Eastern Province are also smiling after dishing out…
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Golf RSA | Big guns make noise at Elements

Big guns make noise at Elements

13 October 2021 – The battle for victory intensified on Wednesday as four teams made some major moves in the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION Log leaders Western Province furthered their bid for glory with another dominant performance, while defending champions Gauteng North also scored big on day four. The 2016…
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Golf RSA | Free State, Limpopo in fiery form at SA Mid-Am IPT

Free State, Limpopo in fiery form at SA Mid-Am IPT

12 October 2021 – A good day for Western Province and a great day for Free State, while Limpopo banked some vital points in the promotion battle on day two of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION After a win and a loss in the opening round, Free State renewed their…
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Golf RSA | Quartet of teams sound an early warning at Elements

Quartet of teams sound an early warning at Elements

11 October 2021 – Western Province and Central Gauteng sounded an early warning on the opening day of the 2021 SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament, while North West and Mpumalanga dominated the promotion battle from the get-go at Elements Private Golf Reserve. A-SECTION Western Province and Central Gauteng both came through the first round matches unscathed,…
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Golf RSA | Western Province conquers at Rondebosch

Western Province conquers at Rondebosch

9 October 2021 – The 2021 SA Women’s Inter-Provincial ended in jubilation for Western Province, who celebrated a return to the winner’s circle with an unbeaten campaign at Rondebosch Golf Club on Friday. The 2017 champions bellowed their intention on the opening day of the tournament with a commanding nine-stroke victory in the Seeding Round.…
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Golf RSA | Eastern Province nails SA Women’s IPT promotion

Eastern Province nails SA Women’s IPT promotion

9 October 2021 – Eastern Province emerged victorious in the battle for supremacy to secure the coveted promotion in the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial after an epic scuffle on the final day at Rondebosch Golf Club. Border looked locked in to win the B-Section, having claimed the top spot with an eight-stroke victory in the…
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Golf RSA | Bennett claims unique double in St Francis

Bennett claims unique double in St Francis

9 October 2021 – KwaZulu-Natal’s Dan Bennett made his much-anticipated tournament breakthrough when he won the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship and Dimension Data U-19 Junior Open in St Francis. Bennett was inducted into GolfRSA National Squad earlier this year after playing only a handful of tournaments since his family moved back to South Africa…
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Golf RSA | Zara Le Keur | All to play for in final round of SA Women's IPT

All to play for in final round of SA Women’s IPT

7 October 2021 – Three teams still have a realistic chance of lifting the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial title at Rondebosch Golf Club, as the final round of competition looms on Friday. A-SECTION Western Province are in pole position to claim the win on home soil after they edged defending champions Ekurhuleni in a tightly…
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Golf RSA | Emotional win for Ekurhuleni in U13 Champs

Emotional win for Ekurhuleni in U13 Champs

7 October 2021 – Ekurhuleni held on for a popular home win in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship, edging Border by seven strokes at ERPM Golf Club. Team manager Helgaard Coetzee dedicated the victory to late South African Golf Association president Martin Saaiman, who passed away in August. “Martin was a former president of the…
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Golf RSA | Kyra van Kan | Ekurhuleni, Province battle on the cards at Rondebosch

Ekurhuleni, Province battle on the cards at Rondebosch

6 October 2021 – Ekurhuleni barely kept their bid for a hat-trick alive as Western Province flexed their muscles with a convincing victory in the first round of the A1 Division of the 60th Women’s Inter-Provincial Tournament, held at Rondebosch Golf Club in Cape Town. A-SECTION Having won the seeding event by nine strokes, Province…
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Golf RSA | Cubitt double it with Tshwane Junior open win

Cubitt doubles it with Tshwane Junior Open win

Jack Cubitt won his second GolfRSA tournament of the year when he held on for a two-stroke win over SA No 1-ranked amateur Christiaan Maas and Nico Booysens in the Tshwane Junior Open at Silver Lakes Country Club. What should have been a comfortable to march to victory ended up being a lot closer than…
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Golf RSA | Isabella van Rooyen | Western Province border lay early markers at SA Women's IPT

Western Province, Border lay early markers at SA Women’s IPT

5 October 2021 – Western Province made a strong case for a home victory with a dominant start in Tuesday’s seeding round at the 60th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship in Cape Town. The 2017 champions carded level-par 144 in the morning foursomes to open up a slender two-shot lead over Gauteng, but really showed off…
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Golf RSA | Craig Jacobs | SAGDB's Jacobs goes low for Cape Town Junior Open title

SAGDB’s Jacobs goes low for Cape Town Junior Open title

4 October 2021 – A stunning final round of 65 saw South African Golf Development Board member Craig Jacobs close out his maiden national title with a one-stroke win in the Cape Town Junior Open. The 17-year-old Atlantic Beach Links golfer was well back of first-round leader Johan Bredenkamp, who opened with a 65, when…
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Golf RSA | Bobbi Brown | Class act Brown clinches Nomads SA Girls glory

Class act Brown clinches Nomads SA Girls glory

18 September 2021 – Bobbi Brown’s breakout season continued as she held her nerve to clinch her first national title this September. The 17-year-old Steenberg golfer celebrated her first provincial success in the Western Province Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship in April. A few weeks later, she underlined her growing stature with a third-place finish…
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Golf RSA | WP celebrates long-awaited return to SA IPT wnner's circle

WP celebrates long-awaited return to SA IPT winner’s circle

17 September 2021 – Western Province was in ascendancy again in the 60th SA Inter-Provincial Tournament after mowing down Gauteng North in a pressure packed final round to lift the A-Section title at San Lameer Country Club. Not many outside the Western Province camp believed two bankers and six rookies could pull it off, but…
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Golf RSA | Eastern Province tames the wind to earn promotion

Eastern Province tames the wind to earn promotion

17 September 2021 – Eastern Province will make a return to the A-Section of the SA Inter-Provincial Tournament for the first time in seven years after the young team romped to victory in the B-Section of the 60th edition at San Lameer Country Club. Led by 24-year-old captain Altin van der Merwe, the Eastern Province…
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Golf RSA | Maas eager to make amends as SA Open returns to Sun City

Maas eager to make amends as SA Open returns to Sun City

17 September 2021 – Reigning South African Amateur champion Christiaan Maas will tee it up as one of a group of talented amateurs in this year’s South African Open Championship at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City from 2-5 December. Closer to the tournament, GolfRSA will select four other amateurs, based on ranking, to…
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Golf RSA | SA IPT showdowns in the offing at San Lameer

SA IPT showdowns in the offing at San Lameer

16 September 2021 – The battle for glory in the 60th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament is going down to the wire with several teams in the title fight and the battle for promotion after four days of action at San Lameer Country Club. A-SECTION With severe weather was forecast for round four, the singles and…
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Golf RSA | Andrew Georgiou | Epic battles loom at San Lameer

Epic battles loom at San Lameer

15 September 2021 – Some epic battles are on the cards as teams will attempt to bank the maximum number of points in the morning session on day four at the 60th South African Inter-Provincial at San Lameer. “With severe weather predicted for Thursday, we took a decision to switch the format to singles in…
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Golf RSA | Karl Ochse | Four teams lead the charge at San Lameer

Four teams lead the charge at San Lameer

14 September 2021 – Western Province and North West share pole position after two days of A-Section action at San Lameer Country Club, while Boland and Eastern Province continued their rampage in the B-Section battle for promotion at the 60th SA Inter-Provincial Tournament. A-SECTION Western Province and North West both closed 8 – 4 victories…
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Golf RSA | Hannes Strooh & Amilkar Bhana | Early markers laid in SA IPT at San Lameer

Early markers laid in SA IPT at San Lameer

13 September 2021 – Central Gauteng began their bid for a record 30th title in the South African Inter-Provincial Tournament with a strong performance on day one, while local heroes KwaZulu-Natal made a big stand in the promotion battle at San Lameer Country Club on Monday. A-SECTION Central Gauteng came out firing in the foursomes…
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Golf RSA | Cape Town golfers: Sign up for GolfRSA's Level 2 Rules course

Cape Town golfers: Sign up for GolfRSA’s Level 2 Rules course

GolfRSA is once again facilitating a series of two-day R&A Level 2 Rules Seminars in order to educate and certify (Level 2) those involved in golf administration. The seminars will take place across the country, are open to the public and conclude with Rules Level 2 examinations. It is important that all golfers, golf administrators,…
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Golf RSA | Isabella Van Rooyen | Van Rooyen hunting more Nomads success

Van Rooyen hunting more Nomads success

10 September 2021 – All eyes will be on Isabella van Rooyen as she hopes to continue her purple patch with a winning performance in the 2021 Nomads SA Girls Championship at Magalies Park Country Club this weekend. The GolfRSA B-Squad member has been in devastating form since her first national triumph in April. Resisting…
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Golf RSA | Battle ready teams primed for SA IPT at San Lameer

Battle-ready teams primed for SA IPT at San Lameer

10 September 2021 – Ekurhuleni is primed to start the 2021 South African Inter-Provincial Championship at San Lameer Country Club after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed pause on their title defence for two years. Groomed for success by late Ekurhuleni and South African Golf Association President Martin Saaiman since 2012, the youthful Roses fulfilled their destiny…
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Golf RSA | Jabu Price Moore | Price Moor targets top 10 in Canon Disabled series

Price-Moor targets top 10 in Canon Disabled series

22 August 2021 – Jabu Price-Moor might be starting the Canon Kwazulu-Natal Disabled Open on Monday slightly ‘undercooked’, but the KwaZulu-Natal rising star is nonetheless is targeting a top-10 finish at Mount Edgecombe’s The Woods course. After being in a car accident as an infant, Price-Moor was placed in a full-body cast. Unfortunately Jabu spent…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA salutes late SAGA President Martin Saaiman

GolfRSA salutes late SAGA President Martin Saaiman

19 August 2021 – GolfRSA extends heartfelt condolences to Marti and the family and friends of the late South African Golf Association President Martin Saaiman, following his unexpected passing last night. “Martin was an enormous servant of the game, and he impacted many lives in his golf journey over the last 30 years,” said GolfRSA…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA launches exciting Coastal/Inland Challenge

GolfRSA launches exciting Coastal/Inland Challenge

5 August 2021 – GolfRSA has announced an exciting new team tournament for Mid-Amateur and Senior golfers. The GolfRSA Coastal/Inland Challenge comprises two teams of eight players, each made up of the region’s top four Mid-Amateur and Senior golfers, and will be played at St Francis Links from 2 – 5 December. Adopting a Ryder Cup-style…
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Golf RSA | Vorster takes aim at US Amateur

Vorster takes aim at US Amateur

5 August 2021 – Reigning South African Stroke Play Champion Martin Vorster is the lone South African challenger in this year’s US Amateur Championship, being played at the iconic Oakmont Country Club from 9 – 15 August. Based on his position within the top 50 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Vorster received an automatic…
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Golf RSA | Resuming the search for the Ultimate Club Champion

Resuming the search for the Ultimate Club Champion

5 August – GolfRSA welcomes the return of its Club Champion of Champions event, giving players from all divisions from across the country the chance to become the ultimate club champion of South Africa. With most clubs having already completed their club championships, regional finals are underway and three sets of players have already secured their…
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Golf RSA | Wire to wire win for dominant Burke at Modderfontein

Wire-to-wire win for dominant Burke at Modderfontein

4 August 2021 – Christiaan Burke took his second title in as many weeks on the Big Easy IGT Challenge Tour when he claimed the Chase to the Sunshine Tour #30 at Modderfontein Golf Club on Wednesday by four strokes with a 54-hole total of 10-under-par. The North West amateur, who led from start to…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA celebrates three Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2021

GolfRSA celebrates three Momentum gsport Awards finalists in 2021

3 August 2021 – South Africa’s No 1-ranked Caitlyn Macnab, media manager Lali Stander and the federation itself made it a hat trick of finalists for GolfRSA in the 16th Momentum gsport Awards. The Momentum gSport Awards is Africa’s longest running women’s sport recognition awards and is endorsed by the Department of Sport, Arts and…
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Team South Storm To Provincial Challenge Victory

2 August 2021 – Team South stormed to victory in the SADGA Provincial Challenge after completing a 17-6 win over Team North at Uitenhage Golf Club. After the first day’s play which saw the teams tied on 2.5-2.5, Team South played exceptional golf on day 2. Of the eight points available via alternate-shot and better-ball,…
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Golf RSA | Bezuidenhout leads Team SA’s Olympic finish

Bezuidenhout leads Team SA’s Olympic finish

1 August 2021 – Team South Africa’s Olympic Golf challenge ended with Christiaan Bezuidenhout finishing tied 16th and Garrick Higgo tied 53rd at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo on Sunday. Bezuidenhout, who battled all week to read the greens – his usually deadly putting suffered as a result – saved his best for last…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Burke blossoms in 2021

GolfRSA’s Burke blossoms in 2021

5 July 2021 – GolfRSA National Squad member Christiaan Burke created quite the international stir on social media when his scorecard from a medal competition at Potchefstroom Country Club last Sunday went viral. The 20-year-old had eagled one par-4 and three par-5s and fired eight birdies to cruise to victory with a blemish-free 16-under-par 56.…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA announces nationwide Training Program

GolfRSA announces nationwide Training Program

5 July 2021 – GolfRSA is excited to announce the nationwide launch of our GolfRSA Training Program. “We are really excited to launch the nationwide training program, supported by funding from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, and powered by The Club Management Association of Southern Africa (CMASA),” said GolfRSA Chief Executive Officer Grant…
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Golf RSA | Buhai joins Higgo and Bez at 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Buhai joins Higgo and Bez at 2021 Tokyo Olympics

3 July 2021 – South Africa’s top-ranked player Ashleigh Buhai will be representing South Africa in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after she qualified 33rd on the International Golf Federation list. Buhai will join the two South African men in the golf competition, Garrick Higgo and Christiaan Bezuidenhout, also named by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee on Saturday.…
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Golf RSA | Statement from GolfRSA: Adjusted Alert Level status update

Statement from GolfRSA: Adjusted Alert Level 4 status update

28 June 2021 – Further to the Regulations of the Disaster Management Act in respect of the Adjusted Alert Level 4, as gazetted on Sunday, 27 June 2021, we would like to address the contents thereof as it pertains to golf and to reiterate our confidence in the GolfRSA Risk Mitigation Guidelines in place for…
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Golf RSA | Higgo, Bezuidenhout qualify for Tokyo Games

Higgo, Bezuidenhout qualify for Tokyo Games

23 June 2021 – The International Golf Federation on Tuesday announced the qualifiers for the men’s competition for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and South Africa’s representatives are Garrick Higgo and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. The top 15 players qualified, with a limit of four golfers per country that can qualify this way. The United States is…
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Golf RSA | Looking back at the SA's US Open champions

Looking back at the SA’s US Open champions

17 June 2021 – The 121st U.S. Open tees off today at on the formidable South Course at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California with eight South African hopefuls in the field. Only three South Africans – Gary Player, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen – have captured the US Open title 1965: Gary Player at…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA's Rebula heads to US Forme Tour

GolfRSA’s Rebula heads to US Forme Tour

17 June 2021 – Look out for GolfRSA National Squad member Jovan Rebula making his pro debut on the new PGA Tour’s Forme Tour this June. At the completion of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship Stroke Play competition at the end of May, 15 collegiate golfers punched their tickets to professional golf…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA mourns the passing of Vice-Chairman Jabu Mabuza

GolfRSA mourns the passing of Vice-Chairman Jabu Mabuza

17 June 2021 – We were saddened to learn last night that our GolfRSA Vice-Chairman of the Board, Jabu Mabuza, has passed. “A charismatic gentleman who exuded kindness & integrity, Jabu was a treasured supporter of GolfRSA & golf at all levels in South Africa,” said GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn. “Jabu was a gentle man…
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Golf RSA | Higgo breaks into top 40 in world rankings

Higgo breaks into top 40 in world rankings

17 June 2021 – With the final date for Olympic qualifying on June 21, Garrick Higgo’s ascension to 39th on the Official World Golf Ranking means he has become a probable pick for South Africa to take part in the Games which are set to start on July 23. The GolfRSA National Squad graduate’s climb on…
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Golf RSA | Higgo headlines next wave of international talent

Higgo headlines next wave of international talent

Trevor Immelman instantly noticed the maturity and calm attitude. In his role as International captain in the Junior Presidents Cup of 2017, the former Masters winner had a youngster by the name of Garrick Higgo in his squad, a fellow South African, who stood out from his teammates away from the golf course more so…
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Golf RSA | Nienaber is a glimpse into golf's future

Nienaber is a glimpse into golf’s future

Well before thunder and lightning rolled through the Lowcountry and suspended play for a bit late in Friday’s second round of the Palmetto Championship at Congaree, Wilco Nienaber was delivering his own violent turbulence. The 21-year-old GolfRSA National Squad graduate has turned plenty of heads this week in his PGA Tour debut with eye-shocking power.…
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Golf RSA | SA’s top amateur Macnab comes of age in France

SA’s top amateur Macnab comes of age in France

8 June 2021 – Even after her brilliant run on the Sunshine Ladies Tour, there were still some who questioned Caitlyn Macnab’s ability beyond South African borders. The country’s leading amateur silenced those critics with a top 20 finish in France this past weekend. In her five starts on Africa’s premier women’s professional circuit, Macnab…
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Golf RSA | Momentous wins for Western Province and Border at Kingswood

Momentous wins for Western Province and Border at Kingswood

7 June 2021 – Kaylah Williams, Isabella van Rooyen and Bobbi Brown ended an 18-year winning drought for Western Province, while Border’s Demi Flanagan, Kesha Louw & Lisakhanya Payiya clinched the promotion battle in the 2021 WGSA 72-Hole Team Championship at Kingswood Golf Estate in May. The Western Province trio was simply superior as they…
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Golf RSA | Perfect week for KZN and Southern Cape in East London

Perfect week for KZN and Southern Cape in East London

7 June 2021 – KwaZulu-Natal wrapped up their third win in four years when they dominated the SA Country Districts Inter-provincial Tournament at East London Golf Club. A clean sweep for the KZN team saw them finish the week on eight points, comfortably clear of second-placed Boland. Team manager Wynand de Swardt was delighted with the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA salute Norma Potgieter and Neale Kunhardt

GolfRSA salute Norma Potgieter and Neale Kunhardt

It is with enormous sadness that we learned of the passing of two of South African golf’s greatest servants, Norma Potgieter and Neale Kunhardt. On behalf of GolfRSA, Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) and the South African Golf Association (SAGA) and all our members we extend our deepest condolences to their families – our thoughts…
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Golf RSA | Telfer's eagle putt sends Auburn to NCAA Championship

Telfer’s eagle putt sends Auburn to NCAA Championship

13 May 2021 – Kaleigh Telfer called three shots: a powerful drive, a 5-iron to the green and an 18-foot eagle putt on the 503-yard, par-5 ninth hole Wednesday at the Louisville Regional to advance No. 9 Auburn to next week’s NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona. “I knew what the scores were the whole day,”…
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Golf RSA | Hall gunning for top spot at Westlake

Hall gunning for top spot at Westlake

12 May 2021 – Former SA Women’s Stroke Play champion Casandra Hall has Lee-Anne Pace firmly in her sights as she heads into the business end of the Sunshine Ladies Tour season, and the lucrative Investec South African Women’s Open at Westlake Golf Club this week. A win at the Joburg Ladies Open in the…
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Golf RSA | Young guns set for Investec SA Women’s Open experience

Young guns set for Investec SA Women’s Open experience

12 May 2021 – Nine of South Africa’s future golfing talents are poised to soak up the experience of competing on golf’s biggest stage when they tee it up in the Investec SA Women’s Open at Westlake Golf Club on Thursday. Led by GolfRSA Elite Squad members Caitlyn Macnab and Samantha Whateley, the group of…
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Golf RSA | Higgo romps to 3rd European Tour title in Canary Islands

Higgo romps to 3rd European Tour title in Canary Islands

9 May 2021 – Garrick Higgo continued to write his own chapter in the European Tour history books as he powered to a second win in three weeks at the 2021 Canary Islands Championship. At the beginning of 2019, Higgo was still a relatively unknown rookie in professional golf, but five months into 2021, he…
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Golf RSA | Nienaber nails first pro win in Dimension Data Pro-Am

Nienaber nails first pro win in Dimension Data Pro-Am

9 May 2021 – Wilco Nienaber made it a hat-trick of victories for South Africa in three consecutive weeks on the European Challenge Tour when he won the Dimension Data Pro-Am in a playoff at Fancourt on Sunday. After finishing tied for the lead with Swede Henric Sturehed on 19 under par on the Montagu…
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Golf RSA | Premlall goes wire-to-wire at Nedbank Junior Challenge

Premlall goes wire-to-wire at Nedbank Junior Challenge

5 May 2021 – Glendower’s Yurav Premlall walked in the footsteps of giants when held on for a wire-to-wire win in the inaugural Nedbank Junior Challenge on a score of three-under-par at the Gary Player Country Club on Wednesday. The 17-year-old GolfRSA National Squad member led by two strokes after the first round and carried…
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Golf RSA | Premlall feels the heat at Nedbank Junior Challenge

Premlall feels the heat at Nedbank Junior Challenge

4 May 2021 – Yurav Premlall is aiming to become the first winner of the Nedbank Junior Challenge on Wednesday, but the 17-year-old will have to stave off fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Jordan Duminy, as well as a few other in-form contenders, in the final round. Premlall slept on a two-shot cushion after opening…
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Golf RSA | Premlall feels the heat at Nedbank Junior Challenge

Premlall powers to Nedbank Junior Challenge lead

3 May 2021 – Glendower’s Yurav Premlall laid down a marker in the first staging of the Nedbank Junior Challenge when he fired an opening four-under-par 68 in an impressive start at the testing Gary Player Country Club. On a day when only three golfers posted under-par rounds, the 17-year-old opened up a two-shot lead…
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Golf RSA | Steady Strooh takes Nomads SA Boys U-19 Champs crown

Steady Strooh takes Nomads SA Boys U-19 Champs crown

1 May 2021 – Hannes Strooh defeated Daniel Bennett 1-up in a thrilling 36-hole final to lift the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play Championship title at Waterkloof Golf Club on Saturday. The Krugersdorp golfer fired rounds of 70, 73, 72 and 70 in the Stroke Play Qualifier to make the field for the Match…
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Golf RSA | Comeback King Craig claims national breakthrough at Gowrie Farm

Comeback King Craig claims national breakthrough at Gowrie Farm

30 April 2021 – Pretoria junior Roelof Craig held off challenges from SAGDB member Vuyisani Makhama and GolfRSA National Squad player Marno Lange to win his first national title at the Nomads Gowrie SA U15 Challenge. The field was tested by windy conditions over the first two days at Gowrie Farm Golf Estate and sweeping…
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Golf RSA | Dreyer gets his just deserts at Devonvale

Dreyer gets his just deserts at Devonvale

30 April 2021 – Central Gauteng’s Ryan Dreyer ticked off the win that had been eluding him for six years when he won the South African Mid-Amateur Championship at Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate by a shot over Christopher van der Merwe. This may well be the last hurrah on South African soil for Dreyer,…
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Golf RSA | Jean Du Toit | Du Toit keeps control at Nomads Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge

Du Toit keeps control at Nomads Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge

29 April 2021 – While Ryan Dreyer tries to win the SA Mid-Amateur Championship in Stellenbosch, another Eagle Canyon member – 13-year-old Jean du Toit – has title hopes of his own in KwaZulu-Natal’s Midland. The slight youngster stretched his one-shot overnight lead in the Nomads Gowrie Farm SA U-15 Challenge in round two and…
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Golf RSA | Ryan Dreyer | Dreyer chasing unique SA amateur double

Dreyer chasing unique SA amateur double

29 April 2021 – Eagle Canyon’s Ryan Dreyer raced two strokes clear of the chasing pack with his second consecutive round under par at the SA Mid-Amateur Championships at Devonvale Golf Estate on Thursday. The 48-year-old has been in fine form this season. He gave the younger generation a run for their money in the…
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Golf RSA | Christopher van der Merwe | Van der Merwe the early pace-setter at Devonvale

Van der Merwe the early pace-setter at Devonvale

29 April 2021 – Wingate Park’s Christopher van der Merwe made the most of an early tee time on Wednesday to post the low round of the day to lead the first round of the weather-interrupted SA Mid-Amateur Championship. Making a great start in his national mid-amateur debut at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate, the…
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Golf RSA | Christiaan Maas | Majestic Maas roars historic Nomads SA Boys victory

Majestic Maas roars historic Nomads SA Boys victory

28 April 2021 – Reigning SA Amateur champion Christiaan Maas eclipsed Masters champion Charl Schwartzel’s tournament record with an eight-shot victory in the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play Championship at Waterkloof Golf Club. Schwartzel’s 72-hole tournament record of 272, set in Benoni in 2001, had stood for almost 20 years until the 17-year-old prodigy rewrote…
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Golf RSA | Jean Du Toit | Du Toit sets the pace at Nomads Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge

Du Toit sets the pace at Nomads Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge

Eagle Canyon’s Jean du Toit set the clubhouse target with an opening round of three-under-par 74 and his lead stood uncontested until action wrapped up in the Nomads Gowrie Farm SA U-15 Challenge at Gowrie Farm Golf Estate on Wednesday.
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Golf RSA | Van Rooyen lands breakthrough win Rose Bowl

Van Rooyen lands breakthrough win Rose Bowl

26 April 2021 – Isabella van Rooyen closed out victory in the Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship on Monday to secure her first national title and open the door to a new chapter in her young career. The 18-year-old Clovelly junior cruised to a two stroke victory at Durbanville Golf Club, resisting the pressure…
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Golf RSA | Megan Streicher | Streicher leads strong line up at Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl

Streicher leads strong line up at Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl

24 April 2021 – Reigning SA Women’s Stroke Play champion Megan Streicher will spearhead the challenge in the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship, which tees off at Durbanville Golf Club on Sunday. The national tournament features a 62-strong field that will contest for glory in the Championship, Silver and Bronze Divisions. It has been…
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Golf RSA | Double delight for Western Province Seniors in Stellenbosch

Double delight for Western Province Seniors in Stellenbosch

24 April 2021 – The Western Province Senior force produced an extra-ordinary effort on the final day of the 2021 SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial to power their way to double victory at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Friday. SENIORS Western Province had gunned to the top of the log on 10 points with two convincing 7…
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Golf RSA | North West and Boland celebrate success at Erinvale

North West and Boland celebrate success at Erinvale

22 April 2021 – North West turned the tables on Ekurhuleni to clinch the promotion battle while Boland celebrated an uncontested victory in the Super Senior Division in the 2021 SA Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial at Erinvale Golf Club on Friday. SENIORS North West proved once again proved that the die isn’t cast until the final…
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Golf RSA | North and South tussle on the cards in Stellenbosch

North and South tussle on the cards in Stellenbosch

22 April 2019 – If Western Province pulls out all the stops, they could deny Central Gauteng a 5th successive victory, but the Super Senior Lions are already in prime position ahead of Friday’s final round of the 2021 SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial at Stellenbosch Golf Club. SENIORS Western Province gunned to the summit with…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni with a slight edge at Erinvale

Ekurhuleni with a slight edge at Erinvale

SOMERSET WEST, 22 April 2021 – Ekurhuleni will hope to ride their slight advantage to success in Friday’s final round, while the Super Senior battle for glory will do down to the wire in the 2021 SA Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial at Erinvale Golf Club. SENIORS Ekurhuleni regained the number one spot in the standings with…
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Golf RSA | Boland double up as Lions take control in Stellenbosch

Boland double up as Lions take control in Stellenbosch

20 April 2019 – Boland scored two convincing victories in the A-Division, and Western Province’s Super Seniors roared to a clean sweep, but it’s Central Gauteng who took control of the 2021 SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial after two rounds at Stellenbosch Golf Club. SENIORS KwaZulu-Natal held Central Gauteng to a 4-all draw, but Lions kept…
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Golf RSA | Ties the order of the day in B-Division tussles at Erinvale

Ties the order of the day in B-Division tussles at Erinvale

21 April 2021 – Mpumalanga and Free State rule the roost in the 2021 SA Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial, while Boland and Eastern Province are deadlocked for the lead in the Super Senior Division at the end of day two action at Erinvale Golf Club. SENIORS Although the four teams in action in Wednesday’s second round…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni and Boland with early advantage at Erinvale

Ekurhuleni and Boland with early advantage at Erinvale

20 April 2019 – Ekurhuleni flexed their muscles on the opening day of the 2021 SA Senior B-Division Inter-Provincial as Boland opened their Super Seniors campaign with a clean sweep at Erinvale Golf Club on Tuesday. SENIORS GolfRSA adopted a Single Medal Match Play format to facilitate the Senior and Super Senior A- & B-Division…
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Golf RSA | Lions signal early intent in Stellenbosch

Lions signal early intent in Stellenbosch

20 April 2019 – Defending champions Central Gauteng started the 2021 SA Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial with a bang, while KwaZulu-Natal and Western Province reignited their rivalry in the Super Seniors division on day one at Stellenbosch Golf Club. SENIORS GolfRSA adopted a Single Medal Match Play format to facilitate the Senior and Super Senior A-…
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Golf RSA | Saaiman confirmed as SAGA President

Saaiman confirmed as SAGA President

19 April 2021 – Ekurhuleni’s Martin Saaiman has been appointed as President of the South African Golf Association (SAGA) following the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held at the Protea Hotel in Stellenbosch on Sunday, 18 April. Saaiman, who has almost 30 years of experience in golf administration, will be joined by Senior Vice President Henk…
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Golf RSA | Magnificent Macnab makes history in Jabra Ladies Classic

Magnificent Macnab makes history in Jabra Ladies Classic

16 April 2021 – Reigning SA Women’s Amateur champion Caitlyn Macnab made South African golfing history on Friday when she powered to an eight-stroke victory in the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Jabra Ladies Classic at Glendower Golf Club. In a scintillating final round, the 19-year-old GolfRSA No 1 sealed the victory in breath-taking fashion, firing five…
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Golf RSA | Excitement builds for GolfRSA team events

Excitement builds for GolfRSA team events

15 April 2021 – Excitement is building as amateur talents of all ages gear up for the recommencement of national team events across South Africa, starting with the Senior and Super Senior Inter-Provincials this April. GolfRSA cancelled all of its national team events across all its divisions following the hard lockdown that ensued in South…
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Golf RSA | Irrepressible Maas stays on a winning course

Irrepressible Maas stays on a winning course

14 April 2021 – GolfRSA No 1 Christiaan Maas rekindled his remarkable love affair with ERPM Golf Club to push his title haul since competitive golf resumed in September last year to 11 with a one-shot victory in the North Final of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series this past weekend. The reigning South African Amateur…
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Golf RSA | New Nedbank Junior Challenge a major boost for SA junior golf

New Nedbank Junior Challenge a major boost for SA junior golf

14 April 2021 – South Africa’s top junior golfers will walk in the footsteps of Major winners, world number ones and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup stars when they compete on the legendary Gary Player Country Club golf course in the Nedbank Junior Challenge from 3-5 May and for the chance to join golf royalty…
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Golf RSA | Manchest gets redemption with Soweto victory

Manchest gets redemption with Soweto victory

SOWETO, April 8 – Former GolfRSA National Squad member Franklin Manchest described his four-stroke victory in the Big Easy IGT Tour Chase To #22 at Soweto Country Club on Friday as redemption for the pain he suffered the last time he teed it up around this track. It was early in March last year –…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA 2021 National squads announced

GolfRSA 2021 National squads announced

8 April 2021 – Four new faces have joined the men’s and women’s National Squads as GolfRSA continues to identify rising talent and assist with the development of the country’s top amateur golfers. Royal Cape pair Isabella van Rooyen (18) and Zara le Keur (16) have earned their call ups in the women’s system, joining…
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Golf RSA | Katitani clinches Augusta glory in play-off

Katitani clinches Augusta glory in play-off

4 April 2021 – Japanese teen Tsubasa Katitani outlasted the field to lift the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur title, while South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer notched a top 22 finish at Augusta National Golf Club this past weekend. The second event had all the elements of the inaugural edition two years ago – passion, sportsmanship and…
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Golf RSA | Christiaan Maas

GolfRSA No 1 Maas to test himself against Sunshine Tour pros

22 March – South Africa’s number one amateur, Christiaan Maas, will have the opportunity to test himself against the Sunshine Tour professionals in this week’s Serengeti Pro-Am Invitational at Serengeti Estates, which tees off on Tuesday. The 17-year-old GolfRSA National Squad star and reigning South African Amateur champion will find himself in a field that…
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Golf RSA | Champion of Champions is back

Champion of Champions is back

The hunt for the country’s top club champions has begun as GolfRSA announced that its popular Club Champion of Champions event is back following the forced cancellation of last year’s event due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event, which pits the country’s club champions – from multiple divisions – against one another has been running…
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Golf RSA | Macnab and Maas a cut above in SA Amateurs

Macnab and Maas a cut above in SA Amateurs

19 February 2021 – South Africa’s No 1-ranked Caitlyn Macnab became just the 12th woman to successfully defend her SA Amateur title since 1906, while 17-year-old Christiaan Maas continued his remarkable rise when he lifted the men’s title on Friday. Macnab won her second title in fine style with a convincing 11 & 9 victory…
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Golf RSA | Jack Dyer | Switched on Dyer and Streicher cruising in SA Amateur

Switched on Dyer and Streicher cruising in SA Amateur

17 February 2021 – Top seeds Jack Dyer and Megan Streicher looks to be the players to beat as the duo marched on to the quarter-finals of the South African Amateur Championships at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. England’s Dyer – with compatriot and first-round casualty Zach Chegwidden on the bag – saw off…
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Golf RSA | Megan Streicher | Smoking hot Streicher storms to SA Women’s Stroke Play success

Smoking hot Streicher storms to SA Women’s Stroke Play success

16 February 2021 – Swellendam’s Megan Streicher rode a red-hot putter to shoot the day’s low round of 67 on the West Course and rally from four shots back overnight to win the South African Women’s Stroke Play title at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Tuesday. The 18-year-old GolfRSA Elite Squad member held…
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Golf RSA | Amilkar Bhana | Braveheart Bhana delivers big SA Amateur upset

Braveheart Bhana delivers big SA Amateur upset

16 February 2021 – Amilkar Bhana ousted defending champion Casey Jarvis, top seed Jack Dyer from England battled to cross the first hurdle and 48-year-old Ryan Dreyer recorded the biggest win in the match play opener of the 119th South African Amateur Championship at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Tuesday. Bhana – the…
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Golf RSA | Jack Dyer | Late heroics hand England's Dyer the Proudfoot win

Late heroics hand England’s Dyer the Proudfoot win

15 February 2021 – England’s Jack Dyer produced a powerful finish to claim a two-stroke victory in the 119th South African Amateur Championship qualifier at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Monday. The 22-year-old from Boyce Hill Golf Club graduated from California State Fullerton University last year and has spent the last month in…
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Golf RSA | Jack Dyer | Late heroics hand England's Dyer the Proudfoot win

Whateley, Dreyer steps up at Royal Johannesburg

14 February 2021 – Sam Whateley delivered a mature and disciplined performance to lead the first round of the South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship, while veteran Ryan Dreyer turned back the clock in the 119th South African Amateur Championship qualifier on Sunday. Whateley, who has risen to third in the WGSA Open Ranking following…
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Golf RSA | Caitlyn Macnab | Macnab wary of strong field ahead of SA Amateur title defence

Macnab wary of strong field ahead of SA Amateur title defence

13 February 2021 – While Casey Jarvis heads into the defence of his title in hot form after lifting the African Amateur Championship last week, there is a little more pressure on fellow 2020 champion Caitlyn Macnab in the SA Amateur Championships at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club from 14-19 February. Twelve months ago,…
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Golf RSA | Martin Vorster | Watch: Highlights of the 2021 SA Stroke Play Championship

Watch: Highlights of the 2021 SA Stroke Play Championship

When Martin Vorster thanked his physiotherapist & biokineticist for his 23-under win, he had good reason. After missing over 5 months due to injury, South Africa’s highest ranked amateur celebrated a remarkable comeback to lift the 2021 SA Stroke Play Championship title in style at Randpark Golf Club.  
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Golf RSA | Jarvis closes out the first GolfRSA Triple Crown at Glendower

Jarvis closes out the first GolfRSA Triple Crown at Glendower

11 February 2021 – Casey Jarvis added to the annals of golf once again with one of the most incredible feats in SA amateur history when he lifted the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship title on Thursday. The 17-year-old GolfRSA National Squad member was in a league of his own at Glendower Golf Club as he…
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Golf RSA | Larissa du Preez | Du Preez lays SA Women's Amateur marker with grandstand finish in PE

Du Preez lays SA Women’s Amateur marker with grandstand finish in PE

11 February 2021 – Larissa du Preez’s well-timed victory in the Eastern Province & Border Championship delivered a welcome injection of confidence ahead of the upcoming SA Amateur Championships at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. The Silver Lakes golfer eagled the par-five final hole at Port Elizabeth Golf Club to edge out former champion…
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Golf RSA | LISTEN: The best bits of The Long and the Short Of It

LISTEN: The best bits of The Long and the Short Of It

We are delighted to bring you the best bits of The Long and the Short of It – featuring interviews with some of the biggest names in golf, including Grand Slam winner Gary Player, Major winner Sir Nick Faldo, former English professional and founder of International Sports Management, Chubby Chandler, Golf Channel presenter Dougie Donnelly and…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis takes two shot lead into last lap at Glendower

Jarvis takes two shot lead into last lap at Glendower

10 February 2021 – Casey Jarvis moved into a two shot lead on moving day in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and within touching distance of the GolfRSA South African Swing trifecta on Wednesday. Jarvis achieved the rare double last year – winning the SA Stroke Play and SA Amateur titles in the same…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis leads the chasers in African Amateur

Jarvis leads the chasers in African Amateur

9 February 2021 – Local favourite Casey Jarvis gave the Ekurhuleni golf fans plenty to cheer about as he moved into the outright lead at Glendower Golf Club on day two of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship. The reigning SA Amateur champion was composure personified as he bettered his opening round 71 with a…
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Golf RSA | Canon SA Disabled Golf Open Restructured

Canon SA Disabled Golf Open Restructured

Owing to the current global climate and ensuring we adhere to COVID-19 protocols, the Canon South Africa Disabled Golf Open has been restructured to feature a series of four regional opens which will culminate in a Champion of Champions event. Promising to still bring you an exciting sporting event, the South Africa Disabled Golf Association…
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Golf RSA | Kistensamy claims early African Amateur lead

Kistensamy claims early African Amateur lead

8 February 2021 – A blaze of birdies on his back nine boosted KwaZulu-Natal teenager Kyle Kistensamy to the summit of a congested first round leaderboard in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club on Monday. After the soggy build-up over the last two weeks, the clear skies and the sun dappling…
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Golf RSA | Long hopes to make short work of wet Glendower

Long hopes to make short work of wet Glendower

7 February 2021 – There will be a palpable sense of nervous anticipation when reigning Amateur champion Joe Long tees off from the 10th at Glendower Golf Club on Monday in the 2020 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Long will line up alongside the leading lights of South African amateur golf, including GolfRSA No 1…
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Golf RSA | Vorster wins SA Stroke Play in style

Vorster wins SA Stroke Play in style

4 February 2021 – Martin Vorster slept on the lead for two straight nights and on Thursday, South Africa’s top ranked amateur finished the job and won the South African Stroke Play Championship by four shots. Vorster once again showed he is man for big moments when he secured the national title on 23 under…
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Golf RSA | Unflappable Vorster on course for SA Stroke Play glory

Unflappable Vorster on course for SA Stroke Play glory

3 February 2021 – Martin Vorster and Kieron van Wyk shone the brightest at Randpark Golf Club on moving day in the South African Stroke Play Championship. South Africa’s top ranked Vorster – the only player to have posted three rounds in the 60s – is in within striking distance of claiming his fifth international…
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Golf RSA | Vorster lights up Firethorn to lead SA Stroke Play

Vorster lights up Firethorn to lead SA Stroke Play

2 February 2021 – Mossel Bay’s Martin Vorster stepped up his bid to win the South African Stroke Play title in Tuesday’s second round at Randpark Golf Club. Vorster opened his campaign on the Firethorn course with flawless 64. On another day of heavy rain, the GolfRSA National Squad member picked up where he left off…
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Golf RSA | Goldhill goes low at Randpark

Goldhill goes low at Randpark

1 February 2021 – Oliver Goldhill led a birdie barrage on the opening day of the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club after six days of unremitting rain rendered the ordinarily testing Firethorn Course defenceless. It was a memorable day for Goldhill, who a superb start with four birdies on the bounce.…
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Golf RSA | Favourites have designs on SA Stroke Play title

Favourites have designs on SA Stroke Play title

31 January 2021 – Red-hot Christiaan Maas inserted himself among the favourites for the 2021 South African Stroke Play Championship with a convincing victory in the Gauteng North Open last week. The 17-year-old GolfRSA National Squad member will line up in the 106-strong international field at Randpark Golf Club on Monday brimming with confidence. Following…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA poised for 2021 South African Swing

GolfRSA poised for 2021 South African Swing

18 January 2021 – Excitement is building as South Africa’s top amateur talents gear up for the annual South African Swing, which tees off in February. “It is disappointing that, due to the circumstances surrounding the worldwide pandemic and the restrictions imposed by countries abroad on travel to South Africa, we have lost some international…
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Golf RSA | Maas seals Nomads double with masterclass at ERPM

Maas seals Nomads double with masterclass at ERPM

13 January 2021 – GolfRSA National Squad member Christiaan Maas once again underlined his credentials as one of the games future stars when he produced a grandstand finish to defend his Nomads National Order of Merit Inland title on Tuesday. Maas opened with an imposing four-under 68 to match early first round leader Christopher Bagnall at…
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Golf RSA | Keegan Shutt

Sweet Nomads SA U15 success for Shutt at Selborne

8 January 2021 – Keegan Shutt from Zimbabwe celebrated his first victory on South African soil in the Nomads SA Under-15 Championship at Selborne Golf Club on Friday. The 14-year-old sandwiched a flawless one-under 71 between two rounds of 75 to record a two-shot triumph on five-over 221. The South Coast once again proved a…
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Golf RSA | Cubitt claims first Nomads win for 2021 season

Cubitt claims first Nomads win for 2021 season

5 January 2021 – KwaZulu-Natal junior Jack Cubitt combined a solid short game with home course advantage to claim the first GolfRSA trophy of the 2021 season with a come-from-behind victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal at Selborne Golf Club on Tuesday. Zimbabwe’s Keegan Shutt set the first round target with an…
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Golf RSA | 2021 African Amateur moves to Glendower

2021 African Amateur moves to Glendower

5 January 2021 – GolfRSA announced today that the sixth edition of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship will move from Leopard Creek to Glendower Golf Club. The prestigious 72-hole tournament remains in the same time slot from 8-11 February. “Due to the escalating numbers during this second wave of Covid-19 and the subsequent increasing…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis is 2020 AGC Men’s Player of the Year

Jarvis is 2020 AGC Men’s Player of the Year

2 December 2021 – After a year of tournament wins and accomplishments unmatched by even the greats of South African golf to come before him, Casey Jarvis is the AmateurGolf.com Men’s Player of the Year. The AmateurGolf.com Men’s Player of the Year is awarded based on a point system earned through performance in major amateur…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA National tournaments are a GO in 2021

GolfRSA National tournaments are a GO in 2021

30 December 2020 – GolfRSA is delighted to confirm that the three Nomads national events scheduled for January 2021 will go ahead in compliance with the National Government Regulations and GolfRSA Consolidated Risk Mitigation Guidelines. The 2021 season will kick off on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, where the Nomads National Order of Merit (NOoM) Coastal…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Statement - 29 December 2020

GolfRSA Statement – 29 December 2020

GolfRSA Statement – 29 December 2020 Dear Unions, Clubs and Golfers, In accordance with the SA Government Regulations for “Adjusted Alert Level 3” issued in terms of section 27(2) and published in the Government Gazette No 44044 on 29 December 2020, GolfRSA confirms that golf may continue to be played. Golfers and Clubs must strictly…
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Golf RSA | Festive Season message from GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn

Festive Season message from GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn

As the end of one of the most challenging years in recent history approaches, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all golfers a safe and restful Festive Season. When we look back on 2020, few people will have fond memories of a tumultuous year where the Covid-19 pandemic threw the world as we…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA - A look back at the 2020 highlights

GolfRSA – A look back at the 2020 highlights

24 December 2020 – Caitlyn Macnab and Casey Jarvis dominated the headlines early in the year with their  unprecedented “double-double” for Ekurhuleni and Gauteng juniors Samantha Whateley and Kim Turgut drew the curtain on the shortened 2020 season with a joint victory in Kwazulu-Natal. Macnab and Jarvis joined a short and exclusive list of golfers…
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Golf RSA | Old dog Daniel sparkles in GolfRSA Race to 2021

Old dog Daniel sparkles in GolfRSA Race to 2021

24 December 2020 – If there’s an alarm clock that goes off when a player turns 40, signalling it’s time to pack away the clubs, Eddie Daniel is deaf to it. The super competitive 66-year-old built a serious case that golf has no age limit when he won the Mpumalanga Golf Union GolfRSA Race to…
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Golf RSA | Telfer hitting the high notes in the US

Telfer hitting the high notes in the US

24 December 2020 – GolfRSA Elite Squad member Kaleigh Telfer made her debut in this week’s Arnold Palmer Cup where she joined the cream of the US college crop in the Ryder Cup-style event, co-founded by the legendary Major champion and the Golf Coaches Association of America in 1997. The invitation to compete in this…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Kesha Louw

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Kesha Louw

For the final segment of our 2020 GolfRSA Rising Star Series, we headed to Border to get to know one of our new GolfRSA Womens Golf South Africa Talent Identification squad members, Kesha Louw. A sports fanatic, this 13-year-old firecracker has earned junior provincial colours in tennis, hockey and golf and last year, she rewrote…
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Golf RSA | Vorster eyes comeback in 2021

Vorster eyes comeback in 2021

24 December 2020 – With his injury trouble practically squared away, Martin Vorster is working harder than ever to kick the 2021 season off on a high note. Still South Africa’s highest ranked amateur in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), the World No 30 made his first competitive appearance after a lengthy seven-month layoff…
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Golf RSA | Breaking through

Breaking through in 2020

18 December 2020 – The masses may not remember this year the fondest terms, but for a trio of GolfRSA National Squad graduates, 2020 will go down as the year that they announced themselves on the international stage. Garrick Higgo Age: 21 World Ranking: 90th Professional wins: 4 Season earnings: €324,740.61 (R6.2 million) Having started…
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Golf RSA | Double delight for PGA of SA’s Ficalbi in Mbombela

Double delight for PGA of SA’s Ficalbi in Mbombela

18 December 2020 – Ivano Ficalbi reeled in a trio of birdies over the five closing holes at Mbombela Golf Club on Tuesday to seal a successful title defence in the PGA National Pro-Am hosted by Darren Plumb. The Chief Executive of the Professional Golfers Association of South Africa had swapped his desk for a…
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Golf RSA | Lin lucks out with birthday wish in the SA Blind Open

Lin lucks out with birthday wish in the SA Blind Open

18 December 2020 – Not many people would undertake an 80-hour roundtrip journey to compete in a golf tournament, but that is exactly what 2020 South African Blind Open Championship winner Luke Lin did this December. The 18-year-old American scholar recently lifted the B3 Division title in the SA Blind Golf Association’s flagship event at…
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Golf RSA | Old King Cole

Old King Cole

December 2020 – When Cole Cruickshank fulfils his lifelong dream to play golf as a professional in the upcoming months, he will do so at the ripe old age of 23. That’s a full two years older than world No 14 Matthew Wolff, three years more life experience than rising South African star Wilco Nienaber…
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Golf RSA | SA Blind Golf Open tees off at Glendower

SA Blind Golf Open tees off at Glendower

8 December 2020 – After all the excitement at Sun City this past weekend with Christiaan Bezuidenhout celebrating another victory for South Africa in the SA Open, local blind golfers are hoping to follow suit in the South African Blind Open Championship, which teed off at Glendower Golf Club today. Former Protea blind cricket player…
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Golf RSA | Bezuidenhout & Jarvis bank big wins in 2020 SA Open

Bezuidenhout & Jarvis bank big wins in 2020 SA Open

6 December 2020 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Casey Jarvis scored a clean sweep for Ekurhuleni in the South African Open Championship on Sunday when Bezuidenhout added his name to the greats of South African golf with a five-shot victory  and Jarvis lifted the Freddie Tait Cup as the leading amateur at the Gary Player Country…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Fast Facts - Most Prolific Champions

SA Open Fast Facts – Most Prolific Champions

December 2020 – The South African Open is one of the oldest golf championships, dating to 1903. Not surprisingly, Grand Slam champion Gary Player has the most victories, with Bobby Locke – the youngest champion at age 17 – second with nine. Gary Player: 1956, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Memories - Levenson's Longevity

SA Open Memories – Levenson’s Longevity

December 2020 – “The thrill of lifting the national title was immense. Once your name is on that trophy, among those of some of the greatest players in the world, the thrill never goes away.” – Gavan Levenson, the champion in 1985 at Royal Durban Country Club. Two-time European Tour champion Gavan Levenson made it 40…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Memories - Johnstone's Double Glory

SA Open Memories – Johnstone’s Double Glory

December 2020 – “Ernie and I were neck-and-neck all through the final round and it was one of the best rounds of match play I can remember playing. Even if the records say I won by seven shots, it never felt like that.” – Tony Johnstone, 1993 at Durban Country Club. A young, freckled-faced Tony Johnstone…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Memories - Hayes' Revenge

SA Open Memories – Hayes’ Revenge

December 2020 – “I was absolutely seething that they wouldn’t give me a free drop and Brian Henning told me the best way to show them, was to go out there and win it. And so I did.” – Dale Hayes, 1976 winner at Houghton Golf Club. In 1953, Dale Hayes watched his father Otway lose…
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Golf RSA | SA Open Memories - Allan makes it a Henning Treble

SA Open Memories – Allan makes it a Henning Treble

December 2020 – “It took me until the next SA Open to see my name on the trophy and finally believe that I’d done it. That’s the measure of the prestige of winning the SA Open.” – Allan Henning, champion in 1963 at Bloemfontein Golf Club. Allan Henning teed it up in 33 consecutive South…
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Golf RSA | Bezuidenhout chasing SA Open glory

Bezuidenhout chasing SA Open glory

December 2020 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout has the chance to join South African golf royalty as he takes a five-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the South African Open at the Gary Player Country Club. Bezuidenhout signed for his third consecutive 67 to top the leaderboard on 15 under par, with Dylan Frittelli and Jamie…
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Golf RSA | Another historic milestone for Jarvis at SA Open

Another historic milestone for Jarvis at SA Open

4 December 2020 – South Africa’s No 1 ranked Casey Jarvis demonstrated once again why he is considered one of the future stars of the game when he etched his name in the annals of South African golf history at the South African Open Championship on Friday. In a tension-fraught second round, Jarvis joined the…
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Golf RSA | IGF Board elects Annika Sorenstam as new President

IGF Board elects Annika Sorenstam as new President

2 December 2020 – “I very much look forward to working with the board, the IOC and the governing bodies of golf in their efforts to continue to grow the game globally.” Annika Sörenstam. The International Golf Federation Board convened a virtual meeting yesterday focused on long-term strategic planning and progress toward next summer’s Tokyo…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis, Maas lead amateur challenge in SA Open

Jarvis, Maas lead amateur challenge in SA Open

3 December 2020 – Reigning SA Amateur champion Casey Jarvis and in-form Christiaan Maas laid down early markers in the hunt for the prestigious Freddie Tait Cup on day one of the South African Open Championship at Sun City. Both GolfRSA National Squad players opened with rounds of one-over-par 73 on Thursday to tie for…
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Golf RSA | Amateur glory beckons at 110th SA Open

Amateur glory beckons at 110th SA Open

2 December 2020 – Eight amateurs will peg the ball up on day one of the 110th South African Open Championship at the Gary Player Country Club this week. For most South African amateurs, competing in the SA Open alongside top professionals from across the world, the SA Open is the Holy Grail; the pinnacle…
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Golf RSA | SA OPEN MEMORIES: Hutchie's Horseshoe

SA OPEN MEMORIES: Hutchie’s Horseshoe

2 December 2020 – No-one knows where or how the statuesque South African Open Championship trophy was acquired, but one thing is certain – since the first edition in 1903, South Africa’s golfers have clamoured to etch their names on this coveted piece of silverware. Some of this tournament’s greatest champions still regard their SA…
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Golf RSA | Golfers dreaming of a place in SA Open history

Golfers dreaming of a place in SA Open history

2 December 2020 – The 110th playing of the South African Open at the Gary Player Country Club this week represents an incredible opportunity for the entire field, and none more so than for some of the Sunshine Tour’s golfers who see a victory this week as a career dream for them. “This ranks very highly…
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Golf RSA | The SA Open - Freddie Tait Cup Story

The SA Open – Freddie Tait Cup Story

December 2020 – The Freddie Tait Cup is awarded to the leading amateur at the South African Open Championship, providing he survives the 36-hole cut. The prestigious trophy commemorates Lieutenant Freddie Guthrie Tait, a St Andrews young man who won the Amateur Championship in 1896 and 1897 and finished leading amateur in the Open six times.…
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Golf RSA | Fearless Floyd conquers all in Mpumalanga

Fearless Floyd conquers all in Mpumalanga

December 2020 – Four weeks after a crushing performance in Cape Town, Benoni golfer Kiera Floyd added two more trophies to her silverware haul with a winning performance in the Mpumalanga Women’s Championship. Floyd charged straight to the summit with a flawless opening round of 65 at Middelburg Country Club on 21 November and the…
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Golf RSA | Maas, Duminy and Mbetse heading for SA Open at Sun City

Maas, Duminy and Mbetse heading for SA Open at Sun City

1 December 2020 – The Covid-19 nationwide lockdown may have put the brakes on their 2020 season, but if you thought top ranked amateurs Christiaan Maas and Jordan Duminy were done for the year, think again. The GolfRSA National Squad pair came through today’s pressure-packed qualifiers alongside South African US-based Massimo Mbetse to join the…
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Golf RSA | Frittelli excited for SA Open challenge

Frittelli excited for SA Open challenge

December 2020 – Dylan Frittelli believes so much in the history and tradition of the South African Open that he goes as far as to say he wouldn’t feel his career would be complete without adding his name to the trophy of the second oldest national Open in golf. “I’ve won on the European Tour…
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Golf RSA | Traut battles back to SA Women’s Mid-Am glory

Traut battles back to SA Women’s Mid-Am glory

ROBERTSON, 18 November 2020 – Vicki Traut came through an intense battle of attrition on the final day at Robertson Golf Club to celebrate back-to-back victories in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. The Erinvale golfer got her title defence in the quaint Cape Winelands town off to a strong start with a two-over-par 74…
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Golf RSA | Grey closes in on Traut in Robertson

Grey closes in on Traut in Robertson

ROBERTSON, 17 November 2020 – Nina Grey posted the low score of the day to reduce overnight leader Vicki Traut’s advantage in the South African Women’s Amateur Championship at Robertson Golf Club. Grey fired two rare birdies on a wet Tuesday in the Cape Winelands for a two-over-par 74 that boosted the Durbanville golfer surge…
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Golf RSA | Traut takes charge in SA Women’s Mid-Amateur

Traut takes charge in SA Women’s Mid-Amateur

16 November 2020 – Vicki Traut’s title defence in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship got off to a strong start as the Western Province golfer opened up a four-shot lead in the first round on Monday. Traut bookended a round of two-over-par 74 at Robertson Golf Club with birdies to finish well clear of…
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Golf RSA | Western Province double for Moodley

Western Province double for Moodley

November 2020 – Showing the same grit, determination and talent that earned her the leading amateur honour in the Investec SA Women’s Open in March, rising star Kaiyuree Moodley defended her the Western Province Women’s Championship title in early November. The GolfRSA Elite Squad member had hinted at a return to the winner’s circle with…
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Golf RSA | Simpson runs clear in EP

Simpson runs clear in EP

November 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad member Sam Simpson got back to winning ways with a comfortable five-stroke victory in the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship at Wedgewood. The 18-year-old matriculant from Western Province Golf shot rounds of 64, 65 and 70 to claim his first win since he claimed the Proudfoot Trophy at this…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis gets Alfred Dunhill Championship nod

Jarvis gets Alfred Dunhill Championship nod

30 October 2020 – South Africa’s leading amateur Casey Jarvis will be rubbing shoulders with the cream of the Sunshine Tour and European Tour after the GolfRSA National Squad member received an invitation to tee it up in the prestigious Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek. The R29-million event will be played from 26-29 November,…
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Golf RSA | Cream of amateur crop named for SA Open

Cream of amateur crop named for SA Open

October 2020 – Five of South Africa’s most promising amateur talents will join the star-studded field in the South African Open Championship at the Gary Player Country Club from 3-6 December. The South African Golf Association (SAGA) announced on Tuesday the amateur quintet exempt for qualifying in the R19.5 million tournament, supported by Nedbank and…
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Golf RSA | Selborne Park to host Nomads National double in 2021

Selborne Park to host Nomads National double in 2021

  October 2020 – The country’s juniors can look forward to taking to the lush fairways of Selborne Park Golf Estate in January when back-to-back Nomads National tournaments will launch the 2021 GolfRSA national schedule. The Nomads Coastal National Order of Merit – a World Amateur Golf Ranking event – will kick off the season…
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Golf RSA | Memorable Silver Salver triumph for Majestic Maas

Memorable Silver Salver triumph for Majestic Maas

October 2020 – There can’t be too many South African athletes who are able to draw positives out of the the Covid-19 pandemic, but for GolfRSA National Squad member Christiaan Maas, the hard lockdown turned out to be an unexpected blessing in disguise. The 17-year-old found himself at odds with his swing after a sudden…
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Golf RSA | Big Easy Tour winner Van Velzen leads strong squad challenge at Silver Salver

Big Easy Tour winner Van Velzen leads strong squad challenge at Silver Salver

October 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad member Ryan van Velzen made picking a favourite to win the Silver Salver this weekend even tougher after the Benoni golfer became the seventh amateur to win on the Sunshine Big Easy Tour on Wednesday. Van Velzen kept up the trend of strong performances by the squad members on…
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Golf RSA | Sun City the home of the 2020 South African Open

Sun City the home of the 2020 South African Open

OCTOBER 2020 – The South African Open Championship will add the iconic Gary Player Country Club to its roster of celebrated golf courses that have hosted this championship as it moves to Sun City this year where it will be played from 3-6 December, with support from Nedbank and Sun International. The 110th playing of…
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Golf RSA | Traut targets repeat SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship glory

Traut targets repeat SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship glory

October 2020 – Somerset West golfer Vicki Traut will be bidding for back-to-back titles when she leads a stellar field in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in the Western Cape next month. The flagship event will be contested at the magnificent Robertson Golf Club in the heart of the famous wine country from 16…
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Golf RSA | Williams returns to winner’s circle in Ackerman Championship

Williams returns to winner’s circle in Ackerman Championship

October 2020 – Durbanville golfer Kaylah Williams put the perfect exclamation mark on her final competitive appearance for the 2020 season with a masterful victory in the prestigious Ackerman Championship on Sunday. The 18-year-old fashioned a blistering closing loop of 31 featuring an eagle and four birdies in the final round at Clovelly Country Club…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Filip Sakota

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Filip Sakota

October 2020 – Filip Sakota takes center stage this October as we continue our Rising Star series. This ERPM Golf Club standout was honoured as Ekurhuleni Golf Unions’ Under-15 Player of the Year in 2019 and in June, the talented 15-year-old was selected to the GolfRSA National Squad. We caught up with Filip during lockdown…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Help Fund Update

GolfRSA Help Fund Update

October 2020 – GolfRSA support to thousands of caddies and golf club casual workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, has come to an end. Over the course of five months, during which time many caddies and casual employees have been unable to work, the organisation distributed 17 630 food vouchers, supporting more than 4 000 individuals from…
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Golf RSA | Magnificent Macnab on the rise again

Magnificent Macnab on the rise again

October 2020 – South Africa’s leading amateur Caitlyn Macnab picked up where she left off with yet another dazzling victory in the Ekurhuleni Women’s Championship this October. The Serengeti golfer Macnab cemented her spot at the top of the Womens Golf South Africa Open and Junior Rankings in February with a superior performance in the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Zinan Maimane

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Zinan Maimane

In June, 11-year-old Zinan Maimane from Silver Lakes Golf Club became the youngest golfer yet to join the GolfRSA National Squad. In a career spanning just six years, this grade six Tyger Valley College learner has bagged more than 50 trophies and celebrated back-to-back wins in the victorious Gauteng North teams that won the 2018…
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Golf RSA | Africa’s Els & Price honoured by R&A Golf Club of St Andrews

Africa’s Els & Price honoured by R&A Golf Club of St Andrews

28 September 2020 – Ernie Els and Nick Price are among four of golf’s great champions to have accepted invitations to become Honorary Members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. With 11 major championship victories between them, Els, Price, Catriona Matthew OBE and Padraig Harrington and Nick Price are among the most…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Higgo claims maiden European Tour title in Portugal

GolfRSA’s Higgo claims maiden European Tour title in Portugal

20 September 2020 – Garrick Higgo became the first GolfRSA National Squad member to break through on the European Tour with a life-changing triumph at the Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos, thanks to a stunning bogey-free seven under par final round of 65. The left-handed South African, whose final bogey of the week occurred…
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Golf RSA | R&A bursaries a career boost for SA women in golf

R&A bursaries a career boost for SA women in golf

18 September 2020 – Like most countries in the world, the golf industry in South Africa is slowly recovering from the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, but as they say, every cloud has a silver lining and in this case, the PGA of South Africa received exciting news for three women looking to start…
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Golf RSA | Double delight for Mpumalanga’s Ngobeni

Double delight for Mpumalanga’s Ngobeni

14 September 2020 – When Thami Ngobeni hit his first golf ball on a football field on Riverside Farm back nearly seven years ago, he didn’t have visions of Augusta or even nearby Leopard Creek. The Mpumalanga junior was just beginning his journey with the South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) and he had no…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Megan Streicher

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Megan Streicher

September 2020 – There was no sign of lockdown blues as GolfRSA rising star Megan Streicher sprinted to the winner’s circle in the third event on this year’s Bridge Fund Manager Junior Series on Sunday. Last year the Swellendam junior upstaged the boys to win the Individual Competition in the SA High Schools Championship and,…
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Golf RSA | Saaiman appointed acting President at SAGA

Saaiman appointed acting President at SAGA

CAPE TOWN, 8 September 2020 – Vice-President Martin Saaiman has been appointed acting President of the South African Golf Association (SAGA), while reigning President Naadir Agherdien takes a leave of absence due to medical reasons. Agherdien was elected President at the SAGA Annual General Meeting in February 2019 and he was due to hold office…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA announces huge auction drive to boost GolfRSA Help Fund

GolfRSA announces huge auction drive to boost GolfRSA Help Fund

4 September 2020 – Celebrated sport celebrities, eminent artists and generous benefactors have once again opened their hearts to help GolfRSA continue to provide relief for the South African golf industry’s caddies and casual workers most severely impacted by the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. “Our first auction was hugely successful, so we have partnered once again…
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GolfRSA | Graduating, with honours

Graduating, with honours

31 August 2020 – When Luca Filippi launched his pro career in the recent Betway Championship, the Western Province golfer became the 23rd Sunshine Tour professional to graduate via GolfRSA’s National Squad system. A tie for 39th hardly set the golfing world alight, but it is a first step towards Filippi’s goal of emulating fellow…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Zara Le Keur

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Zara Le Keur

Zara le Keur never really considered golf as a career option. In fact, the closest the she got to the game was hitting golf balls at the driving range with her dad Wayne. However, a chance meeting with teaching professional Kurt Stripp at the Momentum Driving Range in 2017, changed her life. Just a year…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Jaden Deltel

GolfRSA Rising Star: Introducing Jaden Deltel

Central Gauteng young gun Jaden Deltel took up the game at the age of nine, but until the family moved to South Africa in 2017, Jaden had played all his golf on a nine-hole course in Seychelles, which was previously a coconut plantation! His progress on the GolfRSA national junior circuit has been nothing short…
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Golf RSA | Women’s Month Spotlight: 2020 Momentum gsport finalist Sarah Braude

Women’s Month Spotlight: 2020 Momentum gsport finalist Sarah Braude

10 August 2020 – Sarah Braude took the helm at Womens Golf South Africa at the end of April, shortly after the South African government issued the Alert Level 5 hard lockdown due to the international Covid-19 pandemic. In the ensuing months, Braude not only guided women’s amateur golf with great skill, but her expertise as…
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Golf RSA | Women’s Month Spotlight: 2020 Momentum gsport finalist Caitlyn Macnab

Women’s Month Spotlight: 2020 Momentum gsport finalist Caitlyn Macnab

10 August – South Africa’s top ranked Caitlyn Macnab has been making her mark in the South African golfing landscape over the last 18 months and deservedly, the 18-year-old recently made the shortlist of finalists in the 2020 Momentum gsport Awards. Only a handful of women have won Womens Golf South Africa’s flagship events in…
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Golf RSA | Women’s Month Spotlight - Dyason makes history at Irene Country Club

Women’s Month Spotlight – Dyason makes history at Irene Country Club

10 August 2020 – Di Dyason wrote her name in the South African golfing history annals when she became the first elected female Club Captain in the 109 year history of Irene Country Club in August. The Pretoria-based club has been leading the way in transformation, by actively promoting and embracing necessary change in the…
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Golf RSA | Strong showing from SA’s Telfer in US Women’s Amateur

Strong showing from SA’s Telfer in US Women’s Amateur

9 August 2020 – South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer enjoyed a great run in the 120th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship before her maiden bid for glory was thwarted by world number 9 Rose Zhang in Saturday’s quarter-finals. In her first competitive outing since she won her second collegiate title in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in March, Telfer fired…
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Golf RSA | Mistry makes US Match Play with majestic comeback

Mistry makes US Match Play with majestic comeback

6 August 2020 – American Rachel Heck walked away with the medallist honours, but it was South Africa’s Kajal Mistry who produced the fireworks in the final round of the stroke play qualifier for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday. Demonstrating the same grit and determination that earned her the rare double in the…
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Golf RSA | SA pair debut in U.S. Women’s Amateur

SA pair debut in U.S. Women’s Amateur

3 August 2020 – Two of South Africa’s top ranked amateurs are making their debut in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in Maryland today. Kaleigh Telfer – the country’s highest ranked amateur on the world rankings – and Kajal Mistry both qualified for the prestigious event at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, where the typical…
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Golf RSA | Braude, Macnab make 2020 Momentum gsport Awards Shortlist

Braude, Macnab make 2020 Momentum gsport Awards Shortlist

1 August 2020 – GolfRSA is delighted to announce that Womens Golf South Africa President Sarah Braude and GolfRSA’s top ranked Caitlyn Macnab both made the short-list of finalists for the 2020 Momentum gsport awards. This year marks the 15th edition of the longest-running women’s sports awards in South Africa, which honour South African athletes…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA salutes Phillip Viljoen

GolfRSA salutes Phillip Viljoen

30 July 2020 – It is with great sadness that we mourn the unexpected passing of Phillip Viljoen early this morning. “Phillip was a feisty competitor and a passionate golfer and he will be sorely missed by the golfing fraternity,” said Grant Hepburn, CEO of GolfRSA. “We had the pleasure of working with Phillip on…
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Golf RSA | Nienaber making hay on UK mini tours

Nienaber making hay on UK mini tours

29 July 2020 – As the European Tour emerges from its Covid-19-enforced hibernation, former South African No 1-ranked amateur Wilco Nienaber has kept himself occupied with some eye-catching performances on the UK’s mini golf tours. <UPDATE> Nienaber seized his chance by claiming a fourth-place finish in the recent English Championship on the European Tour. The…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Help Fund

GolfRSA HELP FUND Raffle

We are offering two categories on our Raffles platform to boost the #GolfRSAHelpFund, aimed at supporting the caddies and casual workers hardest hit by the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. Our raffles are proudly hosted by  iTickets South Africa – the leader in online ticket sales in South Africa since 2007 Our 1st PREMIUM RAFFLE features a round of golf…
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Golf RSA | Good news day for GolfRSA Help Fund and new National Squad caps

Good news day for GolfRSA Help Fund and new National Squad caps

CAPE TOWN, 17 June 2020 – Operational savings from its 2020 National Squad budget have paved the way for GolfRSA to add a further R500 000 to its ambitious #GolfRSAHelpFund, which provides assistance to caddies and casual workers that have been severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis. In April, the organisation set aside R1 million…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Statement - Announcement on the return to Golf

GolfRSA Statement – Announcement on the return to Golf

GOLFRSA STATEMENT Announcement on the return to Golf 12 June 2020 GolfRSA and the Golf bodies welcome the efforts of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture that have allowed for the safe return of Golf. The Golf bodies wish to thank the Minister, Director General and their team of staff for their commitment to…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Statement - 8 June 2020

GolfRSA STATEMENT – 8 June 2020

GolfRSA STATEMENT 8 June 2020 GolfRSA has today received an official reprimand from the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture following certain golf estates and facilities opening up for golf last week and this past weekend. According to the official letter from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, “the opening of these facilities is…
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Golf RSA | GOLFRSA STATEMENT – RETURN TO GOLF

GOLFRSA STATEMENT – RETURN TO GOLF

GOLFRSA STATEMENT – RETURN TO GOLF 5 June 2020 A decision by government on Golf’s return and the timing of this return was made early in the week. GolfRSA’s delegation that presented the initial proposal on 30th April for the return of golf was commended by the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture for the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA STATEMENT - GolfRSA reaction to High Court Ruling

GolfRSA STATEMENT – GolfRSA reaction to High Court Ruling

GOLFRSA STATEMENT GolfRSA reaction to High Court Ruling 4 June 2020 – In light of the Gauteng High Court Ruling that declared the country’s Alert Levels 3 and 4 lockdown regulations unconstitutional and invalid, GolfRSA in conjunction with all the golf bodies, is taking action and legal advice to ascertain the repercussions the ruling holds in terms…
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Golf RSA | GOLFRSA STATEMENT 31 MAY 2020

GolfRSA STATEMENT – 31 May 2020

31 MAY 2020 GolfRSA continued discussions today at the highest level of government regarding the re-opening of golf at Alert Level 3. “We had a very positive meeting this morning with a key representative of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture,” said GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn. “Please rest assured that the overriding priority of…
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Golf RSA | GOLFRSA STATEMENT 30 MAY 2020

GOLFRSA STATEMENT 30 MAY 2020

30 MAY 2020 Following the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture’s briefing this morning, GolfRSA on behalf of all South African golf bodies, would like to go on record in expressing our disappointment around the continued uncertainty in terms of where the return of golf stands at Alert Level 3. There are sufficient examples globally…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA to equip golf industry with HealthDocs

GolfRSA to equip golf industry with HealthDocs

CAPE TOWN, 30 May 2020 – GolfRSA is once again stepping in to assist the struggling golf industry with the announcement that it will cover the annual subscription costs of the HealthDocs App for all golf clubs throughout the country. The App, an easy-to-use employee and customer monitoring solution, is aimed at helping organisations such…
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Golf RSA | Statement from GolfRSA - 29 May 2020

Statement from GolfRSA – 29 May 2020

29 May 2020 Further to the regulations in respect of Alert Level 3 announced on Thursday, 28 May 2020, we would like to address the concerns of the entire golf industry. The vague nature of the regulations has led to different interpretations and was fuelled by misleading information in the media. In a video conference…
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Golf RSA | SA Sports Federations highlight the importance of the safe return of sports

SA Sports Federations highlight the importance of the safe return of sports

29 May 2020  South African sports federations highlight the importance of the safe return of sports Financial survival of various sports federations remains uncertain Following the recent announcement regarding the regulations governing Alert level 3, the financial survival of many sports in South Africa remain uncertain. According to the latest guidelines released by government, professional…
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Golf RSA | WGSA welcomes new caps to National Squads

WGSA welcomes new caps to National Squads

CAPE TOWN, 19 May 2020 – Womens Golf South Africa welcomed a number of new caps from the country’s promising amateur pool into their three-tiered GolfRSA National Squad structure for the 2020 season. “We are delighted to welcome Chloe Malgas-Kelpin, Ellandri van Heerden, Kaylan Boshof, Kesha Louw and Lucia Mhlabane, who will join Anika Smit…
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Golf RSA | WGSA celebrates 2019 Award winners

WGSA celebrates 2019 Award winners

CAPE TOWN, 18 May 2020 – Womens Golf South Africa recently celebrated the achievements of four top rising talents as the recipients of the annual WGSA Player Awards. “It gives us great pleasure to congratulate our 2019 winners Kaylah Williams, Caitlyn Macnab, Kera Healey and Marine Legentil,” said newly-elected WGSA President Sarah Braude. Serengeti’s Macnab…
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Golf RSA | Braude and Andrew to guide WGSA

Braude and Andrew to guide WGSA

14 May 2020 – Womens Golf South Africa will be guided by more than 20 years of experience in golf administration by newly-elected President Sarah Braude and Vice-President Susan Andrew. Braude and Andrew were unanimously elected during the Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) Annual General Meeting, held via video conference at the end of April…
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Golf RSA | Covid-19 SA Lockdown Update - 12 May 2020

Covid-19 SA Lockdown Update – 12 May 2020

12 May 2020 Dear Golfers, On behalf of the golf industry delegation engaging with government, which comprises GolfRSA, the PGA of SA and the Club Management Association of South Africa, we wanted to provide an update since the last communication of a week ago. Today we received a formal response from Minister of Sports, Arts…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn talks golf & Covid-19 Relief Fund

GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn talks golf & Covid-19 Relief Fund

1 May 2020 – GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn talks us through the recommendations from Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa on the way forward for the golf industry after a video conference with the umbrella body, the PGA of Southern Africa and the Club Managers Association of Southern Africa on Thursday, 30…
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Golf RSA | Feedback from the Ministerial Meeting

Feedback from the Ministerial Meeting

Dear fellow golfer, This afternoon, Thursday 30 April 2020, a delegation representing South African golf met with the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, via video conference call in order to present a proposal from the South African golf industry, and to seek guidance and advice from the Minister and his team…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA launches Covid-19 Relief Fund

GolfRSA launches Covid-19 Relief Fund

CAPE TOWN, 28 April 2020 – GolfRSA launched a R1-million relief initiative on Monday, aimed at helping caddies and casual workers at golf facilities who have been adversely affected by the countrywide lockdown due to the Corona Virus pandemic. GolfRSA – the umbrella body for amateur golf in South Africa – intends to reach those…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn's interview on RSG

GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn’s interview on RSG

The South African golf industry, like so many others, has been hard hit by the Covid-19 Corona Virus pandemic that has resulted in a government-mandated country-wide lockdown. In this interview that was broadcast recently on RSG, GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn discusses some of the challenges faced by the golf industry in South Africa and the…
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Golf RSA | Update on cancellation status of National Tournaments

Update on cancellation status of National Tournaments

Further to the Memorandum issued by the South African Golf Association (SAGA) and Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) on 16 March 2020 regarding the cancellation of tournaments, we are implementing the following amendments and additions to that advisory: 1. All tournaments under management authority of SAGA and WGSA scheduled to be held up to 30…
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Golf RSA | Golf Course Maintenance Rules during Covid-19 Lockdown

Golf Course Maintenance Rules during Covid-19 Lockdown

26 March 2020 – To Whom This May Concern In terms of the Government Notice regarding the Regulations published by Government Notice 318 of 18 March 2020 (download HERE), and the subsequent “Amendment of Regulations Issued in Terms of Section 27(2), the following applies: In accordance with 11B relating to the Restriction on the movement…
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Golf RSA | Africa Golf Confederation events postponed

Africa Golf Confederation events postponed

The Africa Golf Confederation (AGC) announced today that all tournaments held under the auspices of the AGC will be postponed until further notice due to the ongoing threat posed by the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the increasing spread of the virus through Africa. This includes the 2020 All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship, scheduled…
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Golf RSA | 2020 SA Country Districts cancelled

2020 SA Country Districts cancelled

Please be advised that, following the Memorandum of the 16th March from the President of the South African Golf Association and our undertaking to continually assess upcoming tournaments and Championships, the 2020 SA Country Districts Tournament scheduled for Katberg Golf Estate from the 11th – 15th May has been cancelled. In keeping with the decision…
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Golf RSA | Golf course maintenance during Covid-19 lockdown

Golf course maintenance during Covid-19 lockdown

23 March 2020 – Dear Golf Unions, Golf Clubs and Golfers, With due consideration to the National Disaster pronounced by State President Cyril Ramaphosa on 15 March 2020, and with reference to the National Coronavirus Command Council’s decision to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on Thursday 26 March, GolfRSA…
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Golf RSA | Moodley reflects on magical week in Investec SA Women’s Open

Moodley reflects on magical week in Investec SA Women’s Open

18 March 2020 – Never in a million years could Kaiyuree Moodley guess that one of her worst rounds would lay the groundwork for her biggest career achievement – winning the leading amateur honour in the 2020 Investec SA Women’s Open. Coming off a runner-up finish in the KwaZulu-Natal Championship at Durban Country Club, the…
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Golf RSA | Duo seal chance for Junior North & South spot

Duo seal chance for Junior North & South spot

18 March 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad member Casey Jarvis and 13-year-old Fabrizio de Abreu threw their names in the hat this March for a chance to tee it up in the prestigious North & South Junior Championship later this year. South Africa’s number one ranked Jarvis – fresh off his double in the SA…
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Golf RSA | Coronavirus / COVID 19 Update - Cancellation of National Tournaments

Coronavirus / COVID 19 Update – Cancellation of National Tournaments

MEMORANDUM   Re: Coronavirus Update – Cancellation of National Tournaments To: SAGA Unions, WGSA Unions & SAGA NEC Members From: South African Golf Association President Naadir Agherdien and Womens Golf South Africa President Sally Greasley Date: 16 March 2020   To SAGA and WGSA Constituents With due consideration of the National Disaster pronounced by State President Cyril…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA to confirm Covid-19 action plan

GolfRSA to confirm Covid-19 action plan

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak and in line with President Ramaphosa’s address last night, GolfRSA, in conjunction with and on behalf of the SAGA and WGSA, is currently engaging with all stakeholders in order to establish an appropriate action plan for forthcoming tournaments and all amateur golf. This official plan of action will be…
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Golf RSA | All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship postponed

All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship postponed

12 March 2020 – The 2020 All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship, scheduled to take place at the Palm Hills Golf Course in Egypt in two weeks, has been postponed due to the ongoing threat posed by the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The decision to postpone the event was made by the African Golf Confederation…
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Golf RSA | Ammies set to savour Investec SA Women’s Open experience

Ammies set to savour Investec SA Women’s Open experience

11 March 2020 – The next generation of golfing stars are ready to step into the limelight when the Investec SA Women’s Open tees off on Thursday. Amateurs Kaiyuree Moodley, Bianca Wernich and Bobbi Brown survived baptism of fire in Monday’s qualifying round to join top ranked Kaylah Williams and Megan Streicher in the 132-playing…
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Golf RSA | Mwale and Healey triumphant in Nomads SA Juniors International

Mwale and Healey triumphant in Nomads SA Juniors International

6 March 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad members Carl Mwale and Kera Healey claimed the biggest wins of their young careers when they captured their respective divisions of the Nomads South African Juniors International on Thursday. Healey went wire-to-wire at Rondebosch Golf Club, courtesy of a flawless seven-under-par 65 in the opening round that earned…
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Golf RSA | SA Quartet named for Africa Region 5

SA Quartet named for Africa Region 5

3 March 2020 – Yurav Premlall is the latest GolfRSA National Squad member to be capped by the South African Golf Association. The 16-year-old Glendower golfer will make his debut for South Africa when he lines up alongside fellow Ekurhuleni golfer Casey Jarvis, Martin Vorster from Southern Cape and Kyle de Beer from Eastern Province…
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Golf RSA | Double SA Amateur delight for South Africa’s top golfers

Double SA Amateur delight for South Africa’s top golfers

21 February 2020 – Not even a two-hour delay due to dangerous weather could halt the relentless charge of South Africa’s two top-ranked golfers – Caitlyn Macnab and Casey Jarvis – towards their place in golf history. With their wins in the Aon South African Amateur Championships, Macnab and Jarvis both achieved the rare SA…
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Golf RSA | Big test for SA’s best in Aon SA Amateur finals

Big test for SA’s best in Aon SA Amateur finals

20 February 2020 – History beckons for South Africa’s two top-ranked golfers – Casey Jarvis and Caitlyn Macnab – as the Ekurhuleni pair go in search of the Aon South African Amateur Championship titles to complete their dreams of winning the elusive SA Amateur doubles at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. Macnab, the winner…
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Golf RSA | Epic duels loom in quarters at Aon SA Amateur

Epic duels loom in quarters at Aon SA Amateur

19 February 2020 – His opponent’s putter deserted him, and young gun Christiaan Maas charged through that open door on Wednesday to play his way into the quarter-finals of the South African Amateur Championships at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. The 16-year-old Pretoria junior defeated Martin Vorster 1-up in the round of 16 when…
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Golf RSA | Favourites advance at Aon SA Amateur

Favourites advance at Aon SA Amateur

19 February 2020 – The big guns of women’s golf moved comfortably into the quarter-finals of the Aon South African Amateur Championship, setting up four mouth-watering clashes on the East Course of Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Thursday. Reigning South African Stroke Play champion and the country’s No 1-ranked amateur Caitlyn Macnab kept…
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Golf RSA | Celebrations on ice for birthday girl Macnab & Moodliar

Celebrations on ice for birthday girl Macnab & Moodliar

18 February 2020 – Caitlyn Macnab set any aside any thoughts of celebration despite claiming the biggest title in her golfing career, the Aon South African Stroke Play Championship, on her 18th birthday. The Serengeti golfer signed for a final round of 68 on Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club’s West Course to finish on…
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Golf RSA | Late eagle gives Vorster a big boost in SA Amateur

Late eagle gives Vorster a big boost in SA Amateur

18 February 2020 – Martin Vorster birdied 17 and eagled the 18th at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club to advance to the top 32 of the match play stage with the other three top-ranked amateurs in South Africa in the Aon South African Amateur Championship. In a tense match, the Southern Cape junior edged…
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Golf RSA | Simpson lifts Proudfoot Trophy at SA Amateur

Simpson lifts Proudfoot Trophy at SA Amateur

17 February 2020 – He called it possibly the best two-iron of his life, and it set up what turned out to be a decisive eagle for Sam Simpson as he went on to win the Proudfoot Trophy for topping the 36-hole stroke play qualifier for the match play stage of the Aon South African…
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Golf RSA | Williams wings her way to the front at RJK

Williams wings her way to the front at RJK

17 February 2020 – Kaylah Williams hopes to emulate fellow Western Province golfer Sam Simpson when she bids for the number one spot in the Aon South African Women’s Amateur Championship, which tees off at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Tuesday. Simpson was the proud recipient of the prestigious Proudfoot Trophy for his three-shot…
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Golf RSA | Macnab takes pole at Aon SA Women's Stroke Play

Macnab takes pole at Aon SA Women’s Stroke Play

16 February 2020 – Caitlyn Macnab seized the initiative on day one of the Aon South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship to open up a one-shot lead at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. Things didn’t quite go her way at the start of the day, but once she hit her stride, there was no…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis surges to summit at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington

Jarvis surges to summit at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington

16 February 2020 – A back nine birdie blitz by Casey Jarvis for a nine-under-par 63 saw the country’s number one ranked amateur surge to a two-shot lead on day one of the Aon South African Amateur Championship on Sunday. Just three days after Jarvis became the youngest South African Stroke Play champion with his…
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Golf RSA | Talented Juniors trio to defend SA pride in Egypt

Talented Juniors trio to defend SA pride in Egypt

JOHANNESBURG, 15 February 2020 – Boland junior Megan Streicher will make her national debut in the All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship when she partners Caitlyn Macnab and Kiera Floyd from Ekurhuleni in the Girls Competition against the rest of Africa in Egypt this March. “We are extremely delighted to have the opportunity to give our…
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Golf RSA | Record-breaking Jarvis triumphs in SA Stroke Play

Record-breaking Jarvis triumphs in SA Stroke Play

13 February 2020 – Casey Jarvis etched his name into the record books as the youngest winner in South African Stroke Play Championship history when he claimed the prestigious title in dominant fashion at Randpark Golf Club on Thursday. At 16 years, 6 months and 17 days, Jarvis broke a record that had been held…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis powers to commanding lead in SA Stroke Play

Jarvis powers to commanding lead in SA Stroke Play

12 February 2020 – Overnight leader Casey Jarvis held steady during round three to take a commanding four-shot lead into the final round of the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club. The fearsome Firethorn Course had proved scoreable in the first two rounds after torrential rain on the eve of the event…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis on song at SA Stroke Play Champs

Jarvis on song at SA Stroke Play Champs

11 February 2020 – Casey Jarvis continued his love affair with the Firethorn Course at Randpark Golf Club as he carded a second-round 65 to surge into a two-shot lead on day two of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday. Jarvis and Irishman Rowan Lester began the day on six-under, two shots behind…
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Golf RSA | Wilson leads logjam at SA Stroke Play

Wilson leads logjam at SA Stroke Play

10 February 2020 – Scotsman James Wilson fired some exceptional approach shots and yielded a hot putter to fire a stunning eight-under-par 64 for the first round lead in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Monday. The Firethorn Course’s best defence – its fast and challenging greens – were left…
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Golf RSA | Vorster edges Huggins for African Amateur success

Vorster edges Huggins for African Amateur success

6 February 2020 – South African teenager Martin Vorster was born for the big moments. On Thursday the 18-year-old Southern Cape golfer boxed a 30-footer for eagle in the final hole of regulation play to force a play-off, then wore down his opponent in the fourth hole of the sudden-death shoot-out to win the African…
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Golf RSA | Team South Africa triumphant at African Amateur

Team South Africa triumphant at African Amateur

5 February 2020 – Team South Africa stormed through the half-gap given them by Team South Africa Juniors on Wednesday to race to a five-stroke victory in the Team Competition of the Africa Amateur Stroke Play Championship being played at Leopard Creek Country Club. Together with England, Kyle de Beer’s men – Martin Vorster, Casey…
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Golf RSA | Unflappable Van Velzen still on top in African Amateur

Unflappable Van Velzen still on top in African Amateur

4 February 2020 – Benoni junior Ryan van Velzen finished a yawning seven shots ahead of reigning Amateur champion James Sugrue from Ireland and compatriot Martin Vorster at the 36-hole mark of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship. The 18-year-old eagled the 18th at Leopard Creek for a second day in a row to post…
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Golf RSA | Van Velzen on fire at Leopard Creek

Van Velzen on fire at Leopard Creek

3 February 2020 – Ekurhuleni junior Ryan van Velzen started the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday like a house on fire as he carded a superlative eight-under-par 64 around Leopard Creek Country Club, giving him a three-stroke edge over his nearest competitor. Starting on the 10th, Van Velzen birdied his first two holes,…
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Golf RSA | Brits books Bridge Junior Series Final berth at Oubaai

Brits books Bridge Junior Series Final berth at Oubaai

29 January 2020 – Paarl junior Jere Brits battled howling wind and lashing rain qualify for the Regional Final of the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series with a play-off win at Oubaai Golf Club on Sunday, 26 January 2020. “It was raining cats and dogs so I carried extra towels to try and keep…
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Golf RSA | 2020 All-Africa Junior team announced

2020 All-Africa Junior team announced

28 January 2020 – The South African Golf Association selected GolfRSA National Squad members Casey Jarvis, Sam Simpson, Jordan Duminy and Christiaan Maas to represent South Africa in the prestigious All-Africa Junior Golf Teams Championship in March. The talented GolfRSA Protea junior quartet will pursue a 22nd consecutive victory for South Africa at the Jack…
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Golf RSA | Barbaglia upstages boys to win Bridge Junior title

Barbaglia upstages boys to win Bridge Junior title

27 January 2020 – Benmore teenager Stephanie Barbaglia was in sizzling form as she beat a top-class field of golfers to become the first girl to win a Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title this season. The 14-year-old Bryanston golfer, who attends the ESCA School Wanderers, defeated Liam van Deventer from North West in a…
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Golf RSA | Moodley to debut in Faldo’s Major Invitational

Moodley to debut in Faldo’s Major Invitational

CAPE TOWN, 15 January 2020 – Kaiyuree Moodley has set her sights on the SA Women’s Amateur double crown in February and she hopes to gain masses of experience in the 2020 Major Champions Invitational in the United States later this month. An impressive runner-up finish in the prestigious ANNIKA Invitational USA at the World…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA stars heading for Annika Invitational USA

GolfRSA stars heading for Annika Invitational USA

15 January 2020 – South Africa’s top two juniors Caitlyn Macnab from Ekurhuleni and Boland’s Megan Streicher are set to fly the country’s flag in the 12th Annika Invitational USA presented by Rolex from 17-19 January. GolfRSA Squad pair will compete in the 70-strong player field of the prestigious 54-hole stroke play championship, hosted by…
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Golf RSA | Freddie Tait winner Schaper ready to chase more records

Freddie Tait winner Schaper ready to chase more records

11 January 2020 – Not since Ernie Els in 1989 has an amateur finished in the top six of the world’s second oldest championship, but 18-year-old Jayden Schaper did just that on Sunday in the South African Open, hosted by the City of Joburg, at Randpark Golf Club. Paired with defending champion Louis Oosthuizen over…
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Golf RSA | Grace shifts gears and guns to SA Open glory

Grace shifts gears and guns to SA Open glory

12 January 2019 – South Africa’s Branden Grace carded an incredible final round nine-under 62 to win the South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg at Randpark Golf Club on Sunday. Not only was it an amazing way to win his national Open, it was the lowest closing round to win an SA…
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Golf RSA | SA golf pays tribute to Denis Hutchinson

SA golf pays tribute to Denis Hutchinson

11 January 2020 – Denis Hutchinson’s immense contribution to golf will be celebrated through a new tournament in his honour and in partnership with the Sunshine Tour, PGA of South Africa, GolfRSA and the South African Golf Association (SAGA). The Denis Hutchinson Challenge Trophy will be played at Hutchinson’s home course of Royal Johannesburg and…
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Golf RSA | Mental strength nets Maas maiden Nomads title in Benoni

Mental strength nets Maas maiden Nomads title in Benoni

11 January 2020 – There’s nothing quite like a bit of pressure to focus the mind, even if it is self-applied, as Christiaan Maas discovered en route to claiming the Nomads Order of Merit Inland 1 tournament by five shots over fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Cole Stevens at Benoni Country Club. Despite cruising down…
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Golf RSA | Schaper uses crowd support as he chases SA Open history

Schaper uses crowd support as he chases SA Open history

JOHANNESBURG, 11 January 2020 – Amateur Jayden Schaper is relishing the crowd support at the SA Open hosted by City of Joburg, and with a solid third-round two-under 69 to move to 12-under in the third round, he will be using that atmosphere as he chases a unique piece of history at Randpark Golf Club…
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Golf RSA | Oosthuizen poised to defend SA Open title

Oosthuizen poised to defend SA Open title

11 January 2020 – SA’s Louis Oosthuizen is poised to defend his South African Open title after a bogey-free seven-under 64 netted him a one stroke lead on 15-under in the third round at Randpark Golf Club on Saturday. Lurking a stroke adrift is England’s Marcus Armitage, and two behind is SA’s Jaco Ahlers on…
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Golf RSA | Van Rooyen captures Bridge Junior Series win in thrilling playoff

Van Rooyen captures Bridge Junior Series win in thrilling playoff

Jan Stals van Rooyen of Clovelly showed nerves of steel to win a three-way playoff at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Friday, 10 January 2020 and qualify for the regional final of the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. The stakes were high when Van Rooyen lined up against Matthew Lotz of Atlantic Beach…
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Golf RSA | Procter doubles up on Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series

Procter doubles up on Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series

Travis Procter began 2020 in style by shooting a 2-under-par round at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Friday, 10 January to win his second Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season. Travis, who enters Grade 11 at Curro Durbanville this year, said the key to his win was playing “smart golf”. “The…
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Golf RSA | Ancient history' beckons at Randpark

‘Ancient history’ beckons at Randpark

10 January 2019 – History beckons at Randpark Golf Club this weekend for the final two rounds of the R17,5-million South African Open, hosted by the City of Joburg. It has been 61 long years since an amateur won the world’s second oldest title, and that honour belonged to Denis Hutchinson way back in 1959.…
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Golf RSA | Budding star Schaper impresses at SA Open

Budding star Schaper impresses at SA Open

JOHANNESBURG, 9 January 2020 – His GolfRSA National Squad team-mates dubbed him ‘Clutch’ when he won the Junior Players Championship last year, but super-cool Jayden Schaper earned a new nick-name in the press centre on day one of the South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Joburg. His uncanny ability to hit a…
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Golf RSA | Nkosi nails Nomads SA Under-15 Champs win

Nkosi nails Nomads SA Under-15 Champs win

8 January 2020 – South African Golf Development Board rising star Rorisang Nkosi celebrated his first national victory in style on Wednesday, producing a strong closing round at Mbombela Golf Club to win the prestigious Nomads SA Under-15 Championship. Nkosi set himself a target of securing a first win on the national junior circuit in…
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Golf RSA | Success for Senger at Mount Edgecombe

Success for Senger at Mount Edgecombe

8 January 2020 – Ayden Senger’s smile literally lit up the clubhouse at Mount Edgecombe Country Club after he finally got over the line to lift his first national title in the Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal 1 on Tuesday. Having been denied four times the last two years – and twice last season –…
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Golf RSA | Record 11 amateurs primed for SA Open

Record 11 amateurs primed for SA Open

Dreams do come true….just ask Gauteng pair Kieron van Wyk and Merrick van As, who pushed the amateur tally in the 2020 South African Open Championship to a record 11 when they booked their berths in Monday’s qualifiers. “I’m still pinching myself,” said elated GolfRSA National Squad member Van Wyk after he shared top honours…
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Golf RSA | Hess: I want to win the SA Open for all the kids out there

Hess: I want to win the SA Open for all the kids out there

Hailing from a small town in the Western Cape, Robertson-born Jacquin Hess has one thing on his mind at Randpark Golf Club this week – and that’s lifting the second oldest trophy in golf. The South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Joburg, begins on Thursday and the South African Golf Development Board…
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Golf RSA | Stone lauds Randpark greenkeeping staff ahead of SA Open

Stone lauds Randpark greenkeeping staff ahead of SA Open

Former SA Open champion Brandon Stone paid the greenkeeping staff at Randpark Golf Club the highest possible compliment when he called the fairways of the Firethorn and Bushwillow Courses the best he’s seen anywhere in the last few years. “They’re so perfect that you even feel guilty about taking a divot,” the 26-year-old said with…
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Golf RSA | No par fives for the pros in SA Open

No par fives for the pros in SA Open

Every Randpark member knows there are eight par-fives – four on each of the Firethorn and Bushwillow courses – but for the professionals playing in this week’s South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg there are effectively no par-fives. How so? “Well, it’s just that most of the guys can hit every par-five…
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Golf RSA | The SA Open hosted by the City of Joburg gives hope to Soweto

The SA Open hosted by the City of Joburg gives hope to Soweto

Dr Andrew Mlangeni remembers the day during the 26 years and four months that he was incarcerated on Robben Island when he found three golf balls that gave him hope. Three golf balls, hidden away in the long grass of a field he and his fellow political prisoners were clearing on the island. When he…
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Oosthuizen leads SA’s best at Randpark

Louis Oosthuizen heads to Randpark Golf Club this week as the defending champion and the new Player Host of the South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg, and which this year is a true showcase of the brightest stars of the current and future generations of South African golf. Oosthuizen joined an exclusive…
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Golf RSA | Pedro banks first Bridge Junior Series win in Robertson

Pedro banks first Bridge Junior Series win in Robertson

Kathu golfer Lyle Pedro began his 2020 season in style by with a one-shot victory at Robertson Golf Club on Friday, 3 January to lift his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title. With the win the 16-year-old South African Golf Development Board member – a pupil at Curro Kathu – qualifies for the regional…
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Golf RSA | Play-off birdie lands Ludick a maiden Bridge Junior Series title

Play-off birdie lands Ludick a maiden Bridge Junior Series title

Ernest Ludick of Centurion birdied the first play-off hole to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Waterkloof GC on Sunday 27 October 2019. The Mooinooi golfer won the play-off against Kieron van Wyk of Ruimsig CC and Rorisang Nkosi of Pecanwood GC, who had earlier matched his 18-hole score of 69. Keira…
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Golf RSA | Rama scorches Milnerton to lift Bridge Junior Series title

Rama scorches Milnerton to lift Bridge Junior Series title

Nikhil Rama, an 18-year-old member of Bryanston Country Club, produced exceptional and error free play to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on a picture perfect yet scorching day at Milnerton Golf Club on Thursday 26 September 2019. Having never played the links course which has Table Mountain providing a dramatic backdrop,…
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Golf RSA | Loubser goes big in Bridge Junior Series in Strand

Loubser goes big in Bridge Junior Series in Strand

Louis Loubser Jnr, a 17-year-old member of Durbanville Golf Club, secured the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Strand Golf Club on Sunday 15 September 2019. A Grade 11 pupil at The Golf School of Excellence in Tygervalley where he is coached by Paul McKenzie, Louis birdied the 15th and the 16th holes to…
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Golf RSA | Duminy wins Bridge Junior Series at Clovelly

Duminy wins Bridge Junior Series at Clovelly

Jordan Duminy of Mossel Bay, who represented the International team in the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia in December, produced a spectacular shot from deep in the trees to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Clovelly Country Club on Friday 27 September 2019. Having pushed his second shot right of the green…
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Golf RSA | Gough captures Bridge Junior Series at Royal Durban

Gough captures Bridge Junior Series at Royal Durban

Ethan Gough of Hillcrest romped to a comprehensive 3-shot victory at Royal Durban Golf Club on Sunday 8 September 2019 to win the opening tournament of Season 3 of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. The 17-year-old Maritzburg College pupil, coached by Sean Coetzee at the SCIEG academy, shot level par 73 with Matthew Kruger…
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Golf RSA | Sweet taste of victory for Senger at Royal Cape

Sweet taste of victory for Senger at Royal Cape

Ayden Senger bounced back from the heartache of losing in a play-off at Clovelly last month to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season at Royal Cape Golf Club on Sunday 13 October 2019. By shooting a 2-under 70 in challenging conditions at Royal Cape, 18-year-old Ayden qualified for the…
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Golf RSA | Perfect eagle start as Ryan beats top field at ERPM

Perfect eagle start as Ryan beats top field at ERPM

On a day when a lightning storm delayed play by 45 minutes, 18-year-old Ryan van Velzen produced some electricity of his own with 7 birdies and 2 eagles to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at ERPM on Saturday 26 October 2019. “Earlier this year I won the EGU Closed at ERPM with a…
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Golf RSA | De Klerk defends Bridge Junior Series at Wanderers

De Klerk defends Bridge Junior Series at Wanderers

1 January 2020 – GolfRSA National Squad member Nash de Klerk fired six birdies at The Wanderers Golf Club to defend his Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title in November, ensuring another stab at an all-expenses paid trip to the North and South Junior Championship at Pinehurst, USA in July 2020. A bogey at the…
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Golf RSA | Festive Season Greetings from GolfRSA

Festive Season Greetings from GolfRSA

23 December 2019 – As we stare down the end of 2019, I’d like to take the opportunity to wish all our club golfers the happiest of Festive Seasons. For many, 2019 has been a year filled with difficult challenges and I do hope that you are able to take some time off over the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Premlall gets SA Open nod

GolfRSA’s Premlall gets SA Open nod

23 December 2019 – Sixteen-year-old prodigy Yurav Premlall will make his second appearance in the South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Joburg, when he joins seven fellow GolfRSA National Squad members at Randpark Golf Club from 9 – 12 January. Premlall will be teeing it up with South Africa’s leading amateur Jayden…
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Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Jack Buchanan

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Jack Buchanan

22 December – We shine the spotlight on Dimension Data Junior Open Under-15 Challenge champion Jack Buchanan this December. The 14-year-old Western Province junior displayed nerves of steel as he holed a monster putt at the first extra hole on the Montagu Course to defeat Michael Ferreira in a sudden-death play-off for his first national…
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Golf RSA | SAGDB celebrates 20 years of changing lives

SAGDB celebrates 20 years of changing lives

16 December 2019 – What started as one man’s dream to take the game to the people at grass-roots level has grown and blossomed and this year, the South African Golf Development Board proudly celebrates 20 years of growing golf in South Africa. “The South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) was founded by our patron,…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas Teams named for African Amateur Championship

GolfRSA Proteas Teams named for African Amateur Championship

15 December 2019 – Four of the country’s five Junior Presidents Cup representatives and three new junior caps will be representing South Africa in the fifth African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the magnificent Leopard Creek from 3-6 February 2020. South Africa’s number one ranked amateur Jayden Schaper teed it up in the Junior Presidents…
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Golf RSA | Hat-trick heroes Ekurhuleni and KZN celebrate at Oubaai

Hat-trick heroes Ekurhuleni and KZN celebrate at Oubaai

14 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni rose to the occasion on the final day to close out a hat-trick of titles at Oubaai Golf, Hotel and Spa, while KwaZulu-Natal could finally celebrate winning the promotion battle in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament at close of business on Friday. A-SECTION Two-time defending champions Ekurhuleni laid down…
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Golf RSA | Glory battle at Oubaai going down to the wire

Glory battle at Oubaai going down to the wire

13 December 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal will go all out against Eastern Province in an effort to cap their B-Section victory with an unbeaten run at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while the title fight for glory in the 2019 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament is poised on a knife’s edge. Ekurhuleni tops the A-Section log…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni stay on track for SA U-19 IPT hat-trick

Ekurhuleni stay on track for SA U-19 IPT hat-trick

12 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni remains on track for a hat-trick of South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial titles after three rounds at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while KwaZulu-Natal all but cemented the promotion battle on Wednesday. A-SECTION Two-time winners Ekurhuleni will enjoy a well-deserved fourth round bye after routing Gauteng North 8 – 4 on…
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Golf RSA | KZN on the rampage in Southern Cape

KZN on the rampage in Southern Cape

11 December 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal went on a tear for a second successive day at Oubaai Hotel, Golf and Spa, while Ekurhuleni and Western Province strengthened their grip in the battle for supremacy in Tuesday’s second round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament. B-SECTION A hugely determined KwaZulu-Natal has made a strong case for…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni off to great start in title defence at Oubaai

Ekurhuleni off to great start in title defence at Oubaai

10 December 2019 – Ekurhuleni picked up where they left off last year and threw down the gauntlet with two convincing victories in the opening round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial on Monday. Two years ago, the Ekurhuleni juniors won the premier junior golf team championship title for the first time in nearly 30…
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Golf RSA | Internationals come up short in Junior Presidents Cup

Internationals come up short in Junior Presidents Cup

VICTORIA, Melbourne, Australia (9 December 2019) – The United States Team fended off a feisty challenge from the International Team on Monday to win the Junior Presidents Cup for a second consecutive time. The American juniors carried a comfortable 9 – 3 lead from the opening day’s Four-Ball and Foursomes sessions into the final round…
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Golf RSA | Internationals with work to do down-under

Internationals with work to do down-under

MELBOURNE, Australia (8 December 2019) – The International Team will have to come out guns blazing in the final round Singles on Monday after the United States Team surged to a commanding 9-3 lead on day one of the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia. Two years ago, the U.S. Team led the first round by…
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Golf RSA | SAGA announces amateur line-up for 2020 SA Open

SAGA announces amateur line-up for 2020 SA Open

25 November 2018 – The South African Open Championship has always enjoyed a rich history of amateur participation and the 2020 tournament at Randpark Golf Club from 9-12 January will once again feature six of South Africa’s most promising amateur talents. “Jayden Schaper, our current number one, will spearhead the challenge at Randpark alongside Casey…
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Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Tebogo Lefifi

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Tebogo Lefifi

This November, we shine the spotlight on one of GolfRSA’s rising stars Tebogo Lefifi. Having joined the South African Golf Development Board programme as an eight-year-old, the Lyndhurst junior rose through the ranks under the watchful eye of Gauteng regional manager Andy Ostle. “Tebobo caught the eye of the executive at Ladies Golf Gauteng and…
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Golf RSA | Nostalgic SA Women’s Mid-Amateur win for Traut

Nostalgic SA Women’s Mid-Amateur win for Traut

14 November 2019 – Vicki Traut from Western Province went wire-to-wire at Selborne Golf Estate, Hotel and Spa on Wednesday to celebrate a very memorable maiden victory in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Traut won by eight shots on six-over 150 after carding rounds of 72 and 78 in the weather-reduced 36 hole tournament.…
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Golf RSA | Traut trots to five-shot lead at Selborne

Traut trots to five-shot lead at Selborne

12 November 2019 – Vicki Traut lived up to her pre-tournament billing when she opened up a five-shot lead in the first round of the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Selborne Golf Estate, Hotel and Spa on Tuesday. Heavy rains on Sunday and Monday forced Womens Golf South Africa to call off the scheduled first…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas does SA proud in the USA

GolfRSA Proteas does SA proud in the USA

10 November 2019 – The GolfRSA Proteas continued South Africa’s success story on the international golfing stage with a superb performance in the highly-rated Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas. Martin Vorster from Southern Cape, Western Province’s Sam Simpson and Gauteng pair Zethu Myeki and Symone Henriques combined for an impressive ninth place finish…
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Golf RSA | Filippi and De Beer close out top 20s in Argentina

Filippi and De Beer close out top 20s in Argentina

10 November 2019 – South Africa’s Luca Filippi and Kyle de Beer both signed off with top 20 finishes in the Argentina Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Saturday. Just a fews days after the GolfRSA Proteas claimed a top four finish in the team competition at the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup to keep South Africa’s…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas on the move abroad

GolfRSA Proteas on the move abroad

9 November 2019 – While the GolfRSA Proteas made positive strides in the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Texas, fellow South African Kyle de Beer broke into the top 25 in the Argentine Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Friday. The South African team finished in joint 12th on 12-under alongside Chinese Taipei when action…
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Golf RSA | Filippi within striking distance in Argentina

Filippi within striking distance in Argentina

8 November 2019 – Western Province golfer Luca Filippi will start moving day at the Estancias Golf Club within three shots of 36-hole leader Aram Yenidjeian in the Argentine Amateur Stroke Play Championship. The 17-year-old Argentine junior tops the leaderboard in the world’s sixth oldest Amateur championship on seven-under after carding rounds of 70 and…
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Golf RSA | Mixed fortunes for GolfRSA Proteas in Texas

Mixed fortunes for GolfRSA Proteas in Texas

8 November 2019 – The GolfRSA Proteas combined for five-under-par 139 to tie for 13th in the Combined International Competition of The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas on Thursday. The 19 nations contesting the 54-hole, four-ball stroke-play competition teed off in pouring rain and it was the French…
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Golf RSA | SA’s ultimate club champions crowned

SA’s ultimate club champions crowned

7 November 2019 – GolfRSA crowned six new champions as the annual Champion of Champions tournament, in association with Aon, wrapped up in fine style at Zebula Golf Estate and Spa. The two-day event seeks to identify the country’s ultimate club champions, across three men’s and three women’s divisions, by pitting regional winners against eachother…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas pumped for Texas action

GolfRSA Proteas pumped for Texas action

7 November 2019 – The Spirit International Golf Championship has been a training ground for stars of tomorrow spanning the globe, and GolfRSA Proteas Zethu Myeki, Symone Henriques, Martin Vorster and Sam Simpson are among the 80 players hoping to go on to bigger and better things after this week. The first championship in 2001…
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Golf RSA | Ernie names Captain Picks for President’s Cup

Ernie names Captain Picks for President’s Cup

7 November 2019 – Local hero Jason Day,  Canadian Adam Hadwin, Sungjae Im of Korea and Joaquin Niemann of Chile got the nod from International Team Captain Ernie Els for the 13th Presidents Cup set to begin in just over a month in Australia. The Presidents Cup will return to Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne…
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Golf RSA | Rebula & Auburn claim titles at Kiawah Classic

Rebula & Auburn claim titles at Kiawah Classic

6 November 2019 – South Africa’s number one ranked amateur and former Amateur champion Jovan Rebula took the medallist honours in the Kiawah Classic on the US collegiate circuit while helping the Auburn University to victory in the team competition. This marked Auburn’s first team title of the season and a second individual crown for…
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Golf RSA | Top 4 for GolfRSA Proteas at Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup

Top 4 for GolfRSA Proteas at Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup

4 November 2019 – GolfRSA Proteas Luca Filippi and Kyle de Beer continued South Africa’s proud record in the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup with a top four finish in Argentina on Sunday. Abel Gallegos and Andres Schonbaum gave the local fans plenty to cheer about at the Los Lagartos Country Club when the pair edged…
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Golf RSA | SA pair inch closer in Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup

SA pair inch closer in Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup

2 November 2019 – GolfRSA Proteas Kyle de Beer and Luca Filippi inched within striking distance of Argentina and Brazil in the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina with a solid effort in Friday’s second round. Local favourites Abel Gallegos and Andres Schonbaum carded one-over-par 143 on day two at Los Lagartos Country Club to…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas make battling start in Argentina

GolfRSA Proteas make battling start in Argentina

31 October 2019 – GolfRSA Proteas Kyle de Beer and Luca Filippi were upbeat despite a frustrating start in Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina on Thursday. While Andrey Borges from Brazil fired seven birdies for a six-under-par 65 to open up a three-shot lead, the South African pair struggled in the 3-club swirling wind that…
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Golf RSA | Filippi and De Beer geared for Argentine challenge

Filippi and De Beer geared for Argentine challenge

29 October 2019 – GolfRSA Proteas Luca Filippi and Kyle de Beer have arrived in Argentina ready to stake another strong performance for South Africa in two top international events this November. South Africa’s proud history in the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup team competition dates back to 1999, when former Masters champion Trevor Immelman and…
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Golf RSA | In-form Traut headlines SA Women’s Mid-Amateur field

In-form Traut headlines SA Women’s Mid-Amateur field

29 October 2019 – In-form Vicki Traut will headline a glorious festival of golf when the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship swings into action at the magnificent Selborne Golf Estate, Hotel and Spa from 11-13 November. Traut romped to victory in the 39th Ackerman Championship on the Open Amateur circuit two weeks ago and she is…
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Golf RSA | Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Casey Jarvis

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Casey Jarvis

28 October 2019 – GolfRSA National Squad member Casey Jarvis is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s brightest golfing prospects and he showed why he is thought of so highly when he erased a six shot deficit to capture the sough-after Silver Salver title this October. Jarvis came from behind after 36 holes to…
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Golf RSA | Cool-hand Kingston closes out SA Senior Open victory

Cool-hand Kingston closes out SA Senior Open victory

25 October 2019 – James Kingston became a two-time SA national champion after winning the SA Senior Open, hosted by Bitou Municipality, in emphatic style with a birdie finish at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Friday. The 2007 SA Open winner celebrated his 19th victory and maiden senior win on seven-under-par 281, sealing a nine-shot…
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Golf RSA | Kingston on brink of SA Senior Open history

Kingston on brink of SA Senior Open history

24 October 2019 – James Kingston continued his love affair with Plettenberg Bay Country Club on moving day to open up a commanding lead as he targets his first victory in the SA Senior Open, hosted by Bitou Municipality. In a career spanning 31 years, Kingston’s trophy case in Potchefstroom is packed with silverware from…
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Golf RSA | Kingston forges four shots clear at SA Senior Open

Kingston forges four shots clear at SA Senior Open

23 October 2019 – James Kingston is on course for an elusive national double after taking a commanding lead in the second round of the prestigious SA Senior Open hosted by Bitou Municipality on Wednesday. The 2007 South African Open champion fired three birdies on the bounce over the last three holes at Plettenberg Bay…
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Golf RSA | Botes goes low for SA Senior Open lead

Botes goes low for SA Senior Open lead

22 October 2019 – Mark McNulty’s bid for a SA Senior Open hat-trick took a hit as AP Botes fired two eagles on the way to a three-shot lead at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Tuesday. A gusting 33 km per hour easterly wind kept the 72-strong field on their toes, and Botes was one…
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Golf RSA | Plettenberg Bay set for 2019 SA Senior Open action

Plettenberg Bay set for 2019 SA Senior Open action

21 October 2019 – The 2019 SA Senior Open returns to the Bitou Municipality and the Plettenberg Bay Country Club from 22 to 25 October 2019. Stalwarts of South African golf and the Sunshine Tour will aim to dethrone two-time consecutive champion Mark McNulty. The SA Senior Open is the pinnacle for senior professional golfers…
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Golf RSA | Senior Players boasts new sponsor, venue and format

Senior Players boasts new sponsor, venue and format

19 October 2019 – GolfRSA is pleased  to announce a new collaboration with Alec Levin Insurance and Investment Brokers as the main sponsor of the 2020 Senior Players Championship on 8 and 9 February 2020. “We are delighted that Alec Levin Insurance and Investment Brokers have selected one of our flagship senior amateur events to…
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Golf RSA | SA Senior Amateur double for remarkable Phillips

SA Senior Amateur double for remarkable Phillips

DURBAN, 18 October 2019 – It was a far cry from memorable march to victory last year, but Morgan Phillips was a very happy man nonetheless when he lifted the SA Senior Amateur Championship title for a second time at Durban Country Club on Friday. Phillips fired a clinical final round one-under-par 71 at Heron…
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Golf RSA | Skinner set sights on SA Senior Amateur title

Skinner set sights on SA Senior Amateur title

17 October 2019 – William Skinner fired an eagle and three birdies on his back nine to open up a slender one-shot lead after another day of tough scoring conditions in the SA Senior Amateur Championship. Skinner and defending champion Morgan Phillips were only two players in the 142-strong field to break par in the…
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Golf RSA | Johnston lands slender lead in SA Senior Amateur

Johnston lands slender lead in SA Senior Amateur

16 October 2019 – Stephen Johnston sits atop of a congested leaderboard after opening with a one-under-par 71 in the South African Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday. Morning starter Schalk Naude from Randpark set the early clubhouse target at Durban Country Club with an even-par 72, but the 53-year-old Johnston bested his Central Gauteng Senior…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas continue All Africa record in Mauritius

GolfRSA Proteas continue All Africa record in Mauritius

14 October 2019 – The GolfRSA Proteas returned home on Monday, having successfully defended the country’s proud record in the All Africa Golf Team Championship with a captivating performance in Mauritius. South Africa won the inaugural biennial event in 2001 and consequently triumphed in Botswana (2003), Uganda (2005), Namibia (2007), Egypt (2011), Swaziland (2013), Kenya…
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Golf RSA | Daisies reigns supreme in SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Daisies reigns supreme in SA Mid-Amateur IPT

11 October 2019 – Gauteng North routed Central Gauteng in a pressure packed final round on Friday to claim their first victory in the 14th South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament at King David Mowbray Golf Club. The Daisies powered their way past Southern Cape (9 – 3), Western Province (6.5 – 5.5), KwaZulu-Natal (9 –…
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Golf RSA | Eastern Province seals epic promotion in SA Mid-Am IPT

Eastern Province seals epic promotion in SA Mid-Am IPT

12 October 2019 – Eastern Province not only won the promotion battle in the 14th South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial, but they did it in style – lifting the B-Section title with one round to spare and capping an unbeaten performance with a final round triumph at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Friday. Eastern Province…
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Golf RSA | SA off to solid start in ACCT title defence in Mauritius

SA off to solid start in ACCT title defence in Mauritius

10 October 2019 – They didn’t quite hit the target they set for the team on day one, but the GolfRSA Proteas  were happy enough to kick off their All Africa Golf Team Championship title defence in Mauritius with a two-shot lead on Thursday. Jayden Schaper and Martin Vorster both carded one-over-par rounds of 73,…
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Golf RSA | Showtime at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Showtime at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

10 October 2019 – With one round remaining in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament, top teams Western Province, Gauteng North and Central Gauteng will come out guns blazing in Friday’s final round, while Eastern Province will aim to cap a magical week in Cape Town with an unbeaten week at King David Mowbray Golf…
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Golf RSA | Mauritius set to host the 2019 AACT

Mauritius set to host the 2019 AACT

10 October 2019 – The Mauritius Golf Federation (MGF) welcomes the All Africa Team Championship 2019, the African continent’s most prestigious amateur tournament The Mauritius Golf Federation will play host to this prestigious continental golf tournament. After hosting the 2013 All Africa Junior Team Championship, this is the second time Mauritius is hosting a continental…
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Golf RSA | WP and EP take a stand at King David

WP and EP take a stand at King David

9 October 2019 – Western Province and Eastern Province laid down a marker for success on day three in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament at King David Mowbray Golf Club. A-SECTION Western Province caused a major upset of this year’s tournament with an emphatic 8.5 – 3.5 victory over defending champions Central Gauteng. Under…
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Golf RSA | Daisies and North West show strength at KDM

Daisies and North West show strength at KDM

8 October 2019 – Gauteng North closed the gap on log leaders Central Gauteng with a commanding win on day two as North West pulled ahead in the battle for promotion in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament at King David Mowbray Golf Club. A-SECTION Gauteng North were fired up to keep their campaign on…
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Golf RSA | Battle lines drawn on day one at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Battle lines drawn on day one at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

7 October 2019 – Central Gauteng and Gauteng North made a big statement on opening day, while Eastern Province got off to a flying start in the promotion battle of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament at King David Mowbray Golf Club. A-SECTION Central Gauteng mowed down KwaZulu-Natal and Ekurhuleni in a dream start as they…
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Golf RSA | Duminy revels in double victories at Clovelly

Steenberg pair claims Cape of Good Hope Wine Series title

Dudley Annenburg, a 21-handicapper from Steenberg Golf Club in Cape Town, held his nerve on the daunting 18th hole at Leopard Creek Golf Club to lead his team to the inaugural Cape of Good Hope Wine Series title. Annenburg and his Betterball partner Michael da Silva (2) started the final day a single point behind…
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Golf RSA | Duminy revels in double victories at Clovelly

Duminy revels in double victories at Clovelly

30 September 2019 – Southern Cape junior Jordan Duminy made it two wins in three days at Clovelly Country Club when he edged out Junior North and South champion Tyran Snyders to lift the Cape Town Junior Open title on Sunday. Just two days earlier, the reigning Nomads SA Boys Under-17 champion claimed his first…
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Ekurhuleni celebrates SA Women’s IPT double

29 September 2019 – Twelve months after they marched to a historic first victory in Stellenbosch, Ekurhuleni was in ascendancy again in the 59th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Riviera on Vaal Country Club. The defending champions put an exclamation mark behind an unbeaten week when they staved off a spirited assault from Western Province in a…
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WGSA Invites come up trumps in SA Women’s IPT

29 September 2019 – The WGSA Invitational Team claimed a huge victory for golf development with their triumph in the promotion battle at the 59th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship. Womens Golf South Africa offered four young rising talents the chance to gain experience in the premier women’s team event and the quartet embraced the…
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Golf RSA | Double Delight for Daisies in Nomads SA Under-13

Double Delight for Daisies in Nomads SA Under-13

27 September 2019 – Defending champions Gauteng North led from start to finish at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate to celebrate a  second uncontested victory in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship while team member Dujuan Snyman won back-to-back in the Individual Competition. Twelve months after the Daisies revelled in a 24-stroke triumph at Koro Creek Bushveld…
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Golf RSA | Stage set for showdowns in SA Women’s IPT

Stage set for showdowns in SA Women’s IPT

26 September 2019 – The final round of the 59th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship is shaping up for a scintillating in both sections at Riviera on Vaal Golf and Country Club on Friday. Ekurhuleni defeated defending champions Western Province in the final round at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate last year to lift the…
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Golf RSA | Gauteng North in driver’s seat at Nomads SA U-13s

Gauteng North in driver’s seat at Nomads SA U-13s

26 September 2019 – Gauteng North stayed on course for a successful title defence in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship, but Grant Labuschagne from Central Gauteng closed in on Dujuan Snyman in the individual competition Thursday’s second round at Devonvale Wine and Golf Estate. Gauteng North opened up a yawning lead on the chasing pack…
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Golf RSA | Favourites and invitees shine in SA Women’s IPT

Favourites and invitees shine in SA Women’s IPT

25 September 2019 – Ekurhuleni and Western Province A came up trumps on day one of the match play stage at the South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship, while the WGSA Invitational Team made a big statement of intend in the promotion battle at Riviera on Vaal Golf and Country Club on Wednesday. Ekurhuleni scored a…
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Golf RSA | Junior Daisies off to solid start at Devonvale

Junior Daisies off to solid start at Devonvale

25 September 2019 – Dujuan Snyman helped defending champions Gauteng North to a dream start in their title defence at the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship at Devonvale Wine and Golf Estate on Wednesday. The Woodhill golfer anchored the team with a flawless seven-under-par 65 that also earned Snyman individual honours on day one of the…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni throws down gauntlet in SA Women’s IPT

Ekurhuleni throws down gauntlet in SA Women’s IPT

24 September 2019 – Ekurhuleni made a strong case for their title defence with a dominant start in Tuesday’s Seeding Round at the 59th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship in Vereeniging. The 2018 champions faced the stiff breeze at Riviera on Vaal Golf and Country Club head on in the morning foursomes to open up a…
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Golf RSA | Roses claim historic first SA IPT victory

Roses claim historic first SA IPT victory

20 September 2019 – Ekurhuleni fulfilled their destiny with a historic first time victory in the 59th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, at Mbombela Golf Club on Friday. Groomed for success by former Ekurhuleni President Martin Saaiman since 2012, the youthful side defeated 2016 champions Southern Cape 8 – 4 on day…
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Golf RSA | SA IPT showdowns on the cards in Mbombela

SA IPT showdowns on the cards in Mbombela

MBOMBELA, 19 September 2019 – The calculators came out in force as action wrapped up on day four of the 59th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, at Mbombela Golf Club. Ekurhuleni routed Western Province 8 – 4 to edge even closer to a historic first A-Section win, but with Southern Cape…
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Golf RSA | Epic battles loom at Mbombela

Epic battles loom at Mbombela

18 September 2019 – Southern Cape is hot on heels of A-Section log leaders Ekurhuleni while North West made a bold statement in the battle for promotion on day three of the 59th South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, at Mbombela Golf Club. Ekurhuleni put Central Gauteng on the back foot with a…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni and Boland lead the charge in Mbombela

Ekurhuleni and Boland lead the charge in Mbombela

17 September 2019 – Ekurhuleni took pole position in the A-Section at the 59th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, on Tuesday, while Boland threw down the gauntlet in the battle for promotion at Mbombela Golf Club. “The boys were pumped to take on Gauteng North after beating Southern Cape in the…
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Golf RSA | Myeki and Henriques heading to Whispering Pines

Myeki and Henriques heading to Whispering Pines

17 September 2019 – Zethu Myeki wants to keep her recent winning run of form going for the upcoming Spirit International, where she will be flying the flag for South Africa with Symone Henriques, Martin Vorster and Sam Simpson. The GolfRSA Proteas will be joining a world class field in the prestigious biennial event at…
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Golf RSA | Early markers laid in SA IPT

Early markers laid in SA IPT

16 September 2019 – Central Gauteng began their title defence in the South African Inter-Provincial Tournament on a positive note, while Free State and Boland made a big stand in the promotion battle at Mbombela Golf Club on Monday. It took a strong effort to overcome last year’s B-Section winners Western Province, but the Lions…
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Golf RSA | Lions primed for SA IPT defence in Mbombela

Lions primed for SA IPT defence in Mbombela

15 September 2019 – Defending champions Central Gauteng are primed to pursue a record 30th victory in the 59th South African Inter-Provincial at Mbombela Golf Club in Mpumalanga on Monday. Ryan Dreyer, Karabo Mokoena and Sam Mckenzie are the only holdovers from the 2018 winning side returning for duty in the country’s premier team event,…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA juniors sign off at Duke of York

GolfRSA juniors sign off at Duke of York

13 September 2019 – GolfRSA Junior Proteas Sam Simpson and Caitlyn Macnab felt both tapped out and buoyed after the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy wrapped up in Northern Ireland on Thursday. For a third successive day, the field battled gale force wind and howling rain brought on by the marriage of Hurricane Dorian…
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Golf RSA | SA Juniors battle on at Royal Portrush

SA Juniors battle on at Royal Portrush

12 September 2019 – The majority of the international field – including GolfRSA Junior Proteas Sam Simpson and Caitlyn Macnab – backpedalled in the second round of the 2019 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy on another punishing day at Royal Portrush Golf Club. Simpson posted a frustrating 13-over-par 85 and slipped out of the…
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Golf RSA | Gough captures Bridge Junior Series at Royal Durban

Gough captures Bridge Junior Series at Royal Durban

11 September 2019 – Ethan Gough of Hillcrest romped to a comprehensive three-shot victory at Royal Durban Golf Club on Sunday to win the opening tournament of the third season of the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. The 16-year-old Maritzburg College pupil, who is coached by Sean Coetzee at the SCIEG academy, carded level…
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Golf RSA | Mixed fortunes for GolfRSA duo at Duke of York

Mixed fortunes for GolfRSA duo at Duke of York

11 September 2019 – Sam Simpson needed every ounce of the experience he gained during the GolfRSA National Squad Tour to Great Britain and Ireland in June to finish in the top four on a tough first day of the Duke of York Younge Champions Trophy in Northern Ireland. A late starting time on Tuesday…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA five headed Down Under for Junior Presidents Cup

GolfRSA five headed Down Under for Junior Presidents Cup

9 September 2019 – Five of South Africa’s top junior golf talents – Jayden Schaper, Martin Vorster, Christo Lamprecht, Sam Simpson and Jordan Duminy – will be heading to Australia for the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup in December. The GolfRSA National Squad quintet have qualified for the 12-strong International Team that will face off against…
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Golf RSA | SA's Nienaber presented with Ballesteros Award

SA’s Nienaber presented with Ballesteros Award

9 September 2019 – South African former No 1 amateur and 2019 SA Amateur champion Wilco Nienaber was yesterday presented with inaugural Seve Scholarship award in Amsterdam by the KLM Dutch Open and Javier Ballesteros. He received the scholarship during The Champions Dinner of the 100th KLM Dutch Open, hosted in the impressive Masters Hall…
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Golf RSA | 2019 Junior Presidents Cup teams finalized

2019 Junior Presidents Cup teams finalized

9 September 2019 – Twenty-four top juniors have qualified for the 2019 Junior Presidents Cup hosted by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and PGA TOUR. The event’s second edition will welcome 12 international players from  Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, India, Korea and South Africa and 12 juniors from 10 states in the United States.…
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Golf RSA | De Beer and Duminy capped for South Africa

De Beer and Duminy capped for South Africa

9 September 2019 – The South African Golf Association has named six GolfRSA National Squad members to fly the flag for South Africa in four prestigious international events coming up in October and November. “We currently have an amazing depth of talent in our amateur pool in South Africa and this leaves us in the incredibly…
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Golf RSA | Macnab and Simpson set for Duke of York

Macnab and Simpson set for Duke of York

9 September 2019 – Two of South Africa’s brightest golf prospects – Caitlyn Macnab and Sam Simpson – fine-tuned their games for today’s start of the 19th Duke of York Young Champions, while HRH Prince Andrew kept an eye on the action in Monday’s practice round at Royal Portrush. The Duke of York was visiting…
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Golf RSA | Bhana seals graduation with Italian triumph

Bhana seals graduation with Italian triumph

BIELLA, Italy (6 September 2019) – Amilkar Bhana chalked up another brilliant victory for the GolfRSA National Squad with a winning performance in the 13th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship at the Golf Club Biella Le Betulle on Thursday. The 14-year-old Gauteng golfer overturned a six-shot deficit in the third round to tie overnight pacesetter…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA juniors hang tough in Italy

GolfRSA juniors hang tough in Italy

BIELLA, Italy (4 September 2018) – Amilkar Bhana and Yurav Premlall will lead the GolfRSA challenge on the final day of the 13th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship after a day of mixed results at the Golf Club Biella le Betulle. Bhana and Premlall finished the day in a tie for fifth on one-over and…
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Golf RSA | Royal Durban hosts Bridge Junior Series opener

Royal Durban hosts Bridge Junior Series opener

4 September 2019 – The iconic Royal Durban Golf Club will launch the third season of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Sunday, 8 September 2019 where the field of boys and girls will have their sights set on the ultimate prize – an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the Junior North and…
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Golf RSA | Premlall hits the front at Italian U16 Champs

Premlall hits the front at Italian U16 Champs

BIELLA, Italy (3 September 2018) – Glendower junior Yurav Premlall set the pace on the opening day of the 13th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship on Tuesday. The 16-year-old GolfRSA National Squad member made the most of an early start and the course knowledge he gained during two previous trips to Italy to navigate the…
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Golf RSA | Great result for GolfRSA Proteas in Astor Trophy

Great result for GolfRSA Proteas in Astor Trophy

2 September 2019 – Caitlyn Macnab, Kaylah Williams, Kiera Floyd and Kaleigh Telfer secured South Africa’s best result yet in the prestigious Astor Trophy with a tie for second at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Canada. The GolfRSA Proteas routed Canada 5 – 1 to win their final match on Saturday and moved into a…
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Golf RSA | Sublime win for Schaper in Junior Players Champs

Sublime win for Schaper in Junior Players Champs

1 September 2019 – Third time’s the charm for South Africa’s Jayden Schaper, who muscled his way to victory at the AJGA Junior Players Championship in the United States on Saturday. “It really feels amazing on my third go, to finally get the win,” the country’s leading amateur said after he holed a clutch six-foot…
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Golf RSA | Kistensamy claims Nomads North & South Junior

Kistensamy claims Nomads North & South Junior

30 August 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal junior Kyle Kistensamy celebrated his first national success when he scored a runaway victory in the Nomads North and South Junior Championship at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club on Friday. The 17-year-old Prince’s Grant golfer had set himself the target of winning on the national circuit this season, and he…
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Golf RSA | Team SA has share of pole at Astor Trophy

Team SA has share of pole at Astor Trophy

VICTORIA, Canada (30 August 2019) – The GolfRSA Proteas claimed a share of the lead in the Astor Trophy after an exciting second round tussle against Great Britain & Ireland at the Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria on Thursday. The teams were all square after the foursomes. After narrow losses by Caitlyn Macnab and…
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Golf RSA | Bester sets the pace at Pecanwood

Bester sets the pace at Pecanwood

HARTEBEESPOORTDAM, 29 August 2019 – Benoni junior Justin Bester will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Nomads North and South Junior Championship on Friday. The Benoni Country Club golfer edged out early leaders Marcus Taylor from Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal’s Kyle Kistensamy for the first round honours with an opening four-under-par 68…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas off to solid start in Canada

GolfRSA Proteas off to solid start in Canada

VICTORIA, Canada (29 August 2019) – Kaleigh Telfer and Kiera Floyd proved a formidable force on the opening day of the Astor Trophy as they racked up three wins for the GolfRSA Proteas at Royal Colwood Golf Club. Auburn University student Telfer and 14-year-old Floyd routed their Australian opponents 4 & 3 to win South…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Proteas to star in Astor Trophy

GolfRSA Proteas to star in Astor Trophy

CAPE TOWN, 23 August 2019 – South Africa’s number one ranked Caitlyn Macnab will lead a youthful Protea team in the 2019 Astor Trophy at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Canada from 28 August to 1 September. The Serengeti golfer will line up alongside fellow GolfRSA Elite Squad members Kaylah Williams from Durbanville Golf Club,…
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SA Juniors continue to impress

20 August 2019 – Three of South Africa’s top junior talents put on a great show this past weekend. Jordan Duminy celebrated a maiden Open Amateur win, Jayden Schaper lived up to his number one billing in Northern Ireland and Kian Rose won on the American junior circuit. Sixteen-year-old Duminy has been trending towards a…
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Golf RSA | Meet GolfRSA Rising Star Christiaan Maas

Meet GolfRSA Rising Star Christiaan Maas

  His four goals for 2019 was to win a junior event, break into the top five of the Under-19 Rankings, make the SA group for Italy and get chosen for the GolfRSA National Squad…. He won the Dimension Data Junior Open in wire-to-wire style, shot to 8th in the Junior Rankings, is bound for…
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Golf RSA | From the Fringes: An Introduction

From the Fringes: An Introduction

“The zone of contention’, ‘the money zone’, ‘the scoring zone’, are some of descriptions used to sum up the importance of the fringes’ areas around the green for any golfer hoping to return a good score. ‘Anyone’ (this writer being a definite exception) can cover a 550-yard par five with a booming drive and then…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA welcomes three new caps to National Squad

GolfRSA welcomes three new caps to National Squad

“We are excited to welcome Kyle de Beer from Eastern Province, Tyran Snyders from Western Province and Gauteng North’s Christiaan Maas into the fold,” said GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn. “We work closely with the South African Golf Association Talent Development and Management Committee and these three players have been on our radar for a considerable…
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Golf RSA | Zietsman maidens at EP Amateur

Zietsman maidens at EP Amateur

Congratulations to Pieter Zietsman, who joined the GolfRSA Open Amateur winner’s list for 2019 when he won the Eastern Province Amateur title at his home course this August. Here is popular sports presenter Neil Bisseker from Algoa FM’s take on the final: “Pieter Zietsman routed Dillon Germshuys in the 36-hole final at St Francis Links…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA threesome bow out in Scotland

GolfRSA threesome bow out in Scotland

PANMURE, Scotland (16 August 2019) – Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman were eliminated in the first round and 14-year-old Kiera Floyd lost in a tightly contested second round tussle at The R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in Scotland on Thursday. Macnab from Ekurhuleni went down 4 & 3 to Spaniard Julie Lopez Ramirez in the morning…
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Golf RSA | SA trio through to Girls Amateur Match Play

SA trio through to Girls Amateur Match Play

PANMURE, Scotland (15 August 2019) – It was touch and go for Kiera Floyd, but the Benoni junior prevailed and will join fellow GolfRSA Elite Squad members Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman in today’s first round of the match play stage in The R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in Scotland. Rothman from Western Province was the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Girls shine in Scotland

GolfRSA Girls shine in Scotland

PANMURE, Scotland (14 August 2019) – GolfRSA Elite Squad trio Kiera Floyd, Jordan Rothman and Caitlyn Macnab made a superb start in The R&A Girls Amateur Championship in Scotland on Tuesday. Western Province’s Rothman led the South African charge at Panmure Golf Club with an opening round of one-over-par 72. Floyd posted the same number…
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Golf RSA | Rebula leads SA charge at Pinehurst

Rebula leads SA charge at Pinehurst

PINEHURST, North Carolina (13 August 2019) – GolfRSA National Squad member Jovan Rebula was one of only 27 players who broke par in Monday’s opening round of the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The Auburn University senior made a great recovery after a stumbling start to post a one-under-par 69…
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Golf RSA | SA trio line up in U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst

SA trio line up in U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst

PINEHURST, North Carolina (12 August 2019) – A trio of South Africans made the 312-strong player field that takes to the No 2 and No 4 courses today for the 36-hole stroke play qualifier of the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. GolfRSA National Squad member and 2018 Amateur champion Jovan Rebula…
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Golf RSA | Rama breaks through in Stellenbosch

Rama breaks through in Stellenbosch

11 August 2019 – Nikhil Rama completed a stunning wire-to-wire victory to celebrate his national breakthrough win in the inaugural Friends of Engelberg Challenge hosted by Anna Becker-Frankel at Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate on Sunday. The 17-year-old Rama was pushed all the way by reigning North and South Junior champion Tyran Snyders, but held…
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Golf RSA | Rama roars to Friends of Engelberg lead

Rama roars to Friends of Engelberg lead

10 August 2019 – Gauteng junior Nikhil Rama will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Friends of Engelberg Challenge, hosted by Anna as he goes in search of his first national title. The Bryanston golfer opened with a four-under-par 68 in the national boys and girls event and he clung to pole…
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Golf RSA | De Beer drives to new heights

De Beer drives to new heights

7 August 2019 – The sun has risen dramatically over Kyle de Beer’s golf career in the last 12 months and his emergent dominance was punctuated by a seven-shot stroke victory in the Border Stroke Play in July that shot the Port Elizabeth golfer to fourth in the GolfRSA Open Amateur Rankings. A little digging into…
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Golf RSA | Moodley up for double gsport awards

Moodley up for double gsport awards

6 August 2019 – Don’t be fooled by her small frame, because pint-sized Kaiyuree Moodley packs a huge punch and her lethal ball-striking, pin-seeking approaches and putting prowess has put the rising golf star in the running for two national women’s sports awards. The GolfRSA Elite Squad member is a finalist in two categories –…
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Golf RSA | Streicher rules roost at SA High School Champs

Streicher rules roost at SA High School Champs

6 August 2019 – Megan Streicher from Somerset College made golfing history in Women’s Month when she became the first female winner in the ninth SA High School Championship at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate on Tuesday. The 16-year-old Swellendam native scooped the individual honours with a one-shot victory on four-under-par 140 after posting rounds of 72…
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Golf RSA | De Villiers Graaff comes up trumps at SA High School Championships

De Villiers Graaff comes up trumps at SA High School Championships

6 August 2019 – South African Golf Development Board member Alric Rooi helped De Villiers Graaff High School to come up trumps in a count-out against Curro Aurora at the SA High School Championship at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Club. The Golf School of Excellence Cape Town opened with a three-under-par 213 total to lead…
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Golf RSA | Midstream College claims Ernie Els Champs glory

Midstream College claims Ernie Els Champs glory

6 August 2019 – Midstream College edged out first round leaders Laerskool Wierdepark in a tight final round battle at Magalies Park Golf Club to lift the Ernie Els SA Primary School Championship title. William Reyneke, Ben van Wyk, Luan Coetzee and Rigardt van Zyl secured their first trophy in the ninth edition of the…
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Golf RSA | TGSE tops tight SA High School Champs leaderboard

TGSE tops tight SA High School Champs leaderboard

5 August 2019 – A great ball-striking display on day one at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate left The Golf School of Excellence Cape Town atop a jam-packed leaderboard at the ninth SA High School Championship on Monday. Jere Brits, Keyan Loubser and Louis Loubser combined for three-under-par 213 to claim the lead for Balderstone Sports…
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Golf RSA | Wierdapark takes early control of Ernie Els Champs

Wierdapark takes early control of Ernie Els Champs

5 August 2019 – Laerskool Wierdapark threw down the gauntlet in the Ernie Els SA Primary School Championship with a commanding performance in the first round at Magalies Park Golf Club on Monday. A total of 15 schools are contesting the ninth edition of the prestigious annual primary school team championship, hosted by four-time Major…
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Golf RSA | Top SA pair bound for Scotland

Top SA pair bound for Scotland

18 July 2019 – Womens Golf South Africa have named GolfRSA Junior Proteas Caitlyn Macnab and Kiera Floyd to compete in the prestigious R&A Girls Amateur Championship in Scotland next month. The Ekurhuleni duo will tee it up at Panmure Golf Club on 13 August, where the starting field will first compete in a 36-hole…
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Golf RSA | SA juniors named for Italian U-16 challenge

SA juniors named for Italian U-16 challenge

17 July 2019 – Yurav Premlall is savouring his third consecutive start in the Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship and hopes third times’ the charm as he goes in pursuit of the Theodore Soldati Trophy from 3-5 September. The 16-year-old Glendower junior will line up alongside fellow GolfRSA National Squad members Amilkar Bhana and Nash…
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Golf RSA | SA Amateur champion Nienaber joins pro ranks

SA Amateur champion Nienaber joins pro ranks

France, 11 July 2019 – GolfRSA would like to wish reigning South African Amateur champion Wilco Nienaber all the best on his professional debut on the European Challenge Tour today. The 19-year-old former SA number one is moving on from a glittering amateur career after signing a multi-year agreement with PING equipment and PING apparel,…
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Golf RSA | Macnab extends purple patch at Centurion

Macnab extends purple patch at Centurion

PRETORIA, 9 July 2019 – In-form Caitlyn Macnab made it a trio of titles in as many appearances with another impressive display of front-running in the Gauteng North Women’s Open on Sunday. The 17-year-old Serengeti golfer won the Individual title as she guided Ekurhuleni to victory in the WGSA 72-Hole Team Championship in June and…
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Golf RSA | Vorster pips Senger for Tshwane Junior Open title

Vorster pips Senger for Tshwane Junior Open title

PRETORIA, 8 July 2019 – Martin Vorster sealed the Tshwane Junior Open title in stunning fashion after an eagle at the par five 17th gave him the chance to defeat Ayden Senger from Western Province in a sudden-death play-off. Senger set the first round pace on Sunday with a blistering eight-under-par 64 and the Southern…
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Golf RSA | Duminy goes wire-to-wire in Nomads SA Boys U-17

Duminy goes wire-to-wire in Nomads SA Boys U-17

ST FRANCIS BAY, 4 July 2019 – Mossel Bay junior Jordan Duminy slept on the lead for two straight nights and on Thursday, he claimed a dominant seven-shot victory in the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship at St Francis Links. The 16-year-old put the South African golfing fraternity on alert in March when he chased…
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Golf RSA | Snyders captures SA’s first US North & South Junior win

Snyders captures SA’s first US North & South Junior win

PINEHURST, North Carolina (3 July 2019) – GolfRSA and Bridge Fund Managers celebrated a big win on Wednesday as Western Province junior Tyran Snyders became the first South African champion in the 41st North and South Junior Championship in the United States.. The 18-year-old Paarl teenager fired a flawless four-under-par 68 on Pinehurst No 8…
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Golf RSA | Maas makes a big move at St Francis Links

Maas makes a big move at St Francis Links

ST FRANCIS BAY, 3 July 2019 – Southern Cape’s Jordan Duminy remains the man to catch at St Francis Links, but Pretoria junior Christiaan Maas mastered the windy afternoon conditions to get within striking distance in the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship on Wednesday. On a day when the morning breeze became an afternoon gale,…
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Golf RSA | Sponsored: Get Golf Cruising - with Hayes and Hutchie

Sponsored: Get Golf Cruising – with Hayes and Hutchie

The South African Golf Cruise Classic Event: A sweet-spot for all Amateur Golfers We are excited to announce the official launch of the first ever South African Golf Cruise Classic – a Golfer’s dream event, staged on a luxury Cruise Ship, specifically designed for the amateur golf market. The SA Golf Cruise is a premium…
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Golf RSA | Magnificent Macnab lands Nomads SA Girls title

Magnificent Macnab lands Nomads SA Girls title

ORKNEY, 2 July 2019 – South Africa’s number one ranked Caitlyn Macnab lived up to her star billing when she celebrated her 10th start in the Nomads SA Girls Championship with a trophy finish on Tuesday. There is an old saying in golf – “beware the sick golfer” – and on this occasion it was the…
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Golf RSA | SA Juniors impress at Pinehurst No 2

SA Juniors impress at Pinehurst No 2

PINEHURST, North Carolina (3 July 2019) – South African junior Ryan van Velzen surged into the top three in the prestigious Junior North and South Championship in the United States with the low round honours at Pinehurst No 2 while compatriot Tyran Snyders retained his overnight lead on Tuesday. Van Velzen made a battling start…
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Golf RSA | Duminy drives to Nomads SA Boys lead at St Francis Links

Duminy drives to Nomads SA Boys lead at St Francis Links

ST FRANCIS, 2 July 2019 – Southern Cape junior Jordan Duminy was the talk of the town in St Francis after he blitzed St Francis Links to take the first round lead in the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship on Tuesday. Just five days ago, Duminy finished fourth on the famed Jack Nicklaus signature course…
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Golf RSA | SA’s Snyders sets the pace at Pinehurst Resort

SA’s Snyders sets the pace at Pinehurst Resort

PINEHURST, North Carolina (2 July 2019) – South African amateur Tyran Snyders surged into the lead in the opening round of the prestigious Junior North and South at celebrated Pinehurst Resort on Monday. The 41st edition of the invitational championship teed off at Pinehurst No 8 – also known as the Centennial Course. Snyders fired…
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Golf RSA | Floyd fires into Nomads SA Girls lead

Floyd fires into Nomads SA Girls lead

ORKNEY, 1 July 2019 – Every bit of experience gained, whether it’s good or bad, is priceless and on a blustery day at Orkney Golf Club, 14-year-old Kiera Floyd from Benoni drew on every drop of experience gained in her short career to power her way into the second round lead in the Nomads SA…
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Golf RSA | Open season at Nomads SA Boys U-17 Champs

Open season at Nomads SA Boys U-17 Champs

ST FRANCIS BAY, 1 July 2019 – South Africa’s number two ranked junior golfer Casey Jarvis made a strong case for a Nomads SA Boys U-17 Championship double this week with a runner-up finish in the curtain-raiser at St Francis Links last Friday. As soon as he arrived home after helping the GolfRSA Junior Proteas…
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Golf RSA | Cat nabs share of Nomads SA Girls lead

Cat nabs share of Nomads SA Girls lead

ORKNEY, 30 June 2019 – South Africa’s top ranked junior Caitlyn Macnab defied the lingering effects of swine flu to force a three-way tie for the lead in the opening round of the Nomads SA Girls Championship on Sunday. Determined not to wear the bridesmaid tag again this year, the Serengeti golfer teed it up…
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Golf RSA | Junior Proteas eye Duke of York passage in Orkney

Junior Proteas eye Duke of York passage in Orkney

ORKNEY, 29 June 2019 – All eyes will be on GolfRSA Junior Proteas Caitlyn Macnab and Kiera Floyd, who will spearhead the field in the annual Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club from Sunday. The Ekurhuleni pair have been in devastating form this season, with number one ranked Macnab racking up three titles,…
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Golf RSA | Van Wyk hits the mark at St Francis Links

Van Wyk hits the mark at St Francis Links

ST FRANCIS BAY, 28 June 2019 – Ben van Wyk got instant redemption with a two-shot triumph in the Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal at St Francis Links just days after faltering down the stretch while in contention in the Dimension Data Junior Open. The reigning Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play champion posted…
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Golf RSA | Juniors set for showdowns at Fancourt

Juniors set for showdowns at Fancourt

23 June 2019 – Expect an exciting battle for dominance in Tuesday’s final round at Fancourt after local favourite Ben van Wyk grabbed a share of the lead in the Dimension Data Junior Open and six players finished within striking distance of leader Jack Buchanan in the Dimension Data Under-15 Challenge on Monday. Making the most…
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Golf RSA | Maas, De Aubreu set early pace at Fancourt

Maas, De Aubreu set early pace at Fancourt

GEORGE, 23 June 2019 – A bogey-free four-under 68 catapulted Christiaan Maas to the top of the standings in the Dimension Data Junior Open, while Fabrizio de Aubreu surged to a two-shot lead in the Under-15 Challenge at Fancourt on Sunday. Both courses took a heavy beating with substantial downpours on Friday and Saturday, which…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Boys seal record World Cup win

GolfRSA Boys seal record World Cup win

TOYOTA CITY, Japan (June 21, 2019) – Eighteen years after Major winner Louis Oosthuizen won the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup with Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, Albert Kruger and Christian Ries, two protégées from his Junior Golf Academy – Martin Vorster and Christo Lamprecht – did the Open champion proud with a record-breaking victory for…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Boys Team poised to strike in Japan

GolfRSA Boys Team poised to strike in Japan

TOYOTA CITY, Japan (June 20, 2019) – Just 24 hours after posting a historic second round, GolfRSA National Squad juniors Sam Simpson, Martin Vorster and Casey Jarvis gave new meaning to the term ‘moving day’ when they went five shots better in the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, at the Chukyo Golf…
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Golf RSA | Rose blooms in Nomads National event

Rose blooms in Nomads National event

JOHANNESBURG, 19 June 2019 – Central Gauteng’s Kian Rose holed a timely chip shot from over the back of the green for birdie on the final hole to snatch victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Inland at Modderfontein Golf Club. The 17-year-old from Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club fired a final round…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Boys hit the front in Japan

GolfRSA Boys hit the front in Japan

TOYOTA CITY, Japan (June 19, 2019) – Sam Simpson and East of Ireland champions Martin Vorster and Christo Lamprecht catapulted South Africa into the lead at the halfway mark of the 27th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by Jal, in Japan. The GolfRSA Boys became the first team in more than a decade to…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA launches new initiative for club golfers

GolfRSA launches new initiative for club golfers

GolfRSA is proud to announce a new golf tournament for affiliated club golfers around the country, featuring some priceless prizes for winners and lucky draw participants. Designed as a platform for golf clubs to engage with their members, the Cape of Good Hope Wine Series is a Betterball Stableford tournament that will enable winning pairs…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Boys make fast start in Japan

GolfRSA Boys make fast start in Japan

TOYOTA CITY, Japan (June 18, 2019) – Christo Lamprecht blitzed the Ishino Course at Chukyo Golf Club in 67 strokes to give the GolfRSA Boys Team a vital boost in Tuesday’s opening round of the 27th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL. The Boys and Girls Competition uses a format similar to the…
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Golf RSA | 2019 The Amateur Open Championship at Portmarnock Golf Club

Premlall leads South African charge in Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland (18 June 2019) – Edenvale teenager Yurav Premlall celebrated his 16th birthday with a share of fifth in the first round of the stroke play qualifying in the 124th Amateur Championship in Ireland on Monday. A total of 288 players from 37 countries started the 36-hole qualifier at the Portmarnock and The Island…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA rising stars relish international challenges

GolfRSA rising stars relish international challenges

11 June 2019 – Caitlyn Macnab and Kiera Floyd hope to extend their winning form with success in the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan from 18-21 June, while fellow Ekurhuleni golfer Jayden Schaper will lead an eight-strong GolfRSA National Squad at the Amateur Championship in Ireland next week. Macnab and Floyd will depart…
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Golf RSA | Mistry and Telfer take on Royal County Down

Mistry and Telfer take on Royal County Down

NEWCASTLE, Ireland (11 June 2019) – Gauteng duo Kajal Mistry and Kaleigh Telfer will tee it up in the Women’s Amateur Championship in Northern Ireland today. The GolfRSA Elite Squad pair will face still competition at Royal County Down in one of the strongest fields ever assembled in the 116-year history of the premier women’s…
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Golf RSA | Delighted SA duo signs off at St Andrews

Delighted SA duo signs off at St Andrews

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (9 June 2019) – Southern Cape junior Martin Vorster tied for seventh in the St Andrews Links Trophy, while GolfRSA National Squad team-mate Luca Filippi from Western Province grabbed a share of 23rd at the Old Course in Scotland in Sunday. Vorster has been in imperious form this season, adding to victories…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA talents primed Home of Golf

GolfRSA talents primed Home of Golf

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (6 June 2019) – South Africa’s leading amateur Jayden Schaper will spearhead 12-strong group of local talents when the St Andrews Trophy gets underway at the Home of Golf in Scotland on Friday. Rated one of the strongest amateur tournaments in the world by the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings, the 2019…
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Golf RSA | Déjà-vu for Ekurhuleni at Maccauvlei

Déjà-vu for Ekurhuleni at Maccauvlei

5 June 2019 – Ekurhuleni won the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship last October and on Wednesday, they did again, coming up trumps in the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship in Vereeniging. Ekurhuleni A overcame a four-shot first round deficit to take pole position in the Swiss Team Trophy with a strong performance on moving…
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Golf RSA | Magnificent double for Mpumalanga at Maccauvlei

Magnificent double for Mpumalanga at Maccauvlei

5 June 2019 – Eight months after they won promotion in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship, Mpumalanga B went the distance at Maccauvlei Golf Club with a dominant performance to win the Challenge Trophy at the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship in wire-to-wire style. Danielle Bekker and Nicole Schoeman carded rounds of 158, 155, 158…
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Golf RSA | Ekurhuleni makes a move at Maccauvlei

Ekurhuleni makes a move at Maccauvlei

4 June 2019 – Ekurhuleni A overhauled first round leaders Gauteng A on moving day for the Swiss Team Trophy lead at Maccauvlei Golf Club, while Mpumalanga B pulled away from the opposition in the Challenge Trophy at the 2019 SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship on Tuesday. Caitlyn Macnab, Kiera Floyd and Nadia van der…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA’s Vorster conquers County Louth for Irish win

GolfRSA’s Vorster conquers County Louth for Irish win

DROGHEDA, Ireland (3 June 2019) – Martin Vorster made it back-to-back victories for the GolfRSA National Squad when he coasted to a four-shot triumph in the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship on Monday. The Mossel Bay junior became the second successive South African teenager – and only the second foreign champion – in the 78-year…
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Golf RSA | Daisies start as they mean to finish at Maccauvlei

Daisies start as they mean to finish at Maccauvlei

VEREENIGING, 3 June 2019 – Larissa du Preez and Gina da Silva made a perfect start in Gauteng North A’s title defence to lead the first round of the SA Women’s 72 Hole Teams Championship on Monday. The pair combined for an opening total of one-under 143 at Maccauvlei Golf Club to open up a…
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Golf RSA | Daisies set for Swiss Team Trophy defence

Daisies set for Swiss Team Trophy defence

VEREENIGING, 2 June 2019 – Gauteng North A will be chasing successive Swiss Team Trophy titles in the SA Women’s 72-Hole Team Championship, which tees off at Maccauvlei Golf Club from 3-5 June. The Daisies enjoyed four successive victories from 2010 and made a welcome return to the winner’s circle when they broke a four-year…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA quartet through to Irish final

GolfRSA quartet through to Irish final

DROGHEDA, Ireland (2 June 2019) – GolfRSA National Squad juniors Martin Vorster, Casey Jarvis, Yurav Premlall and Jordon Duminy survived a baptism of fire at the Baltray Links in Ireland to make the 36-hole final in the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship on Sunday. Vorster from Southern Cape and Ekurhuleni’s Jarvis both carded one-over-par rounds…
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Golf RSA | De Beer drives to top five in Brabazon Trophy

De Beer drives to top five in Brabazon Trophy

LEEDS, England (2 June 2019) – Eastern Province golfer Kyle de Beer sealed a top five finish in the Brabazon Trophy, while GolfRSA National Squad member Wilco Nienaber closed out a top 30 finish in the English Men’s Open Amateur Championship on Sunday. After earlier rounds of 75 and 71, De Beer surged into the…
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Golf RSA | Filippi flying at Brabazon Trophy

Filippi flying at Brabazon Trophy

LEEDS, England (1 June 2019) – Luca Filippi made huge strides on moving day in the English Men’s Open Amateur Championship to join the chase for the Brabazon Trophy with one round left at the Alwoodley Golf Club. The GolfRSA National Squad member fired a five-under-par 66 to surge upwards and finish seventh on his own on…
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Golf RSA | Premlall sets SA pace in Ireland

Premlall sets SA pace in Ireland

DROGHEDA, Ireland (1 June 2019) – South African junior Yurav Premlall fired an opening four-under-par 68 at County Louth Golf Club to lead the seven-strong GolfRSA National Squad crew in the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship on Saturday. The 16-year-old Glendower golfer fired three birdies on the bounce over the last three holes to…
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Golf RSA | Nienaber, Filippi make English Amateur weekend

Nienaber, Filippi make English Amateur weekend

LEEDS, England (31 May 2019) – Wilco Nienaber and Luca Filippi will join the weekend action in the English Men’s Open Amateur Championship alongside compatriot Kyle de Beer in England. Nienaber went head-to-head for the title in a sudden-death play-off with Nick Poppleton at Frilford Heath Golf Club last year, but the Englishman denied the…
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Golf RSA | Tough first day for GolfRSA Squad at Brabazon Trophy

Tough first day for GolfRSA Squad at Brabazon Trophy

LEEDS, England (30 May 2019) – GolfRSA National Squad quartet Luca Filippi, Therion Nel, Wilco Nienaber and Jayden Schaper had a tough first day as their hunt for the Brabazon Trophy in the English Men’s Open Amateur Championship got underway in England on Thursday. Filippi from Western Province led the way at the Alwoodley Golf…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA juniors do SA proud in Indonesia

GolfRSA juniors do SA proud in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (23 May 2019) – South African junior quartet Kieron van Wyk, Megan Streicher, Rori Nkosi and Samantha Whateley finished the ATI Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior World 2019 in Indonesia on a high note at the Damai Indah Golf & Country Club on Thursday. Van Wyk from Ruimsig Country Club closed out a joint runner-up finish in…
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Golf RSA | SA Junior pair gives chase in Indonesia

SA Junior pair gives chase in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (22 May 2019) – Megan Streicher and Kieron van Wyk strengthened their positions on day two of the ATI Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior World 2019, presented by AKI at the Damai Indah Golf & Country Club in Indonesia. The GolfRSA Squad duo will try to chase down the leaders in Thursday’s final round at…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Junior quartet make steady start in Jakarta

GolfRSA Junior quartet make steady start in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia (21 May 2019) – Megan Streicher and Kieron van Wyk got off to a strong start in the ATI Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior World 2019, presented by AKI at the Damai Indah Golf & Country Club in Indonesia on Tuesday. In fact, all four South African juniors competing in Jakarta are well-placed in the…
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Golf RSA | New look, Royal venue for SA’s top amateur golf event

New look, Royal venue for SA’s top amateur golf event

The South African Amateur Championship, considered the marquee events of the women’ and men’s amateur golfing calendar, is to undergo a groundbreaking revamp that will see the men’s and women’s championships being played simultaneously in mid February 2020. The new-look SA Amateur Championship Week will be played at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. This…
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Golf RSA | KZN, Boland celebrate success in Plettenberg Bay

KZN, Boland celebrate success in Plettenberg Bay

17 May 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal came up trumps in a humdinger final round clash against North West to lift the A-Section title in the 2019 SA Country Districts on Friday, while Boland finished at the top of the pile with an unbeaten week in the promotion battle at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. A-SECTION Just half…
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Golf RSA | SA Country Districts heads to humdinger final

SA Country Districts heads to humdinger final

16 May 2019 – An epic clash for A-Division glory is on the cards in Friday’s final round between defending champions North West and log-leaders KwaZulu-Natal, while the B-Section battle for promotion in the 2019 SA Country Districts is also heading to a thrilling climax at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. A-SECTION It will be all to play for when…
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Golf RSA | Double Delight for Browne in SA Disabled Open

Double Delight for Browne in SA Disabled Open

15 May 2019 – Mike Browne slept on the lead for two nights and on Wednesday, the Englishman finished the job – winning the 21st Canon SA Disabled Golf Open in wire-to-wire style for a second successive year at Magalies Park. Browne opened the tournament with a two-under-par 70 to share the first round lead…
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Golf RSA | North West keeps SA Countries title defence on track

North West keeps SA Countries title defence on track

14 May 2019 – North West kept their title defence on track in the SA Country Districts, but KwaZulu-Natal could pose a serious threat after a thundering second round win at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Tuesday. Buoyed by an 8 – 4 win against Limpopo on day one, North West routed Northern Cape in…
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Golf RSA | Southern Cape makes strong start in SA Countries promotion battle

Southern Cape makes strong start in SA Countries promotion battle

14 May 2019 – Boland thundered into the lead at the SA Country Districts as Southern Cape swept to victory in their opening salvo in the promotion battle at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Tuesday. Southern Cape gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about with an 8.5 – 3.5 win against Mpumalanga. The host…
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Golf RSA | Brave Browne battles to extend Canon SA Open lead

Brave Browne battles to extend Canon SA Open lead

14 May 2019 – Englishman Mike Browne stayed on track for a successful title defence in the Canon SA Disabled Golf Open after taking the sole lead at Magalies Park on Tuesday. Browne, who went wire-to-wire at the popular resort course last year, shared the overnight lead with Australian veteran Geoff Nicholas after an opening…
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Golf RSA | KZN off to blistering start at SA Country Districts

KZN off to blistering start at SA Country Districts

13 May 2019 – Looking to repeat their winning performance at San Lameer Country Club in 2017, KwaZulu-Natal laid down a big marker on the opening day of the SA Country Districts, while North West defeated Limpopo at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. KwaZulu-Natal made an early statement against Free State, dominating the foursomes, and taking…
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Golf RSA | Boland, Mpumalanga draw first blood in Plettenberg Bay

Boland, Mpumalanga draw first blood in Plettenberg Bay

13 May 2019 – Boland and Mpumalanga deadlocked on 2 points each in the battle for promotion on day one of the SA Country Districts at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. Boland had the early edge after winning three games in the morning session, but Eastern Province put up a fight in the singles. Boland number eight Clement de…
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Golf RSA | Browne mounts case for defence at Magalies Park

Browne mounts case for defence at Magalies Park

13 May 2019 – Mike Browne’s title defence in the Canon South African Disabled Golf Open got off to a solid start as the Englishman carded a two-under-par 70 to share the first round lead at Magalies Park Country Club on Monday. The 41-year-old former Royal Artillery gunner reeled in a hat-trick of birdies to…
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Golf RSA | Double SA Amateur delight for Mistry

Double SA Amateur delight for Mistry

3 May 2019 – Kajal Mistry produced the prize-winning shots when it mattered most to claim a historic South African amateur women’s ‘double crown’ at Woodhill Residential Estate and Country Club on Friday. It took a bit more work than she anticipated, but a mere three days after she won the SA Women’s Stroke Play…
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Golf RSA | Brynard takes flight at SA Women's Amateur

Brynard takes flight at SA Women’s Amateur

3 May 2019 – Shani Brynard announced her arrival on women’s amateur golf’s biggest stage with a show of superb shot-making to lift the Flight Division title in the South African Women’s Amateur Championship on Friday. The Boland junior showed the nerves and composure of a true champion to hold off Pheletso Mota at Woodhill Residential…
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Golf RSA | SA Mid-Amateur double for Scully

SA Mid-Amateur double for Scully

2 May 2019 – KwaZulu-Natal golfer Derek Scullard beat Shaun Stapleton with an eagle in extra time to defend his South African Mid-Amateur Championship title at the Ebotse Golf Estate and Country Club on Thursday. The 40-year-old fired a final round one-under-par 71 to set the clubhouse target on two-over 218, but Stapleton birdied the…
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Golf RSA | Mistry has double vision in SA Women’s Amateur

Mistry has double vision in SA Women’s Amateur

2 May 2019 – Kajal Mistry has her eyes on the prize after reaching the final in the South African Women’s Amateur Championship final on Thursday. The Randpark golfer has tried to win both premier women’s amateur events since she triumphed in the SA Women’s Stroke Play Championship in 2017. Both her previous attempts were…
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Golf RSA | Giant-killer Streicher shakes up SA Women’s Amateur

Giant-killer Streicher shakes up SA Women’s Amateur

1 May 2019 – Boland junior Megan Streicher felled one of the big trees in this year’s South African Women’s Amateur Championship when she beat defending champion Jordan Rothman to reach Thursday’s quarter-finals at Woodhill Residential Estate and Country Club. The 16-year-old first beat Kyra van Kan from Ekurhuleni 3 & 2 in the morning…
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Golf RSA | Homann set for SA Mid-Amateur showdown at Ebotse

Homann set for SA Mid-Amateur showdown at Ebotse

1 May 2019 – The pressure mounted during round two of the South African Mid-Amateur Championship on Wednesday, where former champion Neil Homann made a strong case for a repeat victory at Ebotse Golf and Country Estate. Homann, the winner at Vaal de Grace in 2012, bookended his level par 72 round with bogeys, but…
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Golf RSA | Mistry, Paulsen go wire-to-wire for SA Amateur glory

Mistry, Paulsen go wire-to-wire for SA Amateur glory

20 March 2019 – Kajal Mistry slept on the lead for two straight nights and on Tuesday, she finished the job to lift the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship trophy for a second time. And Mistry was not the only one to reach the winner’s circle in wire-to-wire style. Western Province rising star…
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Golf RSA | Le Roux leads the way at Ebotse

Le Roux leads the way at Ebotse

30 April 2019 – Western Province golfer Shaun le Roux seized the initiative on day one of the South African Mid-Amateur Championship, posting a level par 72 to edge into the lead on a tough scoring day at Ebotse Golf and Country Estate. The Westlake golfer has a slender one shot advantage over in-form past…
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Golf RSA | Mistry takes pole in SA Women’s Stroke Play

Mistry takes pole in SA Women’s Stroke Play

29 April 2019 – Kajal Mistry has given herself an excellent chance to claim a second South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship title after she snatched pole position on moving day. A bogey-free five-under 67 was a real statement of intent from the Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member. As the dust settled on day…
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Golf RSA | Macnab and Mistry lead the way at Woodhill

Macnab and Mistry lead the way at Woodhill

28 April 2019 – South Africa’s number one ranked Caitlyn Macnab and former champion Kajal Mistry topped a congested leaderboard on day one of the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday. The pair capitalised in the score-able conditions with rounds of two-under 70 to set the first round target at the Woodhill…
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Golf RSA | Mistry eyes elusive SA Women’s Amateur double

Mistry eyes elusive SA Women’s Amateur double

27 April 2019 – Kajal Mistry hopes third times the charm when she lines up on Sunday in the South African Women’s Amateur Championships at Woodhill Residential Estate and Country Club. Mistry is heading to the United States in August, but before she takes up a golf scholarship at the University of Arkansas in August, the…
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Golf RSA | Rothman leads power-packed line-up at Woodhill

Rothman leads power-packed line-up at Woodhill

25 April 2019 – Western Province junior Jordan Rothman will lead an elite cast of top ranked amateurs into battle when the South African Women’s Amateur Championships get underway in Pretoria on Sunday. The 16-year-old GolfRSA Elite Squad member will tee it up at Woodhill Residential Estate and Country Club in a bid to recapture the…
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Golf RSA | Bridge Junior Series winners heading to Pinehurst

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…
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Golf RSA | Fabulous 4 for Lions & Super Senior glory for KZN

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,…
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Golf RSA | Boland and Border bank promotion in Katberg

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…
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Golf RSA | Team SA seals 23rd Africa Region 5 title in Namibia

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…
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Golf RSA | Boland, Mpumalanga heading for Katberg showdown

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…
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Golf RSA | Intense final day battles slated for Wingate

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…
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Golf RSA | Western Province take a stand at Wingate Park

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…
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Golf RSA | Boland, Free State with early control at Katberg

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…
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Golf RSA | Team SA in pound seats at Africa Region 5

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…
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Golf RSA | Schaper leads Team SA with strong start in Africa Region 5

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…
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Golf RSA | Lions, KZN have early edge at Wingate Park

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…
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Golf RSA | Mpumalanga, Boland draw early blood at Katberg

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.…
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Golf RSA | SA quartet ready for unique desert challenge

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…
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Golf RSA | National Squad to build on recent success in UK tour

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…
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Golf RSA | Top 12 for Telfer in Augusta debut

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…
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Golf RSA | Telfer grinds out spot for Augusta National

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…
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Golf RSA | Sweet Seventh for South Africa in Eswatini

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…
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Golf RSA | Telfer makes dream start in Augusta Amateur

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…
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Golf RSA | Team South Africa strengthens lead in Swaziland

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…
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Golf RSA | Telfer set for historic debut in Augusta event

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…
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Golf RSA | Decisive start for Team RSA in Eswatini

Decisive start for Team RSA in Eswatini

2 March 2019 – Team South Africa made a strong start in their title defence at the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate in Eswatini on Tuesday. New cap Larissa du Preez and Sarah Bouch, a member of the victorious 2017 team, combined for a first round total of…
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Golf RSA | SA trio ready for RAACT action in Eswatini

SA trio ready for RAACT action in Eswatini

1 March 2019 – GolfRSA Elite Squad player Zethu Myeki, fellow Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Larissa du Preez and Sarah Bouch will start South Africa’s title defence in the Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy (RAACT) in Eswatini on Tuesday. The prestigious Regional All-Africa Challenge Trophy events are held biennially in West Africa, Southern Africa,…
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Golf RSA | Moodley, Swanepoel triumph at Clovelly

Moodley, Swanepoel triumph at Clovelly

31 March 2019 – Kaiyuree Moodley lifted the Stroke Play title and Erinvale’s Annelie Swanepoel defeated Kajal Mistry to capture the Match Play title in the Western Province Women’s Amateur Championships held at Clovelly Country Club. Bryanston’s Moodley was third after an opening one-over 73 and four shots behind first round leader Symone Henriques from…
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Golf RSA | Van Wyk victorious in Nomads SA Boys Match Play

Van Wyk victorious in Nomads SA Boys Match Play

30 March 2019 – George teenager Ben van Wyk ended Sam Simpson’s dream of the winning the elusive Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Championship double when he fired four superb shots at the first extra hole to capture the Match Play title on Saturday. The pair were tied after a thrilling 36-hole skirmish at Humewood Golf…
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Golf RSA | Debut delight for Wilsenach at SA U-15 Challenge

Debut delight for Wilsenach at SA U-15 Challenge

29 March 2019 – Kempton Park junior golfer Jonathan Wilsenach captured his first national title in stunning fashion after a final round 76 gave him the chance to defeat Jordan Wessels in a play-off for the Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge title on Wednesday. The 14-year-old Ekurhuleni junior beat Wessels with a par at the first…
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Golf RSA | Simpson seals sensational Nomads SA Boys win

Simpson seals sensational Nomads SA Boys win

27 March 2019 – Sam Simpson from Western Province produced a grandstand finish at Humewood Golf Club on Wednesday to claim a three-stroke victory in the Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship. Less than a fortnight ago, the GolfRSA National Squad member anchored the South African team in their 21st consecutive victory in the…
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Golf RSA | Williams claims dramatic Nomads Rose Bowl victory

Williams claims dramatic Nomads Rose Bowl victory

26 March 2019 – South African number one Kaylah Williams lifted the prestigious Nomads SA Girl’s Rose Bowl Championship trophy after she edged out overnight leader Caitlyn Macnab in a pressure-packed final round at Langebaan Golf and Sports Club on Tuesday. The Western Province junior carded a two-under-par 70 in the final round to close…
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Golf RSA | Jarvis mounts charge for Nomads SA Boys success

Jarvis mounts charge for Nomads SA Boys success

25 March 2019 – Casey Jarvis produced a blistering back nine at Humewood Golf Club to charge to a one-shot lead in the Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday. Jarvis was three off the pace after an opening 70 at the start of the second round, but stirring finish for a six-under-par…
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Golf RSA | Wilsenach edges clear of Gowrie Farm field

Wilsenach edges clear of Gowrie Farm field

26 March 2019 – Jonathan Wilsenach from Ekurhuleni has a golden opportunity to close out his first national victory on the GolfRSA junior circuit after taking the lead in the Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge in Tuesday’s second round. The Kempton Park golfer overcame a six shot overnight deficit with one-under-par 70 at Gowrie Farm Golf…
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Golf RSA | Macnab on the move in Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl

Macnab on the move in Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl

25 March 2019 – Womens Golf South Africa’s golf development programme certainly lived up to its billing as the six juniors in its GolfRSA Elite Squad stormed through the field to grab the six leading positions in the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship on Monday. The first round at the Langebaan Golf and Sports…
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Golf RSA | Snyders strides clear at Nomads SA Boys in Bay

Snyders strides clear at Nomads SA Boys in Bay

25 March 2019 – Tyran Snyders from Western Province made a statement of intent with an opening five-under-par 67 to lead the first round of the Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship at Humewood Golf Club on Monday. Only nine players managed to break par on the opening day when the 128-strong starting field…
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Golf RSA | Gavagnin grabs lead at Gowrie SA Challenge

Gavagnin grabs lead at Gowrie SA Challenge

25 March 2019 – North West junior Luc Gavagnin laid down an early marker in the fourth Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge when he surged into the first round lead on Monday. The 14-year-old Pecanwood golfer fired a three-under-par 68 to set the opening mark at Gowrie Farm Golf Estate. Gavagnin overturned a bogey start and…
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Golf RSA | Paxton eagles his way to Bridge golf title in Germiston

Paxton eagles his way to Bridge golf title in Germiston

Sean Paxton, a 17 year old Maritzburg College pupil, fired a pair of eagles to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series 2019 tournament at Germiston Golf Club. Sean, who lives in Pietermaritzburg, travelled up from KwaZulu-Natal to compete in the event, and his reward is a sought-after spot in the regional finals of the…
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Golf RSA | SA’s top junior talent on show across South Africa

SA’s top junior talent on show across South Africa

24 March 2019 – Ekurhuleni duo Caitlyn Macnab and Jayden Schaper will spearhead the challenge in two prestigious Nomads national championships on Monday, while Southern Cape’s Dylan Melville will lead the field in the fourth Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge. NOMADS SA GIRLS ROSE BOWL Macnab will lead the championship division into battle at the 54-hole…
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Golf RSA | Four new caps in GolfRSA National Squad

Four new caps in GolfRSA National Squad

GolfRSA has announced a group of 19 of the country’s most promising amateur male players, including four new caps, who will make up its 2019/20 Golf National Squad. The National Squad, now in its fourth year, has had tremendous success since its inception in 2016. Set up from a R10-million donation by businessman and GolfRSA…
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Golf RSA | Double joy for GolfRSA at AAJGC

Double joy for GolfRSA at AAJGC

16 March 2019 – The GolfRSA Boys and Girls secured their berths in the field for the 2019 Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan with resounding victories in the Boys and Girls Competitions of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana on Friday. The GolfRSA Girls successfully defended their title for a third successive year,…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Teams in pound seats at All-Africa Junior

GolfRSA Teams in pound seats at All-Africa Junior

14 March 2019 – Both GolfRSA Girls and Boys Teams continued to improve in their title defence campaigns in Thursday’s third round of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana. The GolfRSA Boys fired a tournament low 20-under-par 196 at Phakalane Golf Estate Hotel Resort to lead the Boys Competition with a 54-hole total of…
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Golf RSA | Mistry impresses Xasa at Investec SA Women's Open

Mistry impresses Xasa at Investec SA Women’s Open

14 March 2019 – South Africa’s Minister of Sport and Recreation Tokozile Xasa put in a surprise appearance on day one of the Investec South African Women’s Open, and hit the ceremonial tee shot to officially open the R2-million event at Westlake Golf Club on Thursday. This year is the second successive year that the…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Juniors make solid start in Botswana

GolfRSA Teams shine in Botswana

13 March 2019 – The GolfRSA Girls and Boys teams strengthened their leading positions with another superb effort in round two of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana on Wednesday. The GolfRSA Girls team produced an eight-under par total of eight-under 138 at Phakalane Golf Estate Hotel Resort, while the GolfRSA Boys combined for…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Juniors make solid start in Botswana

GolfRSA Juniors make solid start in Botswana

12 March 2019 – The GolfRSA Teams both got their title defence in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge off to a superb start in the opening round in Botswana on Tuesday. The GolfRSA Boys team combined for a 16-under-par 200 total to lead the Boys Competition while a seven-under-par 137 secured pole position for the…
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Golf RSA | SA Quartet named for Africa Region 5

SA Quartet named for Africa Region 5

CAPE TOWN, 12 March 2019 – GolfRSA National Squad members Wilco Nienaber and Therion Nel from Free State, Ekurhuleni’s Jayden Schaper and Luca Filippi from Western Province have been tasked to continue the country’s proud record in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Namibia this April. The Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament, formerly known…
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Golf RSA | Macnab lands another big one at Magalies Park

Macnab lands another big one at Magalies Park

BENONI, 8 March 2019 – Caitlyn “Cat” Macnab thrives on challenge. That is evidenced in every swing this petite rising star makes in pursuit of the perfect strike. And in the way she casts her rod in the sea and plays a cob until she guides it safely to shore. “I guess if it wasn’t…
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Golf RSA | Talented trio to fly SA flag in Botswana

Talented trio to fly SA flag in Botswana

8 March 2019 – Kaiyuree Moodley, Caitlyn Macnab and new cap Kiera Floyd will target a third successive victory for South Africa in the prestigious All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana next week. The top ranked GolfRSA Elite Squad trio will battle other African nations in the Girls Competition at Phakalane Golf Club from 12-15 March…
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Golf RSA | Agherdien takes the helm at SAGA

Agherdien takes the helm at SAGA

6 March 2019 – Former Western Province president Naadir Agherdien was elected as President of the South African Golf Association (SAGA) at the Association’s Annual General Meeting held at King David Mowbray Golf Club. Agherdien, who took office on 20 February and will serve two years in terms of the SAGA Constitution, has been at…
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Golf RSA | Steady Schaper seals SA Stroke Play victory

Steady Schaper seals SA Stroke Play victory

1 March 2019 – Almost from the time he hit his first shots as a two-year-old with a plastic set of clubs at San Lameer Country Club, Jayden Schaper has been a grinder. A no frills, no fuss guy who was taught that good old fashioned hard work and an unflappable self-belief gets you the…
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Golf RSA | Province continue Provincial Challenge dominance

Province continue Provincial Challenge dominance

Western Province penned a new chapter in the story of the SADGA Provincial Challenge presented by Reichmans Capital with a 15.5 – 13 victory over the ROCS team at Magalies Park Golf Club on Sunday. The victory, the Cape side’s fourth at the event in as many years, was spearheaded by Morne Cronje. The King…
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Golf RSA | Schaper on the edge of glory at De Zalze

Schaper on the edge of glory at De Zalze

28 February 2019 – South Africa’s leading junior Jayden Schaper will take a commanding five-shot lead into the final round at the De Zalze Golf Club as he goes in search of the South African Stroke Play Championship title on Friday. The Benoni golfer opened with a 67 and surged to the top of the leaderboard with…
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Golf RSA | Cool-head Schaper takes control at De Zalze

Cool-head Schaper takes control at De Zalze

27 February 2019 – A flawless nine-under-par joint course record 63 at De Zalze Golf Club boosted South Africa’s top ranked junior Jayden Schaper to the top of the leaderboard in the second round of the South African Stroke Play Championship. The Ebotse golfer got off to an eagle-birdie start and racked up five birdies…
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Golf RSA | Three-way tie leads SA Stroke Play at De Zalze

Three-way tie leads SA Stroke Play at De Zalze

26 February 2019 – In-form Luca Filippi made it a three-way tie for the lead in the opening round of the South African Stroke Play Championship with pacesetting 66 in Stellenbosch on Tuesday. Just a few days after winning the 36-hole qualifier at the SA Amateur Championship, the 18-year-old GolfRSA National Squad Player put on a…
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Golf RSA | SA challenge to stave off foreign attack at De Zalze

SA challenge to stave off foreign attack at De Zalze

25 February 2019 – It has only happened half a dozen times since Dale Hayes won the first South African Stroke Play Championship in 1969, but Wilco Nienaber is determined to land the coveted double after his South African Amateur victory last Friday. The country’s leading amateur, who claimed the flagship event on the 36th…
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Golf RSA | Memorable 112th SA Amateur victory for Nienaber

Memorable 112th SA Amateur victory for Nienaber

22 February 2019 – For the third successive year, the South African flag was raised at the South African Amateur Championship after South Africa’s top ranked Wilco Nienaber won the country’s most coveted amateur title on Friday. In a gripping final round that went the distance at King David Mowbray Golf Club, the world number…
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Golf RSA | Agherdien, Saaiman and Smith to guide SAGA

Agherdien, Saaiman and Smith to guide SAGA

22 February 2019 – The South African Golf Association, in support of GolfRSA, will be guided more than 40 years of experience in golf administration by the three new office bearers for 2019-2020 elected on Tuesday. Former Senior Vice-president Naadir Agherdien was appointed as President at the Annual General Meeting held during the 112th South…
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Golf RSA | SA Amateur set for all South African showdown

SA Amateur set for all South African showdown

CAPE TOWN, 21 February 2019 – Teenagers Wilco Nienaber from Free State and Southern Cape’s Jordan Duminy will face each other in an all-South African 36-hole final for the 112th South African Amateur Championship title at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Friday. Both youngsters produced some fabulous shot-making to come up trumps in the three-…
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Golf RSA | Duminy boosts local challenge in SA Amateur

Duminy boosts local challenge in SA Amateur

20 February 2019 – Southern Cape teenager Jordan Duminy showed maturity well beyond his 16 years to ensure three South Africans will challenge in the quarter-finals of the South African Amateur Championship at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Thursday. The Louis Oosthuizen Junior Academy booked his spot in the match play field with rounds…
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Golf RSA | Tough battles ahead at SA Amateur

Tough battles ahead at SA Amateur

19 February 2019 – With 17 foreigners through to the top 32 of the match play, there is a very real possibility that amateur golf’s most prized trophy might travel abroad again. However some of South Africa’s most promising talents demonstrated incredible fighting spirit in the first round on Tuesday to ensure the local challenge…
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Golf RSA | Filippi lifts Proudfoot Trophy in SA Amateur

Filippi lifts Proudfoot Trophy in SA Amateur

18 February 2019 – Luca Filippi issued a stern warning to his contemporaries with a perfectly struck 5-iron at the final hole and two-putts for victory in the 36-hole qualifier of the South African Amateur Championship on Monday. The overnight leader fired a one-under-par 71 at King David Mowbray Golf Club to lift the prestigious…
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Golf RSA | Filippi fires warning shot at SA Amateur Qualifier

Filippi fires warning shot at SA Amateur Qualifier

17 February 2019 – Western Province trio Luca Filippi, Elton James and Deon Germishuys made their presence felt at King David Mowbray Golf Club in the first round of the 36-hole qualifier for the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship on Sunday. On a day when windy conditions tested their patience, only 25 players in the…
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Golf RSA | Walker extends Scottish legacy in African Amateur

Walker extends Scottish legacy in African Amateur

14 February 2019 – It’s been quite a week for the Scots on the global golfing stage, with former SA Stroke Play champion David Law’s success on the European Tour in Australia last weekend and amateur golfer Euan Walker’s march to victory in Mpumalanga on Thursday. The Scottish National Squad members have enjoyed a serious…
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Golf RSA | Eagle-eyed Walker eyes success at Leopard Creek

Eagle-eyed Walker eyes success at Leopard Creek

13 February 2019 – Two perfect shots at the iconic finishing hole at Leopard Creek for a spectacular eagle-finish moved Euan Walker from Scotland four shots clear in Wednesday’s third round at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship. After a booming drive at the closing hole, the Barrassie golfer produced a superb approach and duly…
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Golf RSA | England deny GolfRSA Juniors for African Amateur glory

England deny GolfRSA Juniors for African Amateur glory

13 February 2019 – Slow and steady won the race for Team England, who overcame a 10-shot overnight deficit to deny the GolfRSA Juniors a second successive win in the Africa Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek on Wednesday. The defending champions opened up a commanding lead with rounds of 217 and 206 to…
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Golf RSA | Fearless Floyd sets winning course in 2019

Fearless Floyd sets winning course in 2019

13 February 2019 – Extraordinary talent is not the only thing that sets champions apart from the rest of the competition. It is the ability to follow a plan with discipline and sticking to it with tenacious commitment and perseverance. These are the attributes that set 14-year-old Kiera Floyd from Benoni on a winning path…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Juniors keep control in Africa Amateur

GolfRSA Juniors keep control in Africa Amateur

13 February 2019 – The GolfRSA Juniors will hunt successive victories when they start today’s final round of the Team Competition at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship with a commanding lead at Leopard Creek. New cap Sam Simpson, Jayden Schaper and Christo Lamprecht combined for a 10-under 206 total in round two to keep the…
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Golf RSA | Higgo heads log-jam at Leopard Creek

Higgo heads log-jam at Leopard Creek

12 February 2019 – Garrick Higgo carded a five under second round 67 at Leopard Creek Golf Club to surge to the top of a packed leaderboard and set up an exciting third round at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday. The Boland golfer moved to seven-under, courtesy of an almost flawless performance,…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA Juniors set pace at Leopard Creek

GolfRSA Juniors set pace at Leopard Creek

12 February 2019 – The GolfRSA Juniors picked up where they left off last year and made the perfect start to their title defence in the 54-hole Team Competition of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday. On a day when only five players managed to break par at the magnificent Leopard Creek, Jayden…
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Golf RSA | Schaper sprints to African Amateur lead

Schaper sprints to African Amateur lead

11 February 2019 – South Africa’s number one junior Jayden Schaper showed some serious big match temperament to surge to the top of the leaderboard on day one of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Leopard Creek Golf Club on Monday. Schaper brought some hot form to the African Swing opener in Mpumalanga and…
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Golf RSA | Historic win for teen Jarvis on IGT Challenge Tour

Historic win for teen Jarvis on IGT Challenge Tour

6 February 2019 – State Mines amateur Casey Jarvis is becoming used to making history. The first South African to win the English Boys Under-14 Open Amateur Stroke Play in 2017. The youngest player to lift the Ekurhuleni Open trophy last October. And now – at 15 years, seven months and 22 days – the…
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Golf RSA | Cat nabs the first trophy in 2019

Cat nabs the first trophy in 2019

6 February 2019 – Two of South Africa’s most exciting young golfing prospects made an early statement in this year’s battle for supremacy on the women’s amateur circuit in the 2019 season’s curtain-raiser at Humewood Golf Club. In a thrilling climax to the 50-year celebration of Eastern Province Women’s Golf, Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman…
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Golf RSA | All-Africa Junior team announced

All-Africa Junior team announced

4 February 2019 – The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has tasked GolfRSA National Squad members Martin Vorster, Christo Lamprecht and Casey Jarvis, and Sam Simpson to chase a 21st consecutive victory for South Africa in the prestigious All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Botswana in March. The winning team and the runners-up of the Africa…
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Golf RSA | GolfRSA quartet ready to fire on African Swing

GolfRSA quartet ready to fire on African Swing

2 February 2019 – South Africa’s top ranked Wilco Nienaber and Ekurhuleni junior trio Jayden Schaper, Yurav Premlall and Casey Jarvis have signalled some serious intent for success on the upcoming South African Swing this February. Nienaber, whose breakout season in 2017 shot him to the number one spot of the Open Amateur Rankings, has…
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Golf RSA | Maia secures Bridge Junior Series win at Oubaai

Maia secures Bridge Junior Series win at Oubaai

29 January 2019 – Calvin Maia shot 67 to win the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Oubaai on Sunday. By winning the title, the 18-year-old Kenako Golf Academy boarder qualifies for the South Regional Final of the #BridgeJuniorSeries in April, where the ultimate prize is an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the…
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Golf RSA | Du Plessis and De Doncker step up roles within GolfRSA

Du Plessis and De Doncker step up roles within GolfRSA

GolfRSA is pleased to announce that Ms Wimpie du Plessis, the head of the GolfRSA Handicap and Course Rating team, will represent South Africa on the USGA/R&A-led World Handicap System (WHS) Committee with immediate effect. With the 2020 implementation of the WHS only months away, GolfRSA is confident that Wimpie’s contribution will ensure that clubs…
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Golf RSA | Sublime second for Moodley at Annika USA

Sublime second for Moodley at Annika USA

ST AUGUSTINE, United States (22 January 2019) – Kaiyuree Moodley claimed an impressive runner-up finish in the 11th Annika Invitational USA, while fellow GolfRSA Elite Squad player Caitlyn Macnab shared the low round honours in Monday’s final round in Florida. Bryanston’s Moodley began the final day at the World Golf Village Resort with a two-shot cushion…
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Golf RSA | Magnificent Moodley sets Annika USA 36-hole mark

Magnificent Moodley sets Annika USA 36-hole mark

21 January 2019 – Loads of rounds at the coast in South Africa and a little home-cooking proved a winning combination for South Africa’s Kaiyuree Moodley, who surged to a two-shot lead in brutally windy conditions in the Annika Invitational USA. Last year, the 17-year-old Bryanston golfer upstaged some of South Africa’s best coastal amateurs…
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Golf RSA | Lots of positives for SA pair in USA

Lots of positives for SA pair in USA

St Augustine, FLORIDA (20 January 2019) – Kaiyuree Moodley from Gauteng went around the Slammer and Squire Course in level par in Saturday’s opening round of the Annika Invitational USA, presented by Rolex, at the World Golf Village in Florida. The 2018 Youth Olympian finished in a tie for seventh, three shots behind first round…
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Golf RSA | Kai & Cat set for Annika USA start

Kai & Cat set for Annika USA start

19 January 2019 – GolfRSA Elite Squad members Kaiyuree Moodley and Caitlyn Macnab are primed to start the 11th Annika Invitational USA at the World Golf Village in Florida today. The South African pair will join 70 of the world’s top girls ages 12 to 19 in the prestigious 54-hole stroke-play event, presented by Rolex and hosted…
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Golf RSA | SAGDB receives international award from PGAs of Europe

SAGDB receives international award from PGAs of Europe

The South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) has become the latest project to be awarded the PGAs of Europe President’s Award for Golf Development at the 2018 Annual Congress Gala Awards Dinner Supported By Rolex at Costa Navarino in Greece. The SAGDB has been operating in South Africa since 1999 and has grown a network…
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Golf RSA | Moodley & Macnab primed for Annika Invitational USA

Moodley & Macnab primed for Annika Invitational USA

ST AUGUSTINE, Florida (14 January 2019) – South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab departs for the United States on Tuesday to join fellow GolfRSA Elite Squad member Kaiyuree Moodley for the 11th Annika Invitational USA, presented by Rolex, in Florida. The tournament is named for Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam, whose foundation conducts six junior golf…
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Golf RSA | Girl power rules as Jordan battles boys in Durbanville

Girl power rules as Jordan battles boys in Durbanville

Teenager Jordan Rothman won an exciting playoff in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at her home club, Durbanville Golf Club. Rothman, the reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Champion, had to overcome a strong field of boys including plus handicappers Ayden Senger, Louis Loubser Jnr, Francois Cilliers, Justin Behrens, Calin Sanderson and Matthew McCarthy,…
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Bhana seals Nomads SA Boys hat-trick

HOUGHTON, 5 January 2019 – Amilkar Bhana won his third SA Boys title with a dramatic play-off victory over fellow Central Gauteng junior Hannes Strooh at the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship on Saturday. Having won both his Nomads SA Boys Under-13 titles with runaway victories, Bhana looked a shoo-in for the win after rounds…
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Premlall in ascendancy again at Nomads Umhlali

BALITO, 4 January 2019 – Ekurhuleni junior Yurav Premlall picked up right where he left off last year and collected his fourth trophy in as many months when he won the season-opening Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal on Friday. The 15-year-old Glendower golfer won by three shots on one-under-par 212 after posting rounds of…
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Bhana has Nomads SA Boys U-15 title in sight

HOUGHTON, 4 January 2019 – Hannes Strooh and Michael Ferreira both matched Amilkar Bhana for the low round of the day, but neither player posed a threat to the first round pacesetter, who retained the lead in the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship on Friday. Fourteen-year-old Bhana from Country Club Johannesburg fired a four-under 67…
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Bhana makes an early move at Killarney

3 January 2019 – For a second successive year, Amilkar Bhana laid down an early marker for success in the first Nomads SA Boys Championship of the season. Bhana carded a three-under-par 67 at Killarney Country Club to race into the first round lead of the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship on Thursday. The 14-year-old…
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GolfRSA teams named for African Amateur Championship

CAPE TOWN, 24 December 2018 – The fourth African Amateur Stroke Play Championship will hold huge significance for Sam Simpson from Western Province, who will don the green and gold for South Africa for the first time in mid-February 2019. The South African Golf Association (SAGA) named the Bellville golfer to the GolfRSA Junior Team that…
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Ekurhuleni goes back-to-back in Benoni

BENONI, 21 December 2018 – It took them nearly 30 years to break a winning drought in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial and Ekurhuleni wasn’t about to give the trophy back this year, especially not in their own back yard. While the usual mix of upsets and jostling for position went on around them, the…
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Boland seals return to top draw at SA U-19 IPT

BENONI, 21 December 2018 – Boland proved once again that, even when teams look strong on paper, golf is still played on grass when the youthful side celebrated victory in the promotion battle at the 2018 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Tournament on Friday. Over four rounds at Benoni Country Club, the three bankers and five…
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SA U-19 IPT on knife’s edge in Benoni

BENONI, 20 December 2018 – The battle for supremacy in the A-Section will depend on Ekurhuleni’s resolve and Southern Cape’s tenacity, while three teams will vie for promotion in Friday’s final round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at Benoni Country Club. A-SECTION Defending champions Ekurhuleni was invincible over the first three days and pulled…
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Lions and North West make a move SA U-19 IPT

BENONI, 19 December 2018 – Defending champions Ekurhuleni, Central Gauteng and North West enjoyed a profitable moving day in the A-Section, while Boland tightened their grip in the fight for promotion in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at Benoni Country Club. A-SECTION Defending champions Ekurhuleni can afford to kick back during their fourth round bye…
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Boland lays down a marker at SA U-19 IPT

BENONI, 18 December 2018 – Defending champions Ekurhuleni extended their lead in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial, while Boland sounded a stern warning to their opponents in the B-Section battle for promotion at Benoni Country Club on Tuesday. A-SECTION Ekurhuleni threw down the gauntlet with convincing victories over Western Province and KwaZulu-Natal in the opening…
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Golfing Galant brothers dominate in Rondebosch

It was a proud day for the Galant family of Belhar as teen brothers Tristan and Jaydon dominated the u19 and u13 divisions respectively of the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Rondebosch Golf Club on Tuesday 11 December 2018. Tristan, who recently turned 17, bookended his round with a birdie on the…
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Ekurhuleni makes strong stand in Benoni

BENONI, 17 December 2018 – A year ago Ekurhuleni showed up the traditional powerhouses of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial – Central Gauteng and Western Province – to win the premier junior golf team championship title for the first time in nearly 30 years. On Monday, the defending champions picked up where they left off…
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Simpson seals stylish Junior Series double at Randpark

RANDBURG, 14 December 2018 – Sam Simpson underlined his billing as one of South Africa’s emerging young stars when he stormed to a five-shot victory in the Joburg Junior Open at Randpark Golf Club on Friday. The 16-year-old Bellville golfer announced himself in July when he captured his first title on the Sunshine Tour Junior…
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Rebula marches to Freddie Tait Cup glory in SA Open

JOHANNESBURG, 9 December 2018 – Reigning Amateur champion Jovan Rebula joined an extraordinary league of gentlemen when he claimed the coveted Freddie Tait Cup in the 2019 South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Joburg. The 21-year-old George golfer carried a two-shot overnight lead into the final round and sealed the low amateur…
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Historic SA Open triumph for emotional Oosthuizen

JOHANNESBURG (9 December 2018) – The emotion that flowed out of Louis Oosthuizen when he became only the fourth South African to win both The Open and South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg at Randpark Golf Club on Sunday showed a man playing as much for a few people who weren’t there…
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Els pushes, Rebula tightens grip in SA Open

JOHANNESBURG, 8 December 2018 – Spurred on by his famous playing partner, George amateur Jovan Rebula tightened his grip on the Freddie Tait Cup challenge in Saturday’s third round of the South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Johannesburg, at Randpark Golf Club. Teeing off in the same group as his four-time Major…
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Trio ready to give chase in SA Open

JOHANNESBURG, 7 December 2018 – Wilco Nienaber, Deon Germishuys and 15-year-old Yurav Premlall moved in on Jovan Rebula and threw this year’s hunt for the Freddie Tait Cup in the South African Open Championship at Randpark Golf Club wide open in Friday’s second round. The Freddie Tait Cup – awarded to the leading amateur who…
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Rebula lays down SA Open marker at Randpark

JOHANNESBURG, 6 November 2018 – Reigning Amateur champion Jovan Rebula laid down an early marker in the hunt for the Freddie Tait Cup after day one of the South African Open Championship, hosted by the City of Johannesburg at Randpark Golf Club. Rebula started Thursday’s first round alongside six fellow GolfRSA National Squad members and…
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Amateur talent primed for SA Open

RANDPARK, 5 December 2018 – The South African Open Championship has always enjoyed a rich history of amateur participation and the 2019 tournament at Randpark Golf Club from 6-9 December will once again feature some of South Africa’s most promising amateur talents. Current number one Wilco Nienaber will spearhead the seven-strong amateur challenge in the prestigious…
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Young Premlall stuns at CCJ to seal SA Open spot

WOODMEAD, 4 December 2018 – Edenglen teenager Yurav Premlall soared on the wings of two eagles in the Country Club Johannesburg Qualifier to book his spot in the 2019 South African Open Championship. Off first at the crack of dawn, Premlall sped around the Rocklands Course in six-under-par 66 to set a clubhouse target that…
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Introducing SA Rising Star Kiera Floyd

Ekurhuleni golfer Kiera Floyd made junior golf history when she beat a predominantly male field at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club with a seven-under 65 at the East Course to become the first female champion on the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series last year. Just 13 at the time, the Ebotse junior was equally…
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Moodley exits All-India Ladies Amateur

KOLKATA, India (1 December 2018) – Kaiyuree Moodley’s bid to make it two in a row for South Africa in the IGU All-India Ladies Amateur Championship was thwarted by top ranked Indian golfer Jahanvi Bakshi, who beat the Gauteng rising star 2-up in a tightly-fought semi-final at the Tollygunge Club golf course on Saturday. Having…
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SA seals Fellowship Cup hat-trick in India

GREATER NOIDA, India (30 November 2018) – A feisty Indian side upped the ante in the final round, but South Africa’s seniors and mid-amateurs prevailed to seal a third successive victory in the annual Fellowship Cup in India. South Africa held a commanding 8 – 8 lead after clean sweeps in the fourballs and foursomes…
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Joy and heartache for SA Juniors in India

KOLKATA, India (30 November 2018) – One of the two South African juniors competing in the 2018 IGU All India Ladies Amateur Championship will start Saturday’s semi-final round at the Tollygunge Club golf course in India, but the spot came at a heavy cost. Kaiyuree Moodley and Kaylah Williams advanced to the quarter-finals, but had…
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Mweli goes wire-to-wire at Magalies Park

Thembelani Mweli held off final-round challenges from Usher Manel and Sandile Shange to claim a two-point victory in the 2018 Canon SA Deaf Junior Interprovincial at Magalies Park Golf Club (GC) on Thursday. Mweli had been the man to beat throughout the event, having held sole possession of the lead over the first two days,…
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South Africa firmly in driver’s seat in India

GREATER NOIDA, India (29 November 2018) – South Africa has the bit between their teeth after sweeping to a commanding lead over India with another crushing performance in the third Fellowship Cup in India on Thursday. The country’s senior and mid-amateur teams racked up all four points on offer in the first round Fourballs and…
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Solid exhibit by SA duo in All India Champs

KOLKATA, India (29 November 2018) – Kaiyuree Moodley and Kaylah Williams both rallied brilliantly to cross the first hurdle in the match play stage of the 2018 IGU All India Ladies Amateur Championship at the Tollygunge Club golf course in India on Thursday. South Africa’s third ranked Williams defeated Chitrangada Singh from West Bengal 5…
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South Africa with early advantage in India

GREATER NOIDA, India (28 November 2018) – South Africa’s mid-amateur and senior teams combined for a clean sweep in the first round Fourballs of the third Fellowship Cup against India on Wednesday. The two four-man sides racked up all four points available against their peers from the Indian Golf Union at the Jaypee Greens Golf…
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GolfRSA pair through to All India Match Play

KOLKATA, India (28 November 2018) – GolfRSA juniors Kaiyuree Moodley and Kaylah Williams comfortably qualified for the Match Play Stage of the IGU All India Ladies Amateur Championship in India on Wednesday. Moodley from Gauteng tied for 11th with successive rounds of 77, and Williams from Western Province carded rounds of 80 and 79 to…
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Mweli dominates opening day at Junior Deaf Inter-Provincial

Thembelani Mweli seized a commanding four-point lead after round one of the 2018 Canon South Africa Deaf Junior Inter-Provincial Tournament at Magalies Park Golf Club (GC) on Tuesday. With three spots in the 2019 Canon SA Disabled Golf Open up for grabs, it was all to play for in the 27-hole event. For many of…
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Solid start for GolfRSA pair at All India Amateur

KOLKATA, India (27 November 2018) – South African Youth Olympian Kaiyuree Moodley cracked the top 10 at the IGU All India Ladies Amateur Championship, while GolfRSA Elite Squad member Kaylah Williams rallied for a top 16 finish in Tuesday’s first round in Kolkata, India. Moodley opened with 77 at the par-70 Tollygunge Club golf course…
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Moodley and Williams set for Indian action

KOLKOTA, India (26 November 2018) – Youth Olympian Kaiyuree Moodley and South Africa’s number three ranked Kaylah Williams will be flying the flag for South Africa in the IGU West Bengal Ladies and Junior Girls Golf Championship in India this week. The event was formerly known as the All India Ladies Amateur Championship and won…
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SA teams ready to fire in Fellowship Cup

GREATER NOIDA, India (26 November 2018) – South Africa’s mid-amateur and senior teams are primed to challenge their peers from the Indian Golf Union in the annual Fellowship Cup, which tees off in India on Wednesday. The third edition of the bilateral Test between South Africa and India will be contested at the Jaypee Greens…
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Division prize winners

Macnab and Lessingh crowned ultimate Champions

EDENGLEN, 14 November 2018 – Ekurhuleni’s Caitlyn Macnab fired a second-round of 68 to successfully defend her Ladies A-Division title, while Mpumalanga’s Ru-Jean Lessingh matched her score to take the Men’s A Division title in the GolfRSA Champion of Champions event at Glendower Golf Club on Tuesday. The tournament pitted the country’s top club champions…
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Lessing, Galletti take pole in Champion of Champions

Lessing, Galletti take pole in Champion of Champions

EDENGLEN, 12 November 12018 – Mpumalanga’s Ru-Jean Lessingh and Central Gauteng’s Eleanora Galletti are in pole position to win the men’s and ladies’ Champion of Champions titles respectively. Lessingh,  a +2.9 handicapper who is the club champion at Walker Palk, takes a two-stroke lead into the final round after shooting a 1-under-ar 71 at Glendower…
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GolfRSA duo delighted with Argentina experience

GolfRSA duo delighted with Argentina experience

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (11 November 2018) – GolfRSA National Squad duo Luca Filippi and Therion Nel returned to South Africa on Sunday after a positive two week stint in Argentina. The pair combined for a top five finish in the International Competition of the 47th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup at Los Lagartos Country Club and…
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Champions Gather for Grand Finale

Champions Gather for Grand Finale

South Africa’s best club champions, across multiple divisions, will gather this week at Glendower Golf Club to determine who the ultimate Champion of Champions will be. Players who have qualified for the National Final – played over 36 holes – will have won their club championship, followed by a victory in the regional finals. Their…
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Fighting start from Filippi in Argentina

Fighting start from Filippi in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (8 November 2018) – He liked the look of the course in the practice round and predicted a good week and that’s just how Luca Filippi started the Argentine Amateur at Highlands Park Country Club in Buenos Aires on Thursday. South Africa’s number four ranked Filippi fired four birdies for opening three-under…
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Magnificent SA Mid-Am maiden for Vryheid’s Smit

Magnificent SA Mid-Am maiden for Vryheid’s Smit

KRUGERSDORP, 7 November 2018 – KwaZulu-Natal golfer Liezl Smit sealed a sensational maiden victory in the South African Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship when she held her nerve to win by five shots from defending champion Sandra Winter in wire-to-wire style on Wednesday. Making her debut on the mid-amateur circuit after an 11-year break from competitive golf,…
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Former champs in pursuit at SA Women’s Mid-Am

Former champs in pursuit at SA Women’s Mid-Am

KRUGERSDORP, 6 November 2018 – Former champions Vanessa Smith and Sandra Winter will have to pull out all the stops in Wednesday’s final round if either player hopes to extend their winning record in the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Liezl Smit set the first round target with a four-over 76 at Krugersdorp Golf Club. She…
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Nash and Rorisang do battle in thriller at the Wanderers

Nash and Rorisang do battle in thriller at the Wanderers

Nash de Klerk claimed the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title after chipping in for birdie to see off the challenge of his good friend and interprovincial team mate Rorisang Nkosi, as two of South Africa’s brightest young golfing talents shot matching 69s and then produced a thrilling four hole play-off at the Wanderers Golf…
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Amateurs announced for new-look SA Open

Amateurs announced for new-look SA Open

The cream of South Africa’s amateur golfing crop will tee it up in the revamped 2019 South African Open Championship in December, looking to build on the positive results achieved in the 2018 tournament. In January this year Kyle McClatchie claimed the Freddie Tait Trophy after delivering a remarkably mature performance for rounds of 68,…
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KZN’s Smit takes early control at SA Mid-Am

KZN’s Smit takes early control at SA Mid-Am

KRUGERSDORP, 5 November 2018 – “New” kid on the block Liezl Smit from KwaZulu-Natal upstaged the country’s leading golfers to take the first round lead of SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship on Monday. The Vryheid golfer carded a four-over-par 76 at Krugersdorp Golf Club to open up a three shot lead over two-time former champion Vanessa…
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SA pair raise expectations after fifth in Argentina

SA pair raise expectations after fifth in Argentina

PILAR, Argentina (5 November 2018) – GolfRSA National Squad pair Luca Filippi and Therion Nel want to up the ante in this week’s 59th Argentine Amateur Championship after placing fifth in the International Team Competition in the 47th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup on Sunday. Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira and Martin Contini sealed Argentina’s third victory in…
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Winter eyes fifth SA Mid-Am title in Krugersdorp

Winter eyes fifth SA Mid-Am title in Krugersdorp

KRUGERSDORP, 4 November 2018 – Twelve months ago Southern Cape’s Sandra Winter sparkled brighter than Kimberley’s famous Star of South Africa when she won the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship title for a record fourth time. Having played the course blind after a nine hour car-trip from George, the Southern Cape golfer took command from the…
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SA pair slip, Argentina takes control in Tailhade Cup

SA pair slip, Argentina takes control in Tailhade Cup

PILAR, Argentina (4 November 2018) – While South Africa’s Luca Filippi backpedalled on Saturday, Guillermo Estivill gave the local crowds plenty to cheer about as he continued to lead the 47th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup at Los Lagartos Country Club. Estivill carded a third round 69 to finish on three-under 207 and he maintains a…
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SA pair upbeat ahead of moving day in Argentina

SA pair upbeat ahead of moving day in Argentina

PILAR, Argentina (3 November 2018) – Luca Filippi and Therion Nel are primed to make further inroads on moving day after both GolfRSA National Squad players improved their positions in tough conditions at the 47th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup on Friday. Filippi from Milnerton birdied the final two holes to share the low round honours…
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Carl Mwale has a shot at the USA after his biggest victory

Carl Mwale has a shot at the USA after his biggest victory

Eagle Canyon’s Carl Mwale scored one of the biggest wins of his young career when he shot 67 to lift his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on a day of exceptional scoring at Waterkloof Golf Club. By securing his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title, Mwale qualifies for the regional finals of…
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SA duo make modest start in Argentina

SA duo make modest start in Argentina

PILAR, Argentina (2 November 2018) – South African pair Luca Filippi and Therion Nel were admittedly disappointed with a modest start in the 47th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina on Thursday. Both GolfRSA National Squad players opened with rounds of five-over-par 75 that left them around the midway mark on the first round leaderboard…
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Introducing GolfRSA National Squad rising star Yurav Premlall

Introducing GolfRSA National Squad rising star Yurav Premlall

In the space of two weeks this October, GolfRSA National Squad member Yurav Premlall shot to 10th in the Junior Rankings following his breakthrough win on Sunshine Tour Junior Series in early October and 17th in the Open Amateur Rankings with his first success on the Open Amateur circuit. But the 15-year-old Glendower junior announced…
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GolfRSA Course Raters Acknowledged

GolfRSA Course Raters Acknowledged

The recent changes to the GolfRSA Handicap System went off smoothly, thanks to the hard work of Wimpie du Plessis and her dedicated team of Implementation Specialists. This group of volunteers were responsible for the resounding success of the 3 September USGA Course Rating System (including Slope) implementation in South Africa and GolfRSA, represented by…
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Teams set for 2018 Fellowship Cup in India

Teams set for 2018 Fellowship Cup in India

The South African Golf Association (SAGA) and GolfRSA are pleased to confirm the eight amateurs that will represent the nation in the third Fellowship Cup in India from 26 to 30 November. The four-man Senior and Mid-Amateur Teams will contest the three-day test against the India Golf Union at the Jaypee Greens Golf Club in…
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City of Johannesburg drives new era of SA Open

City of Johannesburg drives new era of SA Open

22 October 2018 – The City of Johannesburg is the proud new host of the South African Open, and one of the most historic national Opens in golf will now be played at Randpark Golf Club from 6-9 December 2018. The Sunshine Tour announced on Monday that a decision was taken in partnership with GolfRSA,…
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Caddies laud GolfRSA Rules Awareness Session in Cape Town

Caddies laud GolfRSA Rules Awareness Session in Cape Town

The comments varied from tough and tricky to entertaining and fun, but the caddies who attended the R&A Rules Awareness Session at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Tuesday, 16 October, agreed that one-day event was well-constructed and highly informative. The course constituted a theoretical session and a practical session and was presented by Conor…
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Phillips seals memorable SA Senior Amateur win

Phillips seals memorable SA Senior Amateur win

19 October 2018 – Maritzburg golfer Morgan Phillips marched to a memorable seven-shot victory in the South African Senior Amateur Championship with a masterful display at the Heron Banks River and Golf Estate on Friday. The 57-year-old was confidence and poise personified as he clocked in with an even-par final round 71 to triumph on…
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Phillips builds four shot lead in SA Senior Amateur

Phillips builds four shot lead in SA Senior Amateur

18 October 2018 – Maritzburg golfer Morgan Phillips stamped his authority on the South African Senior Amateur Championship with a two-under-par 70 and raced clear of joint overnight leader Craig Kamps in Thursday’s second round. Phillips began the day alongside Kamps after he matched the Gauteng golfer’s target-setting one-under 71 in the opening round at…
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Filippi and Nel primed for Argentine challenge

Filippi and Nel primed for Argentine challenge

18 October 2018 – GolfRSA National Squad members Luca Filippi and Therion Nel hope to stake another winning performance for South Africa in two top international events in Argentina in November. Nel from Free State and Filippi from Western Province will travel to Buenos Aires on 29 October and spend two days preparing to extend…
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Phillips and Kamps lead the way in SA Senior Amateur

Phillips and Kamps lead the way in SA Senior Amateur

17 October 2018 – Former champion Morgan Phillips made it a two-way tie for the lead with reigning North West Senior Open champion Craig Kamps after the opening round of the South African Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday. In-form Kamps from Bryanston fired an eagle and a trio of birdies on a windy day at…
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Global consensus for golf in race to tackle physical inactivity

Global consensus for golf in race to tackle physical inactivity

17 October 2018 – A global consensus among leaders in public health, public policy and sport backs golf in the race to tackle physical inactivity and the prevention of a range of non-communicable disease (NCD) including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer of the breast and colon. Evidence linking golf and health, commissioned by the…
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Lions roar to record fifth SA Mid-Am IPT victory

Lions roar to record fifth SA Mid-Am IPT victory

KIMBERLEY, 12 October 2018 – Forget the Gautrain. Defending champions Central Gauteng ripped through Kimberley like a freight train and steamrolled their way to a record fifth South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial title at Kimberley Golf Club. The Lions hit hard and fast on day one to beat KwaZulu-Natal and Ekurhuleni 7. 5 – 4.5 and…
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Fairy-tale finish for Free State in SA Mid-Am IPT

Fairy-tale finish for Free State in SA Mid-Am IPT

KIMBERLEY, 12 October 2018 – They didn’t need it, but Free State vowed to finish the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial unbeaten and the B-Section winners held true to their word. A bit battered and bruised after a gruelling tussle with Mpumalanga, Free State got the job done and could celebrate their first promotion in style…
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SA juniors cherish Olympic experience

SA juniors cherish Olympic experience

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (12 October 2018) – They didn’t come close to the goals they had set for themselves, but despite a disappointing start in Buenos Aires, GolfRSA Cole Stevens and Kaiyuree Moodley were excited about the experience gained in the Individual Golf Competition at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Argentina. While Australians Karl Vilips…
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Champions have one more goal at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Champions have one more goal at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

KIMBERLEY, 11 October 2018 – Central Gauteng defended their South African Mid-Amateur Tournament title without hitting a single shot on Thursday, while Free State produced another winning performance in the fourth round to claim promotion at Kimberley Golf Club. Northern Cape mowed down Border 9.5 – 2.5 and defeated Mpumalanga 7 – 5 to push…
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Mixed results for SA pair in Argentina

Mixed results for SA pair in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (11 October 2018) – GolfRSA National Squad player Cole Stevens made significant strides in the second round of the golf competition at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Stevens was tied for 20th after an opening five-over-par 75 and six strokes behind the trio of juniors leading the 32-strong…
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Free State on fire at SA Mid-Amateur

Free State on fire at SA Mid-Amateur

KIMBERLEY, 10 October 2018 – It’s still tight in the B-Section battle for promotion, but Free State fortified their odds with two big wins in the third round of the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament, while defending champions Central Gauteng continued their course of destruction in the A-Section battles at Kimberley Golf Club on Wednesday.…
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Sanlam Cancer Challenge winner inspired by son’s fight against cancer

Sanlam Cancer Challenge winner inspired by son’s fight against cancer

Not much could perturb Kempton Park Country Club’s Clifford Gous in the final round of the Sanlam Cancer Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club on Tuesday as he grabbed a thrilling one-point victory in the Men’s A Division. The tournament’s theme of raising awareness of cancer certainly resonated with Gous, whose son Noel, a…
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SA Juniors off to solid start in Youth Olympics

SA Juniors off to solid start in Youth Olympics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (10 October 2018) – South Africa’s junior pair made a good start in the golf competition at the 2018 Youth Olympics with Kaiyuree Moodley finishing in the top 15 and Cole Stevens grabbing a share of 20th in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Alessia Nobilo from Italy fired a two-under-par 68 to open…
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Lions roar at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Lions roar at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

KIMBERLEY, 9 October 2018 – Central Gauteng waged war against Southern Cape and North West to keep their title defence on track in round two of the South Africa Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial, while Northern Cape made a strong case for promotion at Kimberley Golf Club on Tuesday. A-SECTION After making a strong start to their title…
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Aspiring Tour pro in hunt for Sanlam Cancer Challenge glory

Aspiring Tour pro in hunt for Sanlam Cancer Challenge glory

One of the most pleasing aspects of the Sanlam Cancer Challenge is how it is a tournament for golfers of all abilities, even in the National Finals, but there are also the notable players whose ability extends well beyond the amateur level. Former Sunshine Tour professional Schalk van der Merwe, playing out of Gobabis Golf…
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Ex-Springbok Breyton Paulse celebrates heroes of a different nature

Ex-Springbok Breyton Paulse celebrates heroes of a different nature

While former Springbok wing Breyton Paulse was delighted to see some of the current Springboks at Sun City on Monday – and he made a point of telling them how impressed he has been with their recent Rugby Championship performances – the prolific try-scorer said the people he considered the biggest heroes at the famous…
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Big guns fire early at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

Big guns fire early at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

KIMBERLEY, 8 October 2018 – Defending champions Central Gauteng and Gauteng North made a fast start in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial on Monday, while Free State and Mpumalanga threw down the gauntlet in the promotion battle at Kimberley Golf Club. A-SECTION Central Gauteng made a stirring start to their title defence when they pushed…
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Double firsts for Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga at Devonvale

Double firsts for Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga at Devonvale

STELLENBOSCH, 5 October 2018 – The underdogs won the day in a dramatic finale at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate as Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga both celebrated double firsts in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship on Friday. Ekurhuleni defeated defending champions Western Province 6.5 – 2.5 in a pressure-packed final round to lift the A-Section…
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Uploaded To'No pressure' as Van Wyk strides to victory at Clovelly

‘No pressure’ as Van Wyk strides to victory at Clovelly

A day after completing his Grade 12 exams, Southern Cape junior Ben van Wyk shot one of the rounds of his life to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series event at Clovelly with a round of 67 that included two bogeys in the final three holes. “I guess I just took the pressure off…
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Daisies go all the way at Nomads SA Under-13 Champs

Daisies go all the way at Nomads SA Under-13 Champs

  MODIMOLLE, 5 October 2018 – Gauteng North showed huge heart in the face of adversity to celebrate an uncontested runaway victory in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate on Thursday. One man down for a second successive day, the five remaining players posted a final round 391 to win…
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Epic battles loom at SA Women’s IPT

Epic battles loom at SA Women’s IPT

STELLENBOSCH, 4 October 2018 – The final round of the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate is shaping up for a mouth-watering finale in both sections on Friday. Defending champions Western Province are in for a ding-dong battle against Ekurhuleni for the championship title, while Mpumalanga and Border will…
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Battle lines drawn SA Under-13 Champs

Battle lines drawn SA Under-13 Champs

MODIMOLLE, 4 October 2018 – An epic battle is on the cards in today’s final round of the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship today after Gauteng North and Western Province overhauled first round leaders North West in an action-packed second round. North West raced to the top of the pile with an opening round of 388…
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Ekurhuleni lays down a marker at SA Women’s IPT

Ekurhuleni lays down a marker at SA Women’s IPT

STELLENBOSCH, 3 October 2018 – Western Province mowed down Southern Cape on day one to strengthen their bid for successive victories, but Ekurhuleni showed some serious spunk to match the defending champions with a winning start in the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate on Wednesday. A-SECTION – DIVISION…
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Province throws down the gauntlet at Devonvale

Province throws down the gauntlet at Devonvale

STELLENBOSCH, 2 October 2018 – Western Province made a winning start to their title defence in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship with a convincing performance in Tuesday’s Seeding Round. The morning foursomes teed off in little more than a gentle breeze at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate. Kelly Erasmus and Zayb Fredericks combined for…
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GolfRSA Rules Modernisation Seminars All Set to Tee Off

GolfRSA Rules Modernisation Seminars All Set to Tee Off

With just a few weeks until the launch of GolfRSA’s Rules Modernisation seminars, time is running out to sign up to qualify as an R&A-accredited rules official. With the R&A and the USGA having announced final changes to the Rules of Golf for 2019, it is vital that all golfers, golf administrators, referees, golf directors…
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Golf RSA | An introduction to The Business of Golf

An introduction to The Business of Golf

When we look at the business of golf on a global scale, it quickly becomes evident that many of the strategic and management challenges are common to all golf facilities and businesses, no matter how different their geographic location might be. Outside of the local rules, which govern on a regional and individual facility level,…
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WP set for double success in SA Women’s IPT

WP set for double success in SA Women’s IPT

STELLENBOSCH, 29 September 2018 – Defending champions Western Province will be gunning for the coveted double when the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship tees off at the magnificent Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate from 2-5 October. Western Province thwarted Gauteng North’s bid for a hat-trick with a powerful performance at Mossel Bay Golf Club…
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SA golfers open their hearts for CANSA

SA golfers open their hearts for CANSA

The finalists for the 2018 Sanlam Cancer Challenge National Final have been decided and players will tee it up at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City on the weekend of 8-9 October to try and become the national divisional champions of South Africa’s greatest charity golf tournament. The 2018 Sanlam Cancer Challenge drew…
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Western Province wins SA IPT promotion

Western Province wins SA IPT promotion

GEORGE, 21 September 2018 – Twelve months after a devastating relegation, Western Province rose from the ashes and won back their A-Section status with a show of unparalleled grit and determination in the South African Inter-Provincial Tournament. The Disas defeated North West 10 – 2 in their final match and celebrated victory with an unbeaten…
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Lions roar to record 29th SA IPT victory

Lions roar to record 29th SA IPT victory

GEORGE, 20 September 2018 – Central Gauteng proved that there are two ways to silence the critics when they claimed a record 29th victory in the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, at Oubaai Golf Club on Thursday. The Lions not only defended the title with a round to spare, but…
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Boland back in SA IPT promotion battle

Boland back in SA IPT promotion battle

GEORGE, 20 September 2018 – Boland went hammer and nails into day four of the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament to get back in the B-Section battle for promotion against log leaders Western Province on Thursday. Boland headed into the fourth round of the country’s premier team’s event, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, with four…
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Grinding day, but Son hangs on in Scotland

Grinding day, but Son hangs on in Scotland

INVERNESS, Scotland (20 September 2018) – The 54-strong field in the 2018 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy was severely tested by brutal weather conditions at Castle Stuart Golf Links in Scotland on Wednesday. South Africa’s top ranked junior Woo-Ju Son did remarkably well to stay in touch with leader Barclay Brown from England in…
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Lions moving right along at SA IPT in Oubaai

Lions moving right along at SA IPT in Oubaai

GEORGE, 19 September 2018 – Defending champions Central Gauteng continued to run hot in the  58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, as cold, wet and windy weather wreaked havoc in Wednesday’s the third round at Oubaai Golf Club. Buoyed by back-to-back wins against Free State and Gauteng North, the Lions battled…
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Province in the pound seat at SA IPT

Province in the pound seat at SA IPT

GEORGE, 19 September 2018 – A fifth straight victory in Wesnesday’s weather-hit third round at the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, cemented Western Province as the frontrunner in this year’s B-Section battle for promotion. Heavy rain swept across the Southern Cape coast line and a gale force westerly wind that…
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Son makes solid start at Duke of York in Scotland

Son makes solid start at Duke of York in Scotland

INVERNESS, Scotland (19 September 2018) – South Africa’s top ranked junior Woo Ju Son starts the second round of prestigious Duke of York Young Champions Trophy in the top 10 after a solid performance in the opening round on Tuesday. Irish junior Joseph Byrne set the first round target at Castle Stuart Golf Links on…
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Western Province on fire at Oubaai

Western Province on fire at Oubaai

GEORGE, 18 September 2018 – Western Province continued its rampage at Oubaai Golf Club on Tuesday to pull well clear in the B-Section battle for promotion at the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire. Western Province took down Eastern Province 9 – 3 and handed Boland an 8 – 4 drubbing…
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KZN and Southern Cape give chase at SA IPT

KZN and Southern Cape give chase at SA IPT

GEORGE, 18 September 2018 – Southern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are in hot pursuit of Central Gauteng, who kept their bid for a record 29th title alive on day two of the South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire. Having drawn their first round match against Gauteng North, KwaZulu-Natal faced Ekurhuleni in Tuesday’s second…
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North West makes some noise in SA IPT at Oubaai

North West makes some noise in SA IPT at Oubaai

GEORGE, 17 September 2018 – Boland better watch out in round two, because North West is out for blood in the B-Section battle for promotion at the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire. It’s been a long 14 years since North West was relegated at Mowbray Golf Club and after too…
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Gauteng North shows huge heart in SA IPT opener

Gauteng North shows huge heart in SA IPT opener

GEORGE, 17 September 2018 – Central Gauteng and Southern Cape’s first round clashes unfolded much the way one expected, but Gauteng North showed huge heart in the opening round of the 58th South African Inter-Provincial Tournament, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire, at Oubaai Golf Club on Monday. The Daisies were on the back foot after…
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Son set for Duke of York Young Champions

Son set for Duke of York Young Champions

SCOTLAND, 17 September 2018 – Woo-Ju Son, one of South Africa’s brightest golf prospects, will fly the flag for South Africa in the prestigious Duke of York Young Champions at the Castle Stuart Golf Links from 18-20 September. South Africa’s top ranked junior travelled to Scotland with Womens Golf South Africa president Sally Greasley where…
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Lions ready for Free State onslaught at SA IPT

Lions ready for Free State onslaught at SA IPT

GEORGE, 16 September 2018 – Defending champions Central Gauteng fully expect to come under fire from Free State at Oubaai Golf Club in Monday’s opening round of the South African Inter Provincial, sponsored by Tempest Car Hire. “Free State earned a hard-fought for promotion last year. They will want to prove that they belong with…
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SA sign off with solid salvo in Ireland

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (8 September 2018) – Malcolm Mitchell and Wilco Nienaber went six under in the final round of the Eisenhower Trophy to seal a top 30 finish for Team South Africa in the 2018 World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland on Saturday. After a spate of setbacks in the first two rounds, Nienaber and…
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Team SA sprints on moving day at Eisenhower

Team SA sprints on moving day at Eisenhower

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (7 September 2018) – A couple of setbacks left Team South Africa on the back foot at the World Amateur Team Championship, but the feisty trio rebounded in Friday’s third round at the O’Meara Course to rescue their Eisenhower Trophy campaign in Ireland. Having lost Jovan Rebula to injury on the eve of…
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Top marks for SA Juniors in Italy

Top marks for SA Juniors in Italy

BIELLA, Italy (6 September 2018) – A few of South Africa’s juniors felt hard done by and others felt they left it too late, but the young crew are leaving Italy with great positives after their campaign in Italy was cut short on Thursday. Torrential rain caused two lengthy suspensions at the start and during…
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Team SA optimistic despite setbacks in Ireland

Team SA optimistic despite setbacks in Ireland

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (6 September 2018) – Team South Africa suffered another setback on a wet and windy second day at the World Amateur Team Championship, but the spirit in the camp remains high and the team is determined to come out fighting in the final two rounds of the Eisenhower Trophy at Carton House Golf…
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SA trio with work to do at Eisenhower

SA trio with work to do at Eisenhower

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (5 September 2018) – South Africa will have to pull out all the stops in Thursday’s  second round at Carton House Golf Club to catch up to Eisenhower Trophy leaders Denmark in the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland. The host union delighted the home crowd with the early lead at 10-under on…
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SA Juniors bunched in top 20 in Italy

SA Juniors bunched in top 20 in Italy

BIELLA, Italy (5 September 2018) – Sam Simpson from Western Province leads the five-strong South African challenge at the halfway stage of the 12th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship in Magnano, Italy. The reigning Tshwane Junior Open champion traded places with Central Gauteng’s Kian Rose, who led the local challenge with an opening four-under 68…
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Mitchell replaces Rebula in Eisenhower Team for SA

Mitchell replaces Rebula in Eisenhower Team for SA

MAYNOOTH, 5 September 2018 – A World Amateur Team Championship that held so much promise for reigning Amateur champion Jovan Rebula went up in smoke after the George golfer was forced to withdraw on Wednesday. Malcolm Mitchell from KwaZulu-Natal is being flown to Ireland to step Rebula and join fellow GolfRSA National Squad players Wilco…
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Team SA ready to do battle in Ireland

Team SA ready to do battle in Ireland

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (3 September 2018) – Reigning Amateur champion Jovan Rebula, along with the country’s top ranked Wilco Nienaber and Matt Saulez, are shipshape for the Eisenhower Trophy challenge at the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland. Rebula, the country’s highest ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, joined his fellow GolfRSA National Squad…
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Moodley and Stevens heading to 2018 Youth Olympics

Moodley and Stevens heading to 2018 Youth Olympics

2 September 2018 – GolfRSA is proud to announce that Gauteng juniors Kaiyuree Moodley and Cole Stevens were named by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to the South African Team heading to Argentina in October for the third Youth Olympic Games. Team South Africa will be represented in 19 different sports…
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SA juniors relish Italian U-16 challenge

SA juniors relish Italian U-16 challenge

2 September 2018 – Defending champion Martin Vorster is savouring his third consecutive start alongside four of South Africa’s rising junior talents in the 12th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship, which tees off on Tuesday. The Southern Cape junior will line up at the Biella Golf Club Le Betulle alongside Casey Jarvis and Yurav Premlall…
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Team SA celebrate top 15 with closing salvo in Ireland

Team SA celebrate top 15 with closing salvo in Ireland

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (2 September 2018) – Inspired charges from Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer in the final round of the World Amateur Team Championship in Ireland ensured a strong top 15 finish for South Africa in the 28th Espirito Santo Trophy on Saturday. The United States returned to the winner’s circle for the first time…
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Double delight for GolfRSA at 2018 gSport Awards

Double delight for GolfRSA at 2018 gSport Awards

2 September 2018 – GolfRSA scooped two awards at the prestigious gsport SA Women’s Sports Awards during a glittering extravaganza held at The Wanderers Club on Friday, 31 August 2018. This year marked the 13th edition of the country’s longest running women’s sport awards, honouring South Africa’s top athletes and those who make valuable contributions to…
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SA trio sweeps to 14th AACT victory in Ghana

SA trio sweeps to 14th AACT victory in Ghana

1 September 2018 – South African trio Zethu Myeki, Casandra Hall and Lenanda van der Watt swept to a record 13th victory for the country in the 13th edition of the All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) in Accra, Ghana on Friday. The international field in the biennial showpiece, supported by the R&A, were severely tested by…
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Team SA chasing top 15 at Espirito Santo Trophy

Team SA chasing top 15 at Espirito Santo Trophy

MAYNOOTH, Ireland (1 September 2018) – They promised to make the most of moving day at the World Amateur Team Championships, and thanks to a sublime effort from Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer, Team South Africa will start today’s final round of the Espirito Santo Trophy in joint 20th at Carton House in Ireland. On…
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Team SA extends lead in Ghana

Team SA extends lead in Ghana

31 August 2018 – Team South Africa kept the country’s title defence in the 14th All-Africa Challenge Trophy on track on a tough scoring day at the Achimota Golf Club to pull 15 shots clear of Tanzania in Accra, Ghana on Thursday. South Africa led the first round on six-over 150 and kept control of…
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Team SA looking to go low in Ireland

Team SA looking to go low in Ireland

31 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab, Kaleigh Telfer and Kajal Mistry are fired up to make the most of moving day after a much better show in the second round at the World Amateur Team Championship on Thursday. The South Africans posted a team total of 144 at the Montgomerie Course at Carton House and…
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New handicap changes: what to expect

New handicap changes: what to expect

30 August 2018 – On September 3rd 2018, amateur golf in South Africa moves a step closer to the World Handicap System when GolfRSA introduces some noteworthy changes to the handicap system. As of Monday, club golfers in South Africa will no longer make use of the traditional Handicap that they have used for years.…
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SA makes a fine start in AACT defence

SA makes a fine start in AACT defence

30 August 2018 – Casandra Hall and Zethu Myeki got South Africa’s title defence in the 14th All-Africa Challenge Trophy underway with a solid opening round at the Achimota Golf Club in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday. Hall and Myeki combined for a first round six-over 150 to open up a 13-shot lead over Tanzania, while…
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Uploaded ToSA trio off to solid start at Espirito in Ireland

SA trio off to solid start at Espirito in Ireland

30 August 2018 – South African trio Kajal Mistry, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer tied for 24th at the World Amateur Team Championship as Japan shot to the top of the first round leaderboard in Ireland on Wednesday. A record total of 57 nations teed off at Carton House in County Kildare in the 28th…
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SA trio ready to fire in Ireland

SA trio ready to fire in Ireland

KILDARE, Scotland (28 August 2018) – All eyes in the world of South African amateur golf will be Kajal Mistry, Caitlyn Macnab and Kaleigh Telfer when the GolfRSA trio join a host of international teams for the first round of the Espirito Santo Trophy at Carton House Golf and Spa Resort in Maynooth, Ireland. The…
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Venues announced for SA’s Big Three

Venues announced for SA’s Big Three

21 August 2018 – GolfRSA has announced the host courses for its three biggest events of the year, with the Sanlam SA Amateur returning to Cape Town for the first time since 2012. Also revealed are the venues for the South African Stroke Play Championship and the African Amateur Championship. The three events run consecutively and…
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Filippi comes full circle in Southern Cape

Filippi comes full circle in Southern Cape

21 August 2018 – Luca Filippi is finally having the kind of season he knew he was capable of and victory at Plettenberg Bay Country Club on Sunday validated his simple, but effective objective for 2018. “I had some great highlights, but last year still felt like a let-down in terms of the rankings. I…
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SA trio primed for All-Africa Challenge Trophy

SA trio primed for All-Africa Challenge Trophy

21 August 2018 – Zethu Myeki will spearhead South Africa’s title defence in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) alongside new caps Casandra Hall and Lenanda van der Watt in Ghana at the end of August. With the exception of 2006, South Africa has won every other edition of the highly-esteemed team championship, supported by…
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A Quick 18 with Jaden Deltel

A Quick 18 with Jaden Deltel

The Quick 18 series shines the spotlight on 13-year-old Jaden Deltel from Central Gauteng. Jaden took up the game at the age of nine, but played all his golf on a nine-hole course and when the Deltel family moved to South Africa from the Seychelles Islands, the world was his oyster. Jaden’s progress in a…
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Loubser pips Couch for Bridge Fund win

Loubser pips Couch for Bridge Fund win

20 August 2018 – Durbanville junior Louis Loubser Jnr defeated Keegan-Slade Couch from Milnerton in extra time to win the second event in the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at Boschenmeer Golf Estate on Sunday. Francois Cilliers, who won the season-opening event at Royal Cape Golf Club in July, looked on course for back-to-back…
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Fearless Filippi soars to victory in Southern Cape

Fearless Filippi soars to victory in Southern Cape

19 August 2018 – Luca Filippi from Western Province fired a final round three-under-par 69 on Sunday to win the Southern Cape Open, supported by the Western Province Department of Sport, at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. The GolfRSA National Squad Player beat fellow Western Province golfer Ayden Senger by four strokes to win with a…
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SA duo exits Girls British Amateur with plenty positives

SA duo exits Girls British Amateur with plenty positives

17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab and Kajal Mistry took away a lot of positives after exiting the Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. The GolfRSA National Squad duo ticked their first box when both finished in the top 64 to progress to the match play stage in the 90th edition…
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Macnab makes top 16 in Girls British Amateur

Macnab makes top 16 in Girls British Amateur

17 August 2018 – Caitlyn Macnab will start today’s third round in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur with GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in support after she claimed two decisive victories at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland on Thursday. Macnab was in magnificent form in the first two rounds of the match stage…
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Macnab & Mistry cruise into Match Play in Ireland

Macnab & Mistry cruise into Match Play in Ireland

16 August 2018 – South Africa’s Caitlyn Macnab produced the lowest round in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier to reach the match play stage in the 90th Girls British Open Amateur on Wednesday alongside GolfRSA Elite Squad team-mate Kajal Mistry in their championship debut at Ardglass Golf Club in Ireland. Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad won the…
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Schaper returns to winning form at North & South

Schaper returns to winning form at North & South

15 August 2018 – Former number one ranked junior Jayden Schaper made a welcome return the winner’s circle when he claimed the Nomads North and South title on Wednesday. The Ebotse golfer ended a 12-month winning drought on the national circuit on a dramatic final day at Country Club Johannesburg, showing all his experience under…
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SA pair in pursuit at Girls British Open

15 August 2018 – GolfRSA Elite Squad players Kajal Mistry and Caitlyn Macnab will try to hunt down the trio of players that head a tightly packed leaderboard in today’s second round of the Girls British Open Amateur Championship at Ardglass Golf Club. Lizzy Peeters from the Netherlands, Mathilde Claisse from France and Sweden’s Ingrid…
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SA juniors set to start British Open challenge in Ireland

13 August 2018 – South African juniors Kajal Mistry and Caitlyn Macnab primed to start the 2018 Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship, which tees off at Ardglass Golf Club in County Down, Ireland on Tuesday. The GolfRSA Elite Squad pair will line up in a field of 144 players from 24 countries in the 36-hole…
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Jarvis charges to Africa Junior Open victory

12 August 2018 – In July, GolfRSA National Squad player Casey Jarvis eclipsed the leaders to lift the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship title with a final round eight-under-par 64 at Middelburg Country Club. On Sunday, the 15-year-old from Boksburg lived up to his billing as one of the best closers on the junior circuit…
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Van Wyk on fire at Fish River

11 August 2018 – In-form Central Gauteng amateur Kieron van Wyk will be targeting a maiden win on the Sunshine Tour Junior Series when he heads into the final round of the Africa Junior Open at the Mantis Collection’s Fish River Resort near Port Alfred. Just over a week ago, Van Wyk’s valuable contribution aided…
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Unsung hero Nel ready to face the future

6 August 2018 – The GolfRSA National Squad celebrated a noteworthy slice of success with the international achievements of Jovan Rebula, Wilco Nienaber, Christo Lamprecht, Martin Vorster and Deon Germishuys between May and July this year. These world beaters undoubtedly deserved the attention showered on them, but it’s time to shine the spotlight on Therion Nel,…
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Is Your Golfing Insurance on Par?

Golfing is steadily growing as a favoured pastime and golf estate living is a lifestyle that increasing numbers of South Africans are embracing. People are drawn to the allure of country living in the heart of the city that addresses security concerns and eliminates the need for 6-foot walls and electric fencing, offering unobstructed views…
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A quick 18 with Amilkar Bhana

The Quick 18 series shines the spotlight on 13-year-old Central Gauteng golfer Amilkar Bhana, with his big drives and lethal short game. In two short years since he started competing on the South African Golf Association’s junior circuit, Bhana has risen to third in the Under-15 Rankings and broken into the top 30 in the…
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Sign up now for GolfRSA’s Rules Modernisation Seminars

The R&A and the USGA have announced the final changes to the Rules of Golf for 2019. It is important all golfers, golf administrators, referees, golf directors and PGA professionals understand this fundamental modernisation of the Rules in order to run golf competitions effectively, write Local Rules, mark the course and of course, play the…
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Curro Aurora double up at SA High School Champs

3 August 2018 – Curro Aurora celebrated a successful title defence in the eighth South African High School Championship with a wire-to-wire victory at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate on Friday. The 2017 champions carried a slender one shot lead into the final round over Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Pretoria after setting the first round target…
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Kruinsig cruises to Ernie Els Champs victory

3 August 2012 – Laerskool Kruinsig celebrated national breakthrough with a winning performance in the eighth Ernie Els SA Primary School Championship at Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth on Friday. The Kempton Park-based team opened up a three shot lead with an opening round of 240 and clinched a two shot victory on a…
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Curro Aurora has early control at SA High School Champs

2 August 2018 – Curro Aurora picked up where they left off last year and set the first round pace in the eighth South African High School Championship on Thursday. South African Golf Development Board trio Carl Mwale, Cole Stevens and Kieron van Wyk – all members of last year’s victorious team – combined for…
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Kruinsig claims Ernie Els lead at Humewood

3 August 2012 – Ian van Rhyn, Marno Lange and La-Velle Clark-Halket braved the sweeping rain at Humewood Golf Club to give Laerskool Kruinsig the first round honours in the eighth edition of Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship on Thursday. Van Rhyn and Lange carded rounds of 79 and Clark-Halket posted 82 at the…
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SA juniors set to strike in Italy

27 July 2018 – Five of the country’s most promising young talents will travel to Europe in early September to represent South Africa in the 12th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship. The South African Golf Association (SAGA) named Martin Vorster, Yurav Premlall, Casey Jarvis, Samuel Simpson and Kian Rose to fly the national flag in…
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Vorster goes wire-to-wire in The Junior Open

19 July 2018 – Southern Cape teenager Martin Vorster banished his demons when he completed a wire-to-wire victory to become the first South African champion of The Junior Open Championship at St Andrews on Wednesday. Vorster hit a few speedbumps along the way in the final round at the Eden Course, but the 16-year-old GolfRSA…
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Williams relishes Junior Open experience

19 July 2018 – GolfRSA Elite Squad player Kaylah Williams turned a disappointing start into a memorable international debut when she fired a trio of birdies over the closing holes in The Junior Open Championship in Scotland on Wednesday. Williams teed it up alongside Martin Vorster from the GolfRSA National Squad in the prestigious biennial…
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Rebula likes SA odds at The Open

18 July 2018 – While his main aim will be to savour the experience, amateur Jovan Rebula fancies the chances of the South Africans at The Open starting at Carnoustie Golf Links on Thursday. The 20-year-old booked his ticket to The Open by winning the British Amateur at Royal Aberdeen last month. “It’s crazy how…
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Vorster flies clear of Junior Open opposition

17 July 2018 – South Africa’s Martin Vorster opened up a yawning lead in the second round of The Junior Open as compatriot Kaylah Williams continued to come to grips with the challenge of links golf in Scotland on Tuesday. Vorster fired an opening four-under 66 and slept on a one shot lead into the…
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Vorster takes early command at The Junior Open

16 July 2018 – GolfRSA National Squad member Martin Vorster took the first round lead in The Junior Open, while Kaylah Williams made a solid international debut at St Andrews Links on Monday. Vorster from Southern Cape and Williams from Western Province are representing South Africa in the biennial pre-cursor to The Open, staged by…
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Cilliers claims season-opening Bridge Fund event

Francois Cillers took scant notice of the cold and wet weather as he blitzed Royal Cape’s back nine en route to a round of 69 and a two-shot victory in the season-opening Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Friday. Three birdies and a chip-in eagle on the par-five 16th saw the Western Province Junior Matchplay…
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Ice-cool Simpson seals Tshwane Junior Open win

13 July 2018 – Bellville amateur Samuel Simpson staved off a late charge from fellow Western Province junior Deon Germishuys to celebrate his first Sunshine Tour Junior Series success in the Tshwane Junior Open on Friday. The 16-year-old Simpson stayed cool in difficult windy conditions to close with an even-par 72 to triumph on six…
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Deltel and De Abreu share Sun City success

12 July 2018 – Bryanston junior Jaden Deltel claimed a two stroke victory in the Sun City Under-15 Challenge, while Fabrizio de Abreu beat fellow Woodhill golfer Dujuan Snyman by five strokes for the Under-13 title at the home of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Thursday.  Sun City Under-15 Challenge Buoyed by a top 20…
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Simpson has early control in Tshwane Junior Open

12 July 2018 – Sam Simpson must be relishing a victory after a flawless six-under-par 66 in the opening round of the Tshwane Junior Open put him the mix for a fourth straight week. He racked up three birdies on the front nine, pencilled in a fourth red number on his card at the par…
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Rothman rallies for Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur glory

11 July 2018 – Western Province junior Jordan Rothman confirmed her status as one of South Africa’s future golfing stars when she knocked out two of the country’s top amateurs for the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship title at Umhlali Country Club. The 15-year-old Durbanville golfer made it to the final on Wednesday afternoon with…
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Hall, Telfer hold firm in Sanlam SA Amateur charge

10 July 2018 – Casandra Hall and Kaleigh Telfer are still on track for the elusive South African amateur double after making in through to Wednesday’s semi-finals of the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship. Both players had two tough matches on Tuesday for a spot in the final four at Umhlali Country Club. Reigning SA…
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Burke beats Vorster for glory at Bryanston

10 July 2018 – Christiaan Burke came out tops in the final Nomads National Order of Merit event when he beat Martin Vorster with a brilliant birdie on the first play-off hole at Bryanston Country Club to claim his first title on the top tier. The 17-year-old from Potchefstroom has won several club championships and…
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NMU lays down marker USSA Golf Champs

10 July 2018 – Altin van der Merwe, Kyle de Beer and Jacques Smit propelled Nelson Mandela University A into the prime spot in the match play log for the 2018 University Sport South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship at Port Shepstone Country Club. NMU A and the University of Stellenbosch A posted matching totals of…
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NMMU, Maties make fast start at USSA Golf Champs

9 July 2018 – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Stellenbosch share the top spot in the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship at Port Shepstone Country Club. Altin van der Merwe fired a four-under-par 68 in Monday’s first round of the 36-hole seeding qualifier to boost NNMU A to the top…
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Williams, Boonstra put field SA Amateur field on notice

9 July 2018 – Western Province junior Kaylah Williams and Chante Boonstra from Mpumalanga caused the first major upsets in the 2018 Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship at Umhlali Country Club on Monday. While the top qualifiers enjoyed a first round bye, Williams and Boonstra earned themselves an early start in the first round of…
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Van der Klis edges into Nomads lead at Bryanston

9 July 2018 – Ryan van der Klis set the pace on the opening day of the Nomads National Order of Merit, making the most of the sunny conditions to fire an eagle and six for an impressive six-under 66 at Bryanston Country Club on Monday. The 18-year-old Dainfern resident leads by one shot from…
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Fletcher fires early warning at Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur

Experience gained on the collegiate circuit in the United States served Michaela Fletcher well in Sunday’s 36-hole stroke play seeding round for the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at Umhlali Country Club. The 22-year-old from Maritzburg returned rounds of 73 and 70 to claim the top spot on one-over 143. Fletcher held her nerve…
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Red-hot Jarvis enjoys Nomads SA Boys bliss

6 July 2018 – Winning multiple Nomads SA Boys Championships is a rare feat. In fact, only one junior has managed to win all four SA Boys titles in South African golf history. Jayden Schaper achieved this exceptional accomplishment with his double triumph in the Under-19 Championship at Langebaan Country Club last year. Now GolfRSA…
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SA Juniors clinch top five and top 20 at Pinehurst

5 July 2018 – GolfRSA National Squad player Deon Germishuys tied for fourth in the 40th Junior North and South Championship and fellow Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series finalist Nikhil Gopal signed off with a top 20 finish in North Carolina on Wednesday. Germishuys enjoyed his first success on American soil in the eight Grandover…
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Two share lead as Stevens chases in Middelburg

5 July 2018 – Martin Vorster from Southern Cape and Ekurhuleni’s Ryan van Velzen will go into the final round of the 2018 Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship neck and neck on seven under par after a roller-coaster second round on Thursday. The duo had fluctuating fortunes as the wind got up in at Middelburg…
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SA’s top students head for Sanlam Champs in KZN

5 July 2018 – The country’s leading top amateurs will be heading for the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast to contest the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship at Umhlali Country Club from 8-11 July. This year’s field feature all the amateurs dominating Womens Golf South Africa’s open and junior Rankings, but several former stars currently on college…
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Simpson lays down marker at SA Boys

4 July 2018 – Rising Western Province star Samuel Simpson threw down the gauntlet in the first round of the Nomads SA Boys Under-17 Championship when he blew away the rest of the field with a red-hot seven-under 65 at Middelburg Country Club on Wednesday. Simpson has been making noise on the junior circuit since…
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Gopal and Germishuys impressive at Pinehurst

4 July 2018 – South African juniors Deon Germishuys and Nikhil came through their baptism of fire at Pinehurst Number 2 with flying colours to retain spots in the top 10 at the Junior North and South Championship in North Carolina on Tuesday. “It was another very hot and humid day in North Carolina,” said…
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SA Juniors make fast start at Pinehurst

3 July 2018 – South African juniors Deon Germishuys and Nikhil Gopal are in a great position heading into today’s second round of the Junior North and South after an impressive start on day one of the prestigious event at Pinehurst Resort on Monday. The Bridge Fund Manager Junior Series finalists coped well with the…
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Fearless Floyd banks breakthrough win at Silver Lakes

2 July 2018 – Ekurhuleni teen Kiera Floyd validated the value of international experience when she banked her first provincial title with a runaway victory in the Gauteng North Women’s Open on Monday. The only player to shot a red number on the final day, Floyd’s one-under 71 propelled to the top of the pile…
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Bridge Fund Juniors make impressive start in USA

2 July 2018 – Deon Germishuys and Nikhil Gopal will start the Junior North and South Championship in North Carolina buoyed by a one-two finish on the Tarheel Junior Tour in the United States last week. Continuing GolfRSA’s recent success on the international stage, Germishuys from Western Province claimed a six stroke victory on eight-under…
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Lamprecht takes the crown at Kingswood

29 June 2018 – Christo Lamprecht showed some serious big match temperament to come up trumps in the 2018 Dimension Data Junior Open at Kingswood Golf Estate on Friday. The Southern Cape junior became the first player to lift the same title twice when he defeated fellow GolfRSA National Squad player Martin Vorster by one…
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Brave Bhana steals the show at Kingswood

29 June 2018 – Amilkar Bhana underlined his rising star status when he lifted his first Sunshine Tour Junior Series title in the Dimension Data Junior Open at Kingswood Golf Estate on Friday. The 13-year-old from Sandton was two off the pace in the Under-15 Challenge after an opening 71 at the Outeniqua Course at…
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Epic clash on cards in Di-Data Junior Open

28 June 2018 – The final round of this year’s Dimension Data Junior Open is shaping up for a mouth-watering finale after local heroes Christo Lamprecht and Martin Vorster tied for the lead in  Under-19 competition and two-time SA Under-13 champion Amilkar Bhana drew six shots clear in the Under-15 Challenge in George on Thursday.…
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GolfRSA Squad trio named for Eisenhower Trophy

28 June 2018 – GolfRSA National Squad members Jovan Rebula, Wilco Nienaber and Matt Saulez will represent South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy at the 2018 World Amateur Team Championship in Maynooth, Ireland in September. In announcing the team today, South African Golf Association President Geoff Taylor said high expectations would follow the trio to…
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GolfRSA pays tribute to Ben van Zyl

27 June 2018 – GolfRSA sends its condolences to the friends and family of former South African Disabled Open champion Ben van Zyl. “We were deeply saddened to learn of Ben’s passing and our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends during this difficult time,” said GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn. “Ben’s achievements as a…
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Vorster and Nkosi set Dimension Data pace in George

27 June 2018 – The value of international competition was amplified in George on Wednesday with Martin Vorster and Rori Nkosi leading the Dimension Data Junior Open tournaments at Kingswood and Fancourt on Wednesday. Less than two weeks ago, Vorster fired a 10-under 61 in the final round of the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup…
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Superior Son seals Nomads SA Girls double

26 June 2018 – Pint-sized Woo-Ju Son showed the grit, determination and endless talent of a future world-beater as she held her nerve brilliantly down the stretch to go wire-to-wire for a second successive time in the Nomads SA Girls Championship on Tuesday. Son closed with a one-under 71 to triumph on five-under-par 71 at…
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Macnab makes a major move at Nomads SA Girls

25 June 2018 – A birdie finish in the second round of the Nomads SA Girls Championship moved Caitlyn Macnab from Ekurhuleni within a shot of defending champion Woo-Ju Son in Orkney on Tuesday. Son slept on a four shot cushion after an opening five-under 67, but she battled a balky putter at Orkney Golf…
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Son strikes early at Nomads SA Girls

24 June 2018 – South Africa’s leading junior Woo-Ju Son was in a class of her own as she made a roaring start in her title defence at the Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club on Monday. Twelve months ago, the 17-year-old Country Club Johannesburg golfer claimed one of the most sought-after titles…
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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…
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Now for the Nomads SA Girls in Orkney

From Aberdeen to Orkney….the excitement on the South African Amateur circuit continues and judging by all the smiles, our juniors are raring to start the 2018 NOMADS SA GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP on Sunday. Click HERE to view footage from the official flag raising at Orkney Golf Club and stay tuned regular updates from Orkney Golf Club on…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Magersfontein the club to beat in Sanlam Cancer Challenge

Last year’s leading money raiser has once again set the bar when it comes to raising funds for CANSA through the Sanlam Cancer Challenge. Magersfontein Memorial Golf Club, located just outside Kimberley in the Northern Cape, has smashed its own record by bringing in a staggering R515 417.85 for the cancer charity in 2018. Explained…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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WGSA names Espirito Santo Team for Ireland

5 June 2018 – Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) has selected Kaleigh Telfer, Kajal Mistry and Caitlyn Macnab to represent South Africa in the Espirito Santo Trophy at the World Amateur Team Championships in Ireland later this year. The South African trio will compete against more than 50 teams from across the globe at the O’Meara…
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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…
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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…
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Poppleton pips Nienaber for Brabazon glory

4 June 2018 – Nick Poppleton denied South Africa a second successive victory in the Brabazon Trophy when he chipped in at the second extra hole to beat GolfRSA National Squad player Wilco Nienaber in a sudden-death play-off on Sunday. Nienaber opened with a five-under 65 at Frilford Heath Golf Club to lie one off…
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Solid Saturday showing for GolfRSA in England and Ireland

3 June 2018 – Wilco Nienaber will start this morning’s third round of the Brabazon Trophy in England within striking distance of the lone leader at Frilford Heath Golf Club, while Christo Lamprecht and Therion Nel finished in a seven-way tie for the lead in Saturday’s opening round of the East of Ireland Open Amateur…
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SA Junior quartet Jakarta bound

2 June 2018 – Four of South Africa’s rising junior talents have left for Indonesia to fly the flag for the country in the Himbara World Junior Golf Championships, presented by Ciputra. Western Province’s Jordan Rothman and Kiera Floyd from Ekurhuleni will compete in the Girls Division, while Rorisang Nkosi from North West and Western…
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Nienaber edges into contention in England

1 June 2018 – South African Wilco Nienaber shared the lead after a truncated first day of the Brabazon Trophy and the Bloemfontein golfer is still very much in contention after the conclusion of round one on Friday. The first round at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire had to be suspended after torrential rain rendered the…
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GolfRSA seven fixed to shine in UK

 31 May 2018 – Seven members of the GolfRSA National Squad will be in action in two highly-rated golf championships in Britain this weekend. Wilco Nienaber, Matt Saulez and Malcolm Mitchell joined a world-class field in the first round of the Brabazon Trophy today, while Christo Lamprecht, Therion Nel, Clayton Mansfield and Jayden Schaper will…
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GolfRSA confirms 2018 Fellowship Cup

31 May 2018 – GolfRSA announced today that the third Fellowship Cup between South Africa and India will take place in India from 26 to 30 November 2018. The inaugural Fellowship Cup featured Senior and Mid-Amateur teams from both countries and was hosted by the Indian Golf Union (IGU) at Royal Kolkata. The reverse fixture…
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Daisies go wire-to-wire to lift Swiss Team Trophy

23 May 2018 – Danielle du Toit tapped in for birdie on 18, took off her shoes and jumped into the pond at the closing hole with her Gauteng North team-mates to end the SA Women’s 72-Hole Team Championship with a victory splash at Waterkloof Golf Club on Wednesday. Du Toit, Lenanda van der Walt…
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Ekurhuleni closes out Challenge Trophy conquest

23 May 2018 – The A-team might have come up short in the SA Women’s 72-Hole Championship, but Kiera Floyd, Teagan Lubbe and Alisa Rich gave Ekurhuleni plenty reason to celebrate when the trio combined for a four shot victory in the Challenge Trophy on Wednesday. And the conquest at Waterkloof Golf Club also comes…
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Ekurhuleni under pressure in Challenge Trophy hunt

22 May 2018 – Ekurhuleni will start the final day of the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship with a two shot lead, but Free State and Boland are determined to chase down the Challenge Trophy leaders at Waterkloof Golf Club. Boland B took the first round honours with a score of 158. Ekurhuleni’s B-team was…
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Daisies drives home advantage at Waterkloof

22 May 2018 – Gauteng North A strengthened their bid for Swiss Team Trophy glory with two solid rounds on the second day of the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship to open up a yawning gap on their closest pursuers. The home favourites took a five stroke lead into the second day at Waterkloof Golf…
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GN, Boland gets early jump on rivals at Waterkloof

21 May 2018 – Danielle du Toit and Larissa du Preez combined for an opening six-under-par 138 to put Gauteng North in the driver’s seat in the Swiss Team Challenge, while Boland leads the Challenge Trophy after round one of the SA Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship at Waterkloof Golf Club on Monday. Gauteng North dominated…
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GolfRSA’s Homann to officiate at US Open

GolfRSA is proud to announce that it has selected Neil Homann to represent the organisation at the forthcoming 118th US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills. Homann, GolfRSA’s manager for Operations, Rules and Training, will act as a rules official for the second major of the year. “It’s a real honour to be able to officiate…
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KZN duo clinch Irish Amateur top 10s

21 May 2018 – Chris Woollam and Matt Saulez closed out top 10 finishes at Royal County Down Golf Club as Ireland’s Robin Dawson completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open on Sunday. Tramore’s Dawson survived some back nine drama in a final round 77 to close out the biggest victory of…
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Final push for SA crew in Irish Amateur

20 May 2018 – Former South African Stroke Play runner-up Robin Dawson from Ireland remained on course for a wire-to-wire victory in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open, with South African trio Chris Woollam, Jayden Schaper and Matt Saulez in good shape heading into today’s final round at Royal County Down Golf Club. Dawson moved to…
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North West nails SA Country Districts success

19 May 2018 – North West delighted the home crowd with a hard-fought for final round victory over KwaZulu-Natal to lift the SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial title at Potchefstroom Country Club on Friday. The local heroes came out guns blazing with 7 – 5 victories against Free State in the opening round and Mpumalanga on…
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Northern Cape seals SA Country Districts promotion

19 May 2018 – It was the underdog’s day as unheralded Northern Cape stole the show at Potchefstroom Country Club, edging out tournament favourites Boland to clinch the promotion battle in the 2018 SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial B-Section on Friday. Northern Cape announced their presence in this year’s tournament with a 9 – 3 victory…
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SA trio in touch at Royal County Down

19 May 2018 – Southern Cape junior Christo Lamprecht made the most of an early start at Royal County Down Golf Club to vault into contention in Friday’s second round at the Flogas Irish Amateur Open in Newcastle, Ireland. KwaZulu-Natal pair Matt Saulez and Chris Woollam continued to lead the nine-strong South African challenge in…
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Jubilant GolfRSA Juniors conquer at SA Challenge Cup

18 May 2018 – The GolfRSA Juniors closed out an unbeaten run at Irene Country Club to sweep to a fourth victory in the SA Challenge Cup after beating Western Province on Friday. Over the last four years, the popular team event had gone right down to the wire. In 2014, Central Gauteng beat the…
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Saulez sets local pace at Irish Amateur

NEWCASTLE, Ireland (18 May 2018) – Robin Dawson  carded an impressive six-under-par 65 to lead the Flogas Irish Amateur Open, but KwaZulu-Natal golfer Matt Saulez finished within four shots of the Irishman at a sun-splashed Royal County Down on Thursday. Dawson, the 2013 Irish Boys champion, was the runner-up in the 2017 South African Stroke…
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GolfRSA Juniors unstoppable at Irene

17 May 2018 – The GolfRSA Juniors kept their unbeaten record in the SA Challenge Cup going, the GolfRSA Presidents Team converted two close calls into victory and USSA beat Western Province in Thursday’s fourth round at Irene Country Club. For fourth successive day, the GolfRSA Juniors were simply unstoppable as they charged to a…
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SA Country Districts going down to the wire

17 May 2018 – The fight for glory in the 2018 SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial is perched on a knife’s edge. KwaZulu-Natal pulled within striking distance of log leaders North West in Thursday’s fourth round, while Boland and Northern Cape will fight it out in the battle for promotion at Potchefstroom on Friday. A-SECTION KwaZulu-Natal…
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NW, NC in pound seats at SA Country Districts

17 May 2018 – North West continued an unbeaten run in the third round to cement their number one position in the A-Section at in this year’s SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial, while Northern Cape held on to the top spot in the battle for promotion at Potchefstroom Country Club on Wednesday. North West mowed down…
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USSA and Central Gauteng get back in the fight at Irene

15 May 2018 – University Sports South Africa and Central Gauteng both came up trumps on day three of the SA Challenge Cup as the GolfRSA Juniors continued their unbeaten run in the 16th edition of the team’s event at Irene Country Club on Wednesday. The GolfRSA Juniors mowed down the GolfRSA Presidents team 8…
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Brilliant Browne seals graduation with Canon SA Open title

16 May 2018 – Former British soldier Mike Browne showed the nerves and composure of a true champion when he claimed a breakthrough victory in wire-to-wire style at the Canon South African Disabled Golf Open on Wednesday. Competing in first disabled championship, the 38-year-old leg-amputee from England carded successive rounds of 78 to head into…
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North West and Northern Cape take a stand in Potch

16 May 2018 – North West topped the A-Section log and Northern Cape edged out Boland for lead in the battle for promotion after second round action wrapped up in the SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial at Potchefstroom Country Club on Tuesday. North West defeated Mpumalanga 7 – 5 and overtook KwaZulu-Natal for the number one…
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President’s Men show heart at SA Challenge Cup

15 May 2018 – The GolfRSA Presidents Team drew against Central Gauteng, the GolfRSA Juniors kept their title defence on track and Western Province just managed to edge out a victory in the second round of the 16th SA Challenge Cup at Irene Country Club on Tuesday. The GolfRSA Juniors beat University Sport South Africa…
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SA duo chasing Brown in Disabled SA Open

15 May 2018 – Thick mist wrapped itself around the Magalies Park Golf Club like goose feather duvet and forced a two-hour delayed start to the second round of the Canon SA Disabled Golf Open, but there was smiles all around when the fog lifted to reveal sunshine. The heat was a welcome change from…
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Boland, Northern Cape looking dangerous in Potch

14 May 2018 – Boland made a dream start in their quest to regain A-Section status and a solid first round showing gave Northern Cape a big leg-up in the promotion battle of the 2018 SA Country Districts at Potchefstroom Country Club on Monday. Boland came out guns blazing and rode a clean sweep in…
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KZN and North West deadlocked in Potch

14 May 2018 – KwaZulu-Natal and North West will start Tuesday’s second round of the SA Country Districts deadlocked at 2 points each after both teams made an excellent start in the A-Section battle for glory at Potchefstroom Country Club. KwaZulu-Natal beat a feisty Mpumalanga 7 – 5 and the host union ousted a resurgent…
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GolfRSA Juniors throw down gauntlet at Irene

14 May 2018 – The GolfRSA Juniors made an impressive start to their title defence at Irene Country Club when they mowed down Gauteng North 9 – 3 in the opening round of the 16th SA Challenge Cup on Monday. Christiaan Burke from North West and Bradley de Beer from Southern Cape won 6 &…
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Douries books date with Brown at SA Disabled Open

14 May 2018 – Citrusdal golfer Ignation Douries gets pretty mad when he has a three-putt during a competitive round. However, nothing could wipe the smile off his face after an opening 13-over-par 85 landed Douries among the leaders in the 20th Canon South African Disabled Open on Monday. Not even two three-putts at Magalies…
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Open season at SA Challenge Cup

12 May 2018 – The GolfRSA Juniors are determined to chase down a fourth SA Challenge Cup title, but the defending champions will face strong opposition in the 16th edition of the team event at Irene Country Club from 14-18 May. South Africa’s seventh ranked junior Martin Vorster returns for duty alongside fellow Southern Cape…
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Juniors looking to impress at Canon SA Disabled Golf Open

11 May 2018 – Four teenagers are among a large group of youngsters champing at the bit to start the 20th Canon South Africa Disabled Golf Open at Magalies Park Country Club from 14-16 May. Deaf golfers Tembalani Mweli and Shangile Shange from KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Province’s Manuel Usher and Karel Mars from the Western Cape…
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SA’s One-Arm star set to strike at Canon SA Disabled Golf Open

10 May 2018 – Three-time World One-Arm champion Reinard Schuhknecht hopes to convert a series of top five finishes into success when he leads a power-packed field in the 20th Canon South Africa Disabled Golf Open at Magalies Park Country Club from 14-16 May. Golf has had to take a back seat over the last…
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Scullard seals magnificent SA Mid-Amateur victory

4 May 2018 – Derek Scullard regained the number one spot in the Mid-Amateur Rankings after putting on a masterful display at the stunning Plettenberg Bay Country Club to win the South African Mid-Amateur Championship in swashbuckling style on Friday. The 39-year-old former professional from KwaZulu-Natal was composure and confidence personified as he carded four…
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Feast of international golf awaits top SA amateurs

3 May 2018 – GolfRSA has announced a team of GolfRSA National Squad members for its third annual tour to the United Kingdom this June. The group will participate in various top-ranked international tournaments over a four-week stretch, including the Irish Amateur, English Men’s Stroke Play and The Amateur, as well as the St Andrews…
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Stage set for SA Mid-Am showdown

3 May 2018 – The 2018 South African Mid-Amateur Championship is set for an enthralling finale after Derek Scullard from KwaZulu-Natal made the most of moving day to grab a share of the lead with Louis Moolman from Gauteng North. The Pretoria amateur headed into Thursday’s third round at Plettenberg Bay Country Club leading the…
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GolfRSA announces partnership with Anthonij Rupert Wyne

GolfRSA is delighted to announce Anthonij Rupert Wyne as one of its premium new partners. The partnership offers all affiliated golfers and GolfRSA subscribers the chance to become exclusive wine club members at Anthonij Rupert Wyne, located at the stunning L’Ormarins wine estate, set at the foot of the Drakenstein Mountain Range in Franschhoek. As…
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Scullard on attack as Moolman dominates SA Mid-Am

2 May 2018 – Louis Moolman dropped four shots over his last five holes, but the Pretoria amateur still retained the clubhouse lead at the halfway mark of the South African Mid-Amateur Championship. The 31-year-old Cullinan golfer set the first round target with a course record nine-under-par 63 in perfect scoring conditions at Plettenberg Bay…
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Moolman smashes course record to lead SA Mid-Amateur

1 May 2018 – Pretoria amateur Louis Moolman was the talk of the opening day at the South African Mid-Amateur Championship after he bettered the course record to take a four-shot lead at Plettenberg Bay Country Club. The Moolman Group Manager of Investments is not only a whiz at punching numbers at the family-owned property…
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Border, Boland celebrate success at Pecanwood

27 April 2018 – Border produced an unparalleled performance over five rounds at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club to win the promotion battle in the South African Senior B Inter-Provincial, but Boland denied Border a double celebration in the Super Senior division on Friday. SENIORS Border was tied with Mpumalanga on six points, but trailed…
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Hat-trick heroes Lions celebrate at St Francis Links

26 April 2018 – The Lions powered their way to the top step of the winner’s podium in the Senior division of the SA Senior A Inter-Provincial for a third successive time, while Southern Cape claimed the Super Senior prize at St Francis Links on Friday. SENIORS Central Gauteng closed out their hat-trick of title…
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Boland whipped Limpopo 10.5 – 1.5 to pull within striking distance of log leaders Mpumalanga on day three of the SA Senior B Inter-Provincial at Pecanwood Country Club; credit GolfRSA.

Intense final day battles slated for Pecanwood

26 April 2018 – Some epic clashes are on the cards in both the senior and super senior divisions as the third round of the SA Senior B Inter-Provincial wrapped up at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club on Thursday. The Senior Division title-fight is poised on a knife’s edge after Mpumalanga mowed down Free State,…
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WP and Mpumalanga in pursuit at SA Senior IPT

25 April 2018 – Central Gauteng claimed a resounding victory over Gauteng North to strengthen their position at the top of the SA Senior A Inter-Provincial standings at St Francis Links on Wednesday, but with Mpumalanga in pursuit of Border, the B-Division battle for promotion is going down to the wire at Pecanwood Golf and…
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Hall tops Mistry for Sanlam SA Amateur glory

24 April 2018 – It was unquestionably the toughest test of her golf career, but when the chips were down, 18-year-old Casandra Hall held her nerve to box a clutch par putt in extra time that earned her the 2018 Sanlam South Africa Stroke Play Championship title on Tuesday. The Ebotse golfer opened with a…
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Mokoena on top in Boland Amateur

Buoyed by a new set of clubs, Karabo Mokoena eagled the final hole to claim his first open amateur title, the Boland Amateur Stroke Play Championship, by a stroke. The 20-year-old member had been contemplating take a break from the game following a series of disappointing results, but the arrival of a new set of…
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Central dominate day 2 of SA Senior A IPT

24 April 2018 – Central Gauteng kept their title defence on track with two dominant victories in round two, while KwaZulu-Natal scored the first clean sweep in this year’s South African Senior A-Division Inter-Provincial at St Francis Links on Tuesday. Having beaten KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Province in the opening matches, Central Gauteng strengthened their position…
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KZN teen Gopal seizes Junior Golf Series grand prize

24 April 2018 – A birdie at the closing hole for victory in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series North final made the two trips to Gauteng worthwhile for KwaZulu-Natal junior Nikhil Gopal. The KwaZulu-Natal junior fired rounds of 70 and 71 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington’s East Course to edge out Ryan van Velzen…
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Gauteng North shows strength at St Francis Links

23 April 2018 – Gauteng North made a dream start to the 2018 SA Senior Inter-Provincial A-Division with runaway victories in the first round at St Francis Links on Monday. It has been 16 years since Gauteng North defeated Central Gauteng to lift the coveted trophy, but the Daisies Seniors made a huge stand to…
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Hall builds four shot lead in PE

23 April 2018 – Overnight leader Casandra Hall she went around Port Elizabeth Golf Club in 72 strokes to double her lead in the Sanlam South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Monday. The 18-year-old Hall from Ekurhuleni looked capable of leaving the rest of the field to scrap for second place after a brilliant…
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Hall on song in Sanlam SA Amateur Stroke Play

22 April 2018 – Casandra Hall’s title bid in the Sanlam South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship got off to the ideal start in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. The Ekurhuleni golfer birdied the par-five closing hole for an opening three-under-par 69, which earned her a two shot lead over Western Province rising star Kaylah Williams.…
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Teen Floyd fired up for Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play

21 April 2018 – Ekurhuleni teenager Kiera Floyd is relishing the opportunity of becoming the youngest winner in the Sanlam South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship history next week. The 13-year-old from Benoni will spearhead a vast group of young, up-and-coming juniors hoping to make their mark at Port Elizabeth Golf Club from 22-24 April.…
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Myeki primed for major move in the Bay

21 April 2018 – Zethu Myeki will return to a happy hunting ground with some early-season momentum when she vies for the 2018 Sanlam South African Women’s Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club from 22-24 April. The 24-year-old Myeki drew the curtain on 2017 – a season punctuated by four runner-up finishes –…
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Introducing 2018 Free State champion Sarah Bouch

2017 Ekurhuleni Player of the Year Sarah Bouch celebrated a provincial breakthrough with an emphatic four shot victory in the Free State Championship at Bethlehem Golf Club this April and she is one of the favourite starters in this year’s Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play. We caught up with Sarah before she travelled to Port…
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Germishuys seals US spot with perfect chip

16 April 2018 – A perfectly executed chip shot earned reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Deon Germishuys passage into the prestigious Junior North and South Championship at Pinehurst in July. The 18-year-old Strand junior was among the eight winners and finalists who qualified for the South Final of the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series…
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Woo-Ju Son (with trophy) with Steven le Roux

Team SA victorious at Africa Region V

11 April 2018 – The South African team completed a successful title defence in the 24th Africa Region V Golf Tournament in Zimbabwe on Thursday. Matt Saulez from KwaZulu-Natal put the team on the front foot at Chapman Golf Club when he defeated Zimbabwe’s David Amm at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off to…
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Saulez edges Amm at Africa Region 5

10 April 2018 – South African Stroke Play runner-up Matt Saulez from KwaZulu-Natal won the stroke play qualifier for the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Zimbabwe to give South Africa’s title defence an early boost on Tuesday. The GolfRSA National Squad member tied local favourite David Amm for the lead on even-par 72, but…
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SA quartet ready to shine at Africa Region 5

GolfRSA National Squad players Wilco Nienaber, Malcolm Mitchell, Matt Saulez and Deon Germishuys are primed to continue the country’s proud record in the Africa Region 5 Golf Tournament in Zimbabwe from 10-12 April. South Africa’s top ranked quartet have been tasked to hunt down a 22nd consecutive victory at Chapman Golf Club. The tournament –…
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Mighty Mclachlan marches Nomads SA Boys victory

7 April 2018 – Keegan Mclachlan put an exclamation mark behind his junior golf career when he defeated South Africa’s top ranked junior Jayden Schaper 4 & 3 to lift the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Match Play Championship title at Woodhill Country Club on Saturday. “It was my last junior event, so it was do…
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Du Plessis keeps cool for SA U-15 win

5 April 2018 – Herman du Plessis claimed his maiden junior national title in the Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge after emerging from an enthralling final day battle with a four-shot victory on Thursday. In a tense finale, the Eagle Canyon golfer closed with a three-under-par 69 to celebrate success on a winning score of three-under…
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Germishuys guns to glory in Nomads SA Boys

4 April 2018 – Deon Germishuys took route 66 – twice – on Wednesday to claim his second Nomads SA Boys Under-19 Stroke Play Championship title at Woodhill Country Club. Two years ago, an eagle finish in the third round was the kicker that boosted the Western Province junior to victory at Bloemfontein Golf Club.…
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Nkosi roars into contention at Gowrie Farm

4 April 2018 – Rorisang Nkosi from North West soared into contention on the wings of an eagle finish as second round action in the Gowrie SA Under-15 Challenge wrapped up on Wednesday. Overnight leader Jaden Deltel carded an even-par 71 to retain the lead on three-under, but fellow Central Gauteng junior Herman du Plessis…
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Stevens, Burke lead SA U-19 logjam

4 April 2018 – Two new faces emerged at the top of a packed leaderboard after third-round action wrapped up in the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play Championship on Wednesday. Cole Stevens from Central Gauteng and North West junior Christiaan Burke moved into pole position eight-under 208 at Woodhill Country Club after posting rounds…
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Schaper takes control at Woodhill

3 April 2018 – After 36 holes at Woodhill Country Club, golf fans won’t be blamed for having a sense of de-ja-vu when checking out the leaderboard of the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play Championship. Twelve months ago, Jayden Schaper from Ebotse and Pinnacle Point’s Christo Lamprecht duelled it out for victory at Langebaan…
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Deltel drives to SA U-15 lead at Gowrie Farm

3 April 2018 – Bryanston junior Jaden Deltel reeled in half-a-dozen birdies as he motored into the first round lead in the Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Tuesday. The 13-year-old took advantage of an early start in perfect golfing conditions to cover the 72-hole championship Gowrie Farm Golf…
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Lamprecht leads pack at Woodhill

2 April 2018 – Southern Cape junior Christo Lamprecht carried a two shot lead into today’s second round of the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play Championship in Tshwane. The GolfRSA National Squad player racked up seven birdies in a flawless display at Woodhill Country Club to leave the chasing pack behind with a seven-under-par…
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Mistry simply majestic in Nomads SA Rose Bowl

27 March 2018 – Kajal Mistry wrote the next chapter of her blossoming career when she won the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship in wire-to-wire style on Tuesday. In a show of sublime mental fortitude and composure, the 17-year-old Randpark junior was in a class of her own over 54 holes at Royal Cape…
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Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship Update

26 March 2018 – Clovelly’s Isabella van Rooyen and Anika Smit from Vryheid share the B-Division lead on 173 at the end of the first two rounds, while Danielle Foster from King David Mowbray Golf Club swept to a nine point lead in the C-Division in the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship at Royal Cape…
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Mistry makes her move at Royal Cape

26 March 2018 – Kajal Mistry stuck to a well-laid game plan to open up a yawning lead at the 36-hole mark of the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship on Monday. The country’s top ranked amateur made the most of an early start in balmy conditions to fire a superb four-under-par 70 and kept…
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GolfRSA honours top 2017 achievers

18 March 2018 – Ekurhuleni amateur Kyle McClatchie scooped three trophies at the GolfRSA and Sunshine Tour Awards Ceremony held at the Maslow Hotel on Sunday night. The former number one-ranked amateur took home GolfRSA’s Open Amateur of the Year Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award for his triumph in the 2017 English Amateur Stroke…
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Bekker cleans up at Sunshine Tour awards

18 March 2018 – Oliver Bekker took home five awards, including the prestigious Commissioner’s Award at the Maslow Hotel where the Sunshine Tour and Golf RSA held their awards ceremony on Sunday. Bekker, who won three times during the 2017-18 Sunshine Tour season, was recognised for his overall contribution to golf on the Tour in…
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Carlsson edges Woollam for Northern Amateur glory

16 March 2018 – Andrew Carlsson made sure that his 25th birthday will be one for the books after he edged out Chris Woollam to lift the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship title on Friday. The Bryanston golfer went toe-to-toe with Woollam from KwaZulu-Natal at Randpark Golf Club and clinched victory at the 37th hole.…
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Royston rallies for KZN Champs victory

15 March 2018 – Harvard-bound Chloë Royston from Newcastle staved off a spirited challenge from South Africa’s number three ranked Zethu Myeki when she won the Stroke Play Division in the KwaZulu-Natal Championship on March 12. Making the most of sunny and wind-still conditions Mount Edgecombe Country Club, Royston reeled in a hat-trick of birdies…
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Albertse conquers at Pro Shop Northern Amateur

15 March 2018 – There can be few finer ways to seal a victory than with a flawless performance and that was exactly how in-form Louis Albertse won the 72-hole stroke play qualifier of the prestigious Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship on 13 March. The 21-year-old Dundee native was in imperious form all week at…
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Ernie to renew Presidents Cup rivalry with Tiger

South Africa’s Ernie Els has a chance to renew his old rivalry with Tiger Woods as the pair have been named opposing captains for the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne next year. With the Americans having won the last seven Cups, the tournament is desperately in need of a spark to renew waning public interest,…
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Golf’s new Rules for 2019 include significant changes

The USGA and The R&A have unveiled the new Rules of Golf, to be implemented January 1, 2019. The USGA and The R&A finalised golf’s new Rules this month after an extensive review that included a request for feedback from the global golf community on the proposed changes. Golfers can now access the official 2019…
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Success for Buhai, Bregman and Coetzee at SA Women’s Open

10 March 2018 – Ashleigh Buhai wrote her name in the record books of the Investec South African Women’s Open once again, thanks to a two-stroke victory at Westlake Golf Club in Cape Town on Saturday. The only amateur to win the national championship twice – and the youngest champion to boot – fired a…
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Double joy for SA at AAJGC in Morocco

10 March 2018 – Both South African teams qualified for the 2018 Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan with victories in the Boys and Girls Competitions of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Morocco on Friday. The SA Boys team claimed a 20th consecutive victory for South Africa in the prestigious junior championship on a…
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SA firmly in control at AAJGC

9 March 2018 – The South African teams kept their respective title defences in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge firmly on track despite tough scoring conditions at the Royal Dar Es Salam Golf Club in Morocco on Thursday. Kajal Mistry and Symone Henriques combined for a third round 157 to move South Africa to 471…
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SA teams solidify position in Morocco

8 March 2018 – Both South African teams made the most of the weather reprieve in Morocco to cement their positions at the top of the standings in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge on Wednesday. After navigating torrential rain and gusting wind in the opening round to take the lead in the Boys Competition, the…
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Solid start for SA teams in Morocco

7 March 2018 – Both South African teams made a strong start to the country’s title defence in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Morocco, despite torrential rain and winds gusting up to 50km per hour that tormented the international field at the Royal Dar Es Salam Golf Club in Rabat on Tuesday. Kajal Mistry…
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Sanlam SA Amateur glory goes to Germishuys

2 March 2018 – Not since Ernie Els lost to Neville Clarke at the 40th hole in 1988 has the 36-hole final of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship gone further than 38 holes. On Friday, the four-time Major champion was dialled into the action at Durban Country Club as Deon Germishuys and Chris Woollam…
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Woollam, Germishuys to face off in SA Amateur final

1 March 2018 – For a second successive year the 36-hole final round battle for Sanlam South African Amateur Championship glory will be an all-South African affair after Chris Woollam and Deon Germishuys crushed Scotland’s title hopes in the semi-final round of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Durban Country Club on Thursday. Scotland won…
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Local hopes slashed at Sanlam SA Amateur

28 February 2018 – South Africa’s top ranked junior Jayden Schaper dispatched the Proudfoot Trophy winner David Langley from England and South Africa’s number three ranked Malcolm Mitchell from Kloof Country Club on day two of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Durban Country Club. In Wednesday morning’s second round, Schaper sent Langley packing with…
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Ekurhuleni teens topple tall trees in Sanlam SA Amateur

27 February 2018 – A pair 14-year-olds from Ekurhuleni punched well above their weight to reach the top 32 in the match play stage of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Durban Country Club on Tuesday. Reigning English Boys Under-14 champion Casey Jarvis vanquished Siyanda Mwandla from Mount Edgecombe 5 & 4, while fellow GolfRSA…
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Langley lifts Proudfoot at SA Amateur

26 February 2018 – Englishman David Langley fired a big warning shot when he won the 36-hole qualifier in the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship by four shots on Monday. The 23-year-old Berkshire golfer threw down the gauntlet when he opened with a five-under-par 67 in the brutal conditions at Durban Country Club on Sunday.…
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Late eagle lifts Langley to SA Amateur lead

  25 February 2018 – Englishman David Langley finished with an eagle at Durban Country Club to lead the first round of the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier for the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship on Sunday. On a day when gusting winds and driving rain battered the field, just five players broke par. The 23-year-old…
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Golf’s new World Handicap System designed to grow the game

20 February 2018 – The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by The R&A and the USGA, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a consistent measure of playing ability. The new World Handicap System – to be implemented in…
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GolfRSA National Squad for 2018 unveiled

19 February 2018 – GolfRSA has named 19 players to the GolfRSA National Squad for 2018/19, with five new faces joining the band of the best and most promising open amateur and junior golfers in the country. Three-time Ekurhuleni Open winner Malcolm Mitchell and reigning Southern Cape Open champion Deon Germishuys, alongside Clayton Mansfield, Therion…
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Memorable win for McWilliam in Border Championship

19 February 2018 – Scotland’s Shannon McWilliams might have lost to Danielle du Toit in the informal Test between South Africa and Scotland before the Border Championship, but the Aboyne golfer certainly had the measure of the East London Golf Club on the weekend as she marched to victory on Sunday. Du Toit beat McWilliam…
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Jubilant Jones books ticket to Bridge Fund Junior Series final

19 February 2018 – Shaun Jones is a step closer to a tee time at Pinehurst after he swept to victory in the 12th event on the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Sunday. Murad Hoosen from The Els Club Copperleaf and Victoria Golf Club’s Sean Paxton both birdied the par-five closing hole at…
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Du Preez drives to divine comeback in African Amateur

16 February 2018 – James du Preez sealed an emotional return to the winner’s circle when he captured a three-shot victory in the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship on Friday. The 22-year-old Pretoria golfer produced a flawless 64 in the third round at Glendower Golf Club to surge seven shots clear of the field and…
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Abt appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour

The Sunshine Tour (Southern Africa PGA Tour) announced at its AGM on Wednesday that respected tournament promoter Thomas Abt has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of the Tour. Selwyn Nathan, the Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour, said the new appointment formed part of the Tour’s succession plan, with Abt being groomed for the…
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Dominant Du Preez drives to African Amateur lead

15 February 2018 – James du Preez charged to a seven-shot lead heading into the final round of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship after a roller coaster day at Glendower Golf Club. The Pretoria golfer fired a flawless eight-under-par 64 in a round that ran to almost seven hours due to a weather suspension…
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SA quartet ready for Scottish test

15 February 2018 – South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry from Randpark will lead Zethu Myeki, Caitlyn Macnab and Danielle du Toit into battle against four top amateurs from Scotland at East London Golf Club on Friday. The South African quartet will challenge the Scottish Golf’s Women’s Squad members an unofficial one-day Test that will…
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Three-way tie leads logjam at African Amateur

14 February 2018 – At the midway mark of the third African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, South Africa’s David McIntyre, Yashas Chandra from India and Frenchman Edgar Catherine share the lead at the top of a congested leaderboard at Glendower Golf Club. Out in the early morning, and with a target to chase, Chandra reeled…
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LaCroix sprints to African Amateur lead

13 February 2018 – Frédéric LaCroix from France showed some serious flair as he surged to the top of the leaderboard on the opening day of the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club on Tuesday. The Parisian set the first round mark at five-under-par 67 and opened up a two-shot lead over…
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Williams seals first SA Senior Amateur double

11 February 2018 – Steve Williams became the first golfer to lift both flagship trophies on the South African senior amateur circuit when he won the Senior Players Championship at Sun City in a dramatic finish on Sunday. The 56-year-old former South African Senior Stroke Play champion edged out 2015 winner Morgan Phillips by one shot…
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Myeki makes some major moves

11 February 2018 – A victory to start her 2018 season. A new golf union and home course. A new home in Gauteng. These are some of the bold moves Zethu Myeki made at the start of the year made as she prepares to write a new chapter in her golfing career. Click the link…
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Record-breaking Gillberg wins SA Stroke Play

9 February 2018 – An international breakthrough. A new 72-hole record. An unforgettable week in South Africa for Oliver Gillberg. The Swede began with a 10-foot birdie putt and he tapped in for par at the final hole to put the lowest 72-hole score in the 49 year history of the South African Stroke Play…
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Gillberg on the attack in SA Stroke Play

8 February 2018 – Oliver Gillberg lived up to his star billing when he fired seven birdies over the last nine holes at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club to top the third round leaderboard of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Thursday. The world number 10 ranked opened his campaign in North West Province…
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Duo leads SA Stroke Play logjam at Pecanwood

7 February 2018 – The South African Stroke Play saw a fantastically high standard of golf as no less than 66 players went under par during the second round at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club, resulting in a cut of 65 and ties falling at two-under 142. World number 10 Oliver Gillberg from Sweden and…
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Slatter sets sizzling pace at SA Stroke Play

6 February 2018 – A superb eight-under-par 64 helped Keaton Slatter to surge past the tournament favourites into the top spot in the first round of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday. On a low scoring day at Pecanwood Golf and Country Estate, 57 players in the 144-strong field broke par but no-one…
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SA players set for foreign invasion at Pecanwood

5 February 2018 – South Africa’s top amateurs are eager to chase down the silverware in this week’s South African Stroke Play Championship, but the local stars will have a wave of international players to contend with at Pecanwood Golf Estate. The 72-hole championship tees off on Tuesday and the field of 144 features no…
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GolfRSA names teams for All-Africa Junior

4 February 2018 – GolfRSA named seven of South Africa’s leading juniors to the two teams that will defend the country’s Girls and Boys titles in the 2018 All-Africa Junior Golf Championship from 6 – 9 March in Morocco. The 72-hole championship, which annually draws the cream of junior golf across the African continent, will…
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Pure magic from McClatchie

28 January 2018 – Ekurhuleni amateur Kyle McClatchie showcased his future potential with a runaway seven-shot victory on the Big Easy Tour last year. Just two weeks ago, the 20-year-old rising star closed out a top 12 finish in the BMW SA Open at Glendower Golf Club, but if anyone still had their doubts, the…
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Ammie trio enjoys Sunshine Ladies Tour start

24 January 2018 – Pretoria golfer Danielle du Toit and 13-year-olds Kiera Floyd from Benoni and Bloemfontein’s Gabbi Venter had a great time starting the 2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour season in the Canon Ladies Tshwane Open at Pretoria Country Club on Tuesday. Like most of the field on opening day, top ranked Du Toit found…
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Nienaber keeps cool to claim Free State Open crown

22 January 2018 – Wilco Nienaber holed two massive putts at the 18th – one in regulation play and one on the third play-off hole – to secure a dramatic victory in the Free State Open on Sunday. The Free State junior evoked the steely winning resolve that saw him collect 11 trophies in 2017…
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Galant aims to inspire Cape Flats kids

Tristan Galant, a prodigy who captured the imagination of the golfing world at age 12, has returned home after 4 years in the USA and the South African Golf Development Board player aims to inspire youngsters on the Cape Flats. A past winner of the SA U-13 Championships the strapping teen is back in Cape…
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Rothman qualifies for Bridge Fund finals

Jordan Rothman, a 15-year-old pupil at Curro Durbanville, has become the first girl to qualify for the finals of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series, a national series of 18 events sanctioned by GolfRSA. In the finals in April 2018, Jordan will compete against some of the country’s best U-19 boys for the grand prize…
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SA duo impress in Annika Invitational USA

12 January 2018 – South Africa’s top female amateur talents – Kajal Mistry and Woo-Ju Son – gave a superb account of themselves in a top field at the prestigious Annika Invitational USA, presented by Rolex, in the United States. Mistry, the country’s top ranked senior, weathered freezing conditions to close out a top six…
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McClatchie marches to Freddie Tait Cup glory in BMW SA Open

14 January 2018 – The large crowd ringside at the 18th at Glendower Golf Club cheered on popular Kyle McClatchie as he holed his final putt to capture the crown jewel of amateur golf – the Freddie Tait Cup – as the leading amateur in the BMW SA Open, proudly hosted by the City of…
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McClatchie motors into BMW SA Open top 10

13 January 2018 – Ekurhuleni amateur Kyle McClatchie drew ‘major’ inspiration from his childhood hero Charl Schwartzel to break into the top 10 in the third round of the BMW SA Open, proudly sponsored by City of Ekurhuleni, on Saturday. The Serengeti golfer showed maturity beyond his 20 years as he navigated the demanding par-72…
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Amateur trio set to give chase at BMW SA Open

In December 2009, two-time European Tour champion Dylan Frittelli edged out JG Claassen and Ryan Dreyer for the Freddie Tait Trophy as the leading amateur at Pearl Valley. That marked the last time that three amateurs made the cut in the SA Open. On Friday, three of the GolfRSA National Squad’s most promising talents broke…
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Mistry & Son set for Annika Invitational USA

12 January 2018 – South Africa’s Kajal Mistry and Woo-Ju Son will fly the flag in the 10th Annika Invitational USA, presented by Rolex, in Florida from 13-15 January. Mistry, the country’s top ranked senior, and the number one junior Son, have been drawn together for the opening round at the World Golf Village in…
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Germishuys guns to victory at Royal Durban

12 January 2018 – Deon Germishuys from Western Province collected his first trophy of season with a runaway victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal on Friday. A three-under-par 73 in windy conditions at Royal Durban Golf Club saw the talented 17-year-old from Strand Golf Club close out a seven-stroke victory on nine-under-par…
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SA amateur duo in the mix at BMW SA Open

11 January 2018 – Two of South Africa’s top amateur talents, Kyle McClatchie and Garrick Higgo, laid down an early marker in the opening round of the BMW SA Open, proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni at Glendower Golf Club. The duo returned a pair of four-under-par 68s on Thursday to finish just three…
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Joy for Jarvis at Nomads SA Boys U-15

10 January 2018 – Casey Jarvis underlined his status as one of South Africa’s emerging amateur talents when he claimed the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship in George on Wednesday. The GolfRSA National Squad player closed with an even-par 72 in the final round at Kingswood Golf Estate to celebrate a two-stroke victory on two-under-par…
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Jarvis to the fore at SA Boys U-15

9 January 2018 – Reigning English Boys Under-14 champion Casey Jarvis fired a four-under-par 68 in Tuesday’s second round to take control of the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship at Kingswood Golf Estate in George. Jarvis battled to a 74 in the challenging first round conditions and began the second round three strokes behind overnight…
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Bhana makes an early move at Kingswood

8 January 2018 – Central Gauteng’s Amilkar Bhana laid down an early marker for success in the first Nomads SA Boys Championship of the season in very windy conditions in George on Monday. Last year, Bhana collected the Gowrie SA U-15 Challenge trophy before he successfully defended his the Nomads SA Boys U-13 Championship title…
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Spencer revels in season-opener success

5 January 2018 – Freddie Spencer from Western Province staved off some of South Africa’s top junior talent to score a memorable first national victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Inland event at Benoni Country Club on Friday. Spencer clinched the season-opening tournament at Benoni Country Club with a winning score of two-under-par…
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Vorster capped for Africa Amateur Championship

4 January 2018 – The third annual Africa Amateur Stroke Play Championship in February will be a significant occasion for Southern Cape junior Martin Vorster. The 15-year-old Mossel Bay golfer will don the national blazer for the first time when he debuts for the SA Junior Team along with Jayden Schaper from Ekurhuleni, Wilco Nienaber…
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Du Toit delights at All India Ladies Amateur

24 December 2017 – Missing Christmas with the family to travel to India and fly the flag for South Africa in the All India Ladies Amateur Championship proved well worth the sacrifice for Gauteng North golfer Danielle du Toit. The 18-year-old Menlo Park matriculant became the 101st champion of this prestigious women’s amateur tournament when…
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Determined Du Toit makes All India final

23 December 2017 – Danielle du Toit reached the final of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship in Bangalore, India on Saturday, showing great courage under fire and the conviction to win. The 18-year-old South African was relentlessly tested by Rhea Purvi Saravanan from India, but Du Toit prevailed to take the match 4 &…
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Du Toit reaches final four in India

22 December 2017 – South Africa’s Danielle du Toit is through to the semi-final round in the match play stage of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship after two solid victories at the Eagleton Golf Resort course in Bangalore, India on Friday. The Pretoria Country Club golfer mowed down Ananya Datar from India 4 &…
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Du Toit stays on track in India

21 December 2017 – Danielle du Toit crossed the first hurdle in the All India Ladies Amateur Championship with ease in Bangalore, India on Thursday. The Gauteng North golfer routed Tiya Chowdery from the United States 4 & 3 to reach the second round of the match play stage at the Eagleton Golf Resort course.…
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Du Toit books All India Match Play berth

20 December 2017 – Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit sealed a spot in the match play stage of the All India Ladies Amateur Championship, but Zethu Myeki from Border was forced to make an early exit in Bangalore, India on Wednesday. “The roles were reversed 12 months ago, when Zethu reached the second round of…
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Mixed results for SA pair in India

19 December 2017 – It was an up-and-down start for Danielle du Toit and Zethu Myeki, but both players were positive after the opening round of the Indian Golf Union’s All India Ladies Amateur Championship in Bangalore, India on Tuesday. “The Eagleton Golf Resort course is 6,201 yards long (5,670 metres), and what it lacks…
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Myeki’s season of smiles

18 December 2017 – You rarely see Zethu Myeki without a smile these days and it was there again when she stepped up to the first tee at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore, India on Monday morning. “I have so many reasons to smile,” said the 24-year-old Myeki from East London. “I’ve had a…
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Nienaber and Son sizzle in United States

18 December 2017 – GolfRSA juniors Wilco Nienaber and Woo-Ju Son captured a one, two finish for South Africa in the prestigious Greg Norman Academy Junior Invitational in the United States on Sunday. Nienaber laid down a marker for a Global Junior Golf Tour hat-trick when he opened with a one-under-par 71 on the Norman…
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SA U-19 IPT glory for Ekurhuleni

15 December 2017 – Ekurhuleni defeated Western Province in convincing style at East London Golf Club to lift the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial title for the first time in nearly 30 years on Friday. Ekurhuleni led the log with nine points, but Western Province had eight points and two games points advantage as the two…
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North West wins historic promotion in SA U-19 IPT

15 December 2017 – North West claimed the B-Division title in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at East London Golf Club on Friday to earn a historic promotion. Over the first four days of the championship North West dispatched Border, Free State, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape and scored the only clean sweep in this year’s…
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Epic battles loom in Buffalo City

14 December 2017 – Western Province and Ekurhuleni will duke it for the A-Division title in the 2017 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial, while Eastern Province needs to pull a rabbit out of the hat to deny North West promotion in Friday’s final round at East London Golf Club. A-DIVISION A mighty North versus South clash…
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North West on the rampage at SA U-19 IPT

13 December 2017 – Southern Cape and Central Gauteng made the most of moving day in the 2017 South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial while North West threw down the gauntlet with the first clean sweep of the championship at East London Golf Club. A-DIVISION Southern Cape suffered a double loss in the opening round, but revived…
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Border keeps banking as Central rallies at SA U-19 IPT

12 December 2017 – Defending champions Central Gauteng bounced back and host union Border rules the B-Division roost after the second round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial in Buffalo City. A-DIVISION After a loss and a draw in round one, Central Gauteng showed just why they can never be written off until the final…
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Ekurhuleni makes early move in East London

11 December 2017 – Central Gauteng and Western Province are the traditional powerhouses in the junior team championship, but Ekurhuleni made a huge stand on the first day of this year’s South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial in Buffalo City. Ekurhuleni trailed Central Gauteng and Southern Cape 3 – 1 after the Foursomes, but the young side…
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Sweet seventh for Western Province

11 December 2017 – Western Province celebrated an extraordinary achievement when the team wrapped up their seventh successive triumph in the South African Super Senior Inter-Provincial Championship at Pezula Golf Club in Knysna from 4-8 December. The defending champions made a bold statement of intent with a resounding 7.5 – 1.5 victory over North West…
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Gauteng North sweeps SA Super Senior promotion

11 December 2017 – Gauteng North won the B-Division in the 2017 South African Super Senior Inter-Provincial Championship with an unbeaten performance at Pezula Golf Club in Knysna from 4-8 December. “To be honest, we were gutted after last year’s relegation and we were determined to get ourselves back in the A-Division,” said player and…
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Mansfield motors into Indian Amateur match play

6 December 2017 – KwaZulu-Natal’s Clayton Mansfield booked his berth in the match play stage of the IGU Yes Bank 117th Amateur Golf Championship of India with a top 10 finish in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier on Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Durban Country Club followed an opening even-par 72 with a final round 73…
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Amateurs primed for Joburg Open

6 December 2017 – South Africa’s top ranked amateur Kyle McClatchie hopes to pour every drop of experience gained in 2017 season into a successful Joburg Open campaign. South Africa’s first golf Olympian and world number 128 will lead a four-man amateur challenge into battle in the first event co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, European…
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SA duo makes solid start in India

5 December 2017 – Malcolm Mitchell and Clayton Mansfield made a fabulous start in the IGU Yes Bank 117th Amateur Golf Championship of India on Tuesday. The KwaZulu-Natal pair both carded rounds of even-par 72 in the first round of the 36-hole stroke play qualifier at the Karnataka Golf Association course Bangalore. Mitchell and Mansfield…
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Introducing Marvelous Caitlyn Macnab

It has been a season to remember for 15-year-old Caitlyn Macnab, who was named the Under-19 Player of the Year by Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf in November. The petite Ekurhuleni golfer – who packs a huge drive and a lethal short game – racked up eight top three finishes since March and one felt it was…
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Boost for Bridge Fund Junior Series

29 November 2017 – GolfRSA has announced that due to popular demand the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series will host an additional tournament at Durbanville Golf Club on 5 January 2018. “We added Durbanville because the BFM Junior Series is proving to be extremely popular, having sparked the imaginations of young golfers across the country,”…
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Higgo captures Harry Oppenheimer Trophy

24 November 2017 – Boland junior Garrick Higgo produced another winning performance to capture the season-ending Harry Oppenheimer Trophy on Thursday. It was the second time in three successive starts that the country’s leading amateur celebrated victory and – following his Bobby Locke triumph two weeks ago – it marked the second time in two…
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Nienaber caps banner season at CCJ

19 November 2017 – Free State junior Wilco Nienaber capped a dream season with his 10th victory when he went wire-to-wire in the Central Gauteng Open at Country Club Johannesburg at the Woodmead Course to triumph on 19-under-par 296 on Sunday. The 17-year-old Bloemfontein junior laid the foundation with a brilliant eight-under-par 64 in the opening round. He…
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A Quick 18 with Therion Nel

After a sluggish start to 2017, Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation rising star Therion Nel rode the momentum of a runner-up finish in the Northern Cape Open to a superb run of top five and top 10 finishes to break into the top 10 of the South African Golf Association Open Amateur Rankings. He came…
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Amateurs announced for BMW SA Open

17 November 2017 – The South African Open Championship has always enjoyed a rich history of amateur participation and the 2018 edition at Glendower Golf Club from 11-14 January will once again feature the cream of South Africa’s amateur ranks. “The reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion automatically qualifies for the world’s second oldest national championship…
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Fearless Higgo seals Bobby Locke victory

15 November 2017 – South Africa’s top ranked Garrick Higgo overcame a strong challenge from Andre van Heerden to clinch victory in The Bobby Locke , thanks in no small part to a grand-stand finish in the final round at Parkview Golf Club. Tied for the lead through 14 holes, the 17-year-old Boland junior rose…
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Tested: Cobra’s King F7 One-Length Irons

Depending on how you look at it, Bryson DeChambeau is either a golfing maverick who is way ahead of his time or a mad scientist who overthinks his equipment. What can’t be denied, however, is that he is an interesting fellow. Very interesting. And golf could do with a few more interesting fellows. Forget the…
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Winter sparkles in Kimberley

9 November 2017 – The history of diamonds in South Africa is rooted in the Northern Cape, but Sandra Winter from George sparkled brighter than the Star of South Africa when she lifted the SA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship title for a record fourth time on Wednesday. Winter had successive victories in the women’s mid-amateur flagship event in…
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SA’s Champions of Champions crowned

Overnight leaders Caitlyn McNab and Bertie Steenkamp were crowned the GolfRSA Champion of Champions after they won the ladies and men’s divisions of the National Final at Glendower. Fifteen-year-old McNab, from Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate, consolidated her six-shot overnight lead to win by seven strokes over Akasia’s Lenanda van der Watt, claiming her second…
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McNab and Steenkamp in charge at Champion of Champions

GolfRSA Elite Squad member Caitlyn McNab and Bertie Steenkamp took control of their respective divisions of the GolfRSA Champion of Champions Final after the pair fired rounds of 71 at Glendower Golf Club. McNab, from Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate, and Steenkamp, from Upington Golf Club, will each take a six-shot lead into the final…
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SA duo seals top four in Juan Carlos Taihade

BUENOS AIRES; Argentina – South Africans Matt Saulez and Malcolm Mitchell extended the country’s proud record in the 46th Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade when the pair combined for a top four finish at Los Lagartos Country Club in Argentina on Sunday. Canadians Joey Savoie and Josh Walen produced the lowest combined total of the tournament…
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Mitchell and Saulez set for Argentinean challenge

BUENOS AIRES; Argentina (2 November 2017) – Malcolm Mitchell and Matt Saulez are targeting another winning performance for South Africa in Argentina over the next two weeks. The KwaZulu-Natal pair departed for South America on the weekend and will kick off their two week campaign in the 21st edition of the Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade…
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Full marks for Ferdie at SA Senior Amateur

20 October 2017 – Unheralded Ferdie van der Merwe sealed a sensational maiden victory when he clinched the SA Senior Amateur Championship title in dramatic fashion at Hermanus Golf Club on Friday. The 51-year-old from Wellington stunned the field when he shot into contention with successive rounds of 72 in his debut on the senior…
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Watson lines up SA Senior Champs title

19 October 2017 – Graeme Watson from Ekurhuleni took a huge step towards a maiden senior title when he opened up a three shot lead in the South African Senior Amateur Championship on Thursday. Watson already owns one flagship title, having won the SA Mid-Amateur Championship in 2014. The 50-year-old opened with an even-par 72…
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Van Dyk edges clear in SA Senior Champs

18 October 2017 – Andre van Dyk from Langebaan set the first round pace in the South African Senior Amateur Championship in Hermanus, but the Langebaan golfer will have to hold off a strong chasing pack if he hopes to lift the title on Friday. Van Dyk rose to prominence when he lifted the prestigious…
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Mistry marches to Ackerman glory

16 October 2017 – South Africa’s top ranked Kajal Mistry continued her dominance of the women’s amateur golf circuit as she raced to her third victory in as many months in the prestigious Ackerman Championship on Sunday. The 16-year-old from Parkview defied gale force winds and sweeping rain to construct a four stroke victory on…
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All-Africa champions elated and humbled

16 October 2017 – KwaZulu-Natal trio Malcolm Mitchell, Clayton Mansfield and Matt Saulez and Garrick Higgo from Boland successfully defended South Africa’s title in the All Africa Golf Team Championship last Friday, but the quartet left in Zimbabwe with much more than a trophy. The team headed into the final round at Elephant Hills Golf…
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Rose edges Stevens for Junior Series win

16 October 2017 – Kian Rose from Bedfordview won the eighth event in the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series in a play-off on Sunday. Rose set the clubhouse target at the Wanderers Golf Club at four-under-par 67, but Cole Stevens from Parkview reeled in a pair of birdies on the back nine to force…
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Schaper stakes his claim at ERPM

15 October 2017 – South Africa’s top junior Jayden Schaper lived up to his top billing with a superior performance in the seventh Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Saturday. All 18 winners in the Under-19 A-Division of the nationwide series will challenge in two regional finals for two coveted spots in the field of…
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Open season at Ackerman Championship

14 October 2017 – Defending champion Kaylah Williams will lead a strong field of local and national players into battle in the prestigious Ackerman Championship at Atlantic Beach Country Club this weekend. Twelve months ago, the Fairmont High School learner eclipsed the A-Division field at Clovelly to lift the Gus Ackerman Trophy, while Iman Adams…
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Southern Cape seals historic SA Mid-Am promotion

13 October 2017 – Three times they were denied, but Southern Cape is the bridesmaid no more. The Garden Route side routed Free State 8 – 4 in Friday’s final round in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial to punctuate a historic promotion with an unrivalled performance at Oubaai Golf Resort and Spa. “We were determined…
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Lions revel in SA Mid-Amateur IPT glory

13 October 2017 – Central Gauteng produced an unparalleled performance over the first four rounds at Oubaai Golf Resort and Spa to secure the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial title for a fourth time on Friday. With the victory, the mid-amateur team also completed a Grand Slam of SA Inter-Provincial titles for the Lions. “This is…
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Top SA juniors primed for BFM Junior Series battle

13 October 2017 – The Bridge Fund Manager Junior Series hits Gauteng for the first time on its nationwide journey with a double bill this weekend. South Africa’s top junior Jayden Schaper headlines in the seventh tournament at ERPM Golf Club on Saturday, while fellow Ekurhuleni rising stars have doubled their chances by also playing…
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Thrilling climax awaits at SA Mid-Am IPT

12 October 2017 – North West took Ekurhuleni out of the A-Section chase for glory in Thursday’s fourth round of the SA Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial, while Southern Cape laid down a massive marker in the battle for promotion at Oubaai Golf Resort and Spa. A-SECTION Ekurhuleni needed a decisive victory to keep their title hopes alive,…
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Team SA gives back in Zimbabwe

12 October 2017 – Shortly after the South African team extended their lead in the third round of this year’s All Africa Golf Team Championships, the defending champions turned their attention to the future stars of the game. “We hosted a golf development clinic for youngsters from a nearby school,” said Clayton Mansfield. “It was…
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Promotion battle heats up at SA Mid-Am IPT

11 October 2017 – Central Gauteng has one hand on the trophy in the A-Section, but the battle for promotion is far from a foregone conclusion after three days of action in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Oubaai Golf Resort and Spa in the Southern Cape. A-SECTION Central Gauteng will enjoy a well-deserved bye…
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SA cements lead at All Africa Teams

11 October 2017 – Clayton Mansfield, Matt Saulez and Malcolm Mitchell stretched South Africa’s overnight lead in the All Africa Golf Team Championships to keep the country’s title defence on track at Elephant Hills Golf Club in Zimbabwe. The KwaZulu-Natal trio combined for seven-under-par 199 in Wednesday’s second round to increase the team’s advantage in…
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Central Gauteng and EP on rampage at Oubaai

10 October 2017 – Central Gauteng and Eastern Province took no prisoners and Ekurhuleni staged a huge comeback on day two of the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial in the Southern Cape. A-SECTION It’s only day two of competition, but the calculators are hard at work already. Central Gauteng and Western Province topped the log after…
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SA make positive start at All Africa

10 October 2017 – Malcolm Mitchell and Garrick Higgo combined for a fantastic nine under par in the opening round of the All Africa Golf Team Championships to get South Africa’s title defence of to a fast start in Zimbabwe on Tuesday. A total of 15 nations started the prestigious biennial event at the Victoria…
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Big guns fire early at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

9 October 2017 – Western Province and Central Gauteng threw down the gauntlet on Monday, while the Eastern Province and Southern Cape teams got their promotion campaigns in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial off to a flying start at Oubaai Golf Club. A-SECTION Western Province made their intentions clear with a stirring start in the…
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Lamprecht captures Lion of Africa Junior Open

9 October 2017 – Just a few days on home soil after his successful debut in the Junior Presidents Cup, Christo Lamprecht made the trip from George to challenge for the Lion of Africa Junior Open title in Cape Town. Over the two rounds on Sunday at Clovelly Country Club, the reigning Sanlam SA Amateur…
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SA quartet fired up for AAGTC defence

8 October 2017 – Malcolm Mitchell, Matt Saulez and new cap Clayton Mansfield are eager to launch South Africa’s title defence in the All Africa Golf Team Championship in Zimbabwe next week. The KwaZulu-Natal trio will be targeting an eighth consecutive victory in the prestigious biennial team alongside Junior Presidents Cup standout Garrick Higgo from…
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Silver Salver makes nine for Nienaber

8 October 2017 – When it comes to winning, no-one in South Africa’s amateur golfing fraternity can hold a candle to Wilco Nienaber this season. The 17-year-old Free State junior scored some valuable world amateur golf ranking points with his ninth visit to the winner’s circle in the weather-reduced Liberty GNGU Silver Salver, sponsored by…
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Attitude key to Senger’s success at Clovelly

7 October 2017 – Ayden Senger strongly believes that a positive mind-set helped him to a Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series breakthrough at Clovelly Country Club and the Western Province standout is taking that same attitude into the Lion of Africa Junior Open on Sunday. The Sunshine Tour Junior Series event tees off at the…
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Lamprecht hunting gold at Clovelly

6 October 2017 – It’s his first start back on home soil and Junior Presidents Cup debutant Christo Lamprecht was all business ahead of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at Clovelly Country Club on Friday. The Under-18 A-Division winners of all 18 events will fight it out at the end of the series next…
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Central Gauteng celebrates SA U-13 success

6 October 2017 – Amilkar Bhana put an exclamation mark on a successful title defence while helping Central Gauteng to their first victory in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Thursday. Central Gauteng headed into the final day’s action in a tie for the lead with North West after earlier…
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Epic battle looms at SA Under-13 Champs

4 October 2017 – An almighty clash for the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship is on the cards after Central Gauteng and North West tied for the lead in very blustery conditions at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday. North West carried a one shot cushion over Central Gauteng into the second round after posting a…
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North West edges clear in Nomads SA U-13 Champs

3 October 2017 – North West lost the title bid to Ekurhuleni last year, but Stefano Marchetti and Ockert Britz ensured that the 2016 runners-up are in an attacking position in this year’s Nomads SA Under-13 Championship. The pair threw down the gauntlet with sub-par rounds and team mates Rorisang Nkosi, Dandre de Villiers and…
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Players Championship confirm exciting new partnerships

2 October 2017 – The South African Golf Association (SAGA) and GolfRSA is delighted to announce a new and exciting collaboration with multinational professional services network PricewaterhouseCoopers as the main sponsor and leading South African automotive retail company Super Group Dealerships as a supporting sponsor of the prestigious Senior Players Championship in 2018. “Golf and…
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Double joy for WP juniors at Kingswood

30 September 2017 – Nothing builds confidence more than victories, and Western Province duo Deon Germishuys and Connor de Groote gained a double dose of self-assurance in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series in George. At the end of the 18-event nationwide series, all the Under-19 A-Section winners will compete for two spots in the…
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KZN seals SA Women’s IPT promotion

29 September 2017 – KwaZulu-Natal won the B-Section in the 57th South African Inter-Provincial Championship with an unbeaten performance at Mossel Bay Golf Club on Friday. After losing out to Southern Cape in a count-out at Umhlali Country Club last year, the 2001 champions made a fast start to the championship and finished within three…
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WP crowned SA Women’s IPT champions

29 September 2017 – Western Province were in ascendancy once again as they turned a final round assault on Gauteng into a glorious celebration at the 57th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club on Friday. Skipper Kaylah Williams and her five charges showed incredible courage in the face of adversity to…
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SA quartet cherish Junior Presidents Cup experience

28 September 2017 – It felt all too familiar, watching the Junior International Team fire in Tuesday’s singles session in the inaugural Junior Presidents Cup. Just like the Internationals have done since the first Presidents Cup in 1994, the juniors gave it all on the last day, but it was all for naught. The damage…
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Schaper simply superior at Tshwane Junior Open

If you thought that a tie for 12th in last week’s Nomads National Order of Merit Inland at Houghton Golf Club signalled the end of Jayden Schaper’s extraordinary victory run this season, think again. The 16-year-old Ebotse golfer shut out any doubt about his talent when he navigated Pretoria Country Club in 10-under-par 62 to…
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Introducing GolfRSA rising star Woo-Ju Son

With the Nomads SA Girls Championship less than a week away, we take a closer look at one of this year’s prime contenders, Woo-Ju Son. With the Nomads SA Girls Championship fast approaching, we take a closer look at one of this year’s prime contenders, Woo-Ju Son, who has made a strong case for more…
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Top pair head strong field at Nomads SA Girls

All eyes will be on Womens Golf South Africa’s number one ranked junior Woo-Ju Son and number two Kajal Mistry, who will spearhead the challenge in this year’s Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club from 2-4 July. The pair have been going toe-to-toe for the last 18 months but earlier this month, Son…
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Trio split Nomads SA Girls first round lead

South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son, Chante van Zyl from Free State and Western Province’s Kaylah Williams are the joint leaders in the Nomads SA Girls Championship at the end of day one in Orkney. Williams set the clubhouse target at Orkney Golf Club with a one-over-par 73. However, when the first round action wrapped…
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Son set sights on Nomads SA Girls

South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son firmed up her bid for Nomads SA Girls Championship title when she pulled clear of the pack in the second round at Orkney Golf Club on Monday. The 16-year-old Country Club Johannesburg junior was tied for the lead at one over with Chante van Zyl from Free State and…
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Stylish Son romps to Nomads SA Girl’s victory

Gauteng teenager Woo-Ju Son put an exclamation mark behind her rising star status when she strolled to a seven stroke victory in the Nomads SA Girls Championship in Orkney on Tuesday. Exactly 12 months since she lifted the Under-16 title, the country’s top ranked junior came full circle at Orkney Golf Club. Going in search…
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It’s crunch-time at USSA Golf Champs

The University of Pretoria will have the chance to chase an 11th victory in the 2017 University Sport South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship, but only one team can challenge for the title in the final round at Centurion Country Club on Friday. The A and B teams both cruised through the first round of the…
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De Klerk joins Schaper in front at Fancourt

Jayden Schaper extended his overnight lead in the Dimension Data Junior Open, while fellow Ekurhuleni junior Nash de Klerk took over the driver’s seat in the Under-15 Challenge of the first Sunshine Tour Junior Series event at Fancourt. Dimension Data Junior Open Schaper will start his pursuit of a second Sunshine Tour Junior Series title…
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NMMU gunning for USSA Golf Champs double

In the repeat of last year’s Cup Champions final, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Pretoria A team will go head-to-head for the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship title after both former champions advanced to the final in Thursday’s semi-final round. The University of Pretoria captured their 10th title at Port…
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Schaper and De Klerk share Dimension Data Junior Open spoils

Jayden Schaper captured his second Sunshine Tour Junior Series title in wire-to-wire style in the Dimension Data Junior Open, while fellow Ekurhuleni junior Nash de Klerk claimed an emphatic five stroke victory in the Under-15 Challenge at Fancourt on Friday. Dimension Data Junior Open Schaper got off to a rather scrappy start in the final…
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Tuks blasts to USSA Golf Champs win

David Nortje, Ian Jacobs, Jacques Brits and Calvin Ferreira from the University of Pretoria smoked Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to seal their 11th victory in the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship in spectacular style at Centurion Country Club on Friday. Having mowed down North West University A 5 -1, Tuks A took down…
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Venter in hunt at Western Gailes

South Africa’s Albert Venter will head into today’s third round of the Carrick Neill Scottish Men’s Open Championship just two shots off the pace from Scottish pair Craig Howie and Liam Johnston, who share the 36-hole lead at seven under with David Micheluzzi from Australia. The GolfRSA National Squad player carded an opening two under…
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Venter & Higgo set SA pace in Scotland

Pretoria’s Albert Venter and fellow GolfRSA National Squad player Garrick Higgo led the South African challenge on the opening day of the Carrick Neill Scottish Men’s Open Championship at Western Gailes Golf Club. Venter made the most of the gloriously sunny conditions in North Ayrshire on Friday to rack up five birdies for a two-under-par…
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Happy Brabazon Birthday for McClatchie

Statistically, June 23rd is the happiest day of the year, but 28 May will definitely be the happiest day for Kyle McClatchie for years to come. South Africa’s top ranked amateur spent the best part of his 20th birthday on the Hotchkin Course at the Woodhall Spa Golf Club in England on Sunday, but it…
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International breakthrough for GolfRSA’s Nienaber

He beat a top international field to bag his second Global Junior Golf Tour title on Sunday, but instead of celebrating his RB German Junior success with mates, the first thing Wilco Nienaber did after a 14 hour flight from Germany and a three hour road trip from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein was to dash off…
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KZN clinches SA Country Districts glory

They say it’s never over until the last putt drops, and that proved the case in this year’s SA Country Districts as KwaZulu-Natal fought their way from the bottom of the log to claim A-Division victory at San Lameer Country Club on Friday. After two days lost to unrelenting rain pounding the South Coast and…
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Limpopo sweeps to SA Country Districts promotion

There is something about competing at the coast that bring out the best in the men from Limpopo. Exactly eight years after they won the B-Division at Mossel Bay Golf Club, the team rose to the occasion again and celebrated promotion with an unbeaten run in the 2017 SA Country Districts on the magnificent South…
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Showdown looms in SA Challenge Cup final

The battle for the 15th SA Challenge Cup title will come down to a final round scrimmage between the GolfRSA Juniors and Western Province at Atlantic Beach Golf Club on Friday. GolfRSA Juniors extended their unbeaten run with a magnificent 10.5 – 1.5 victory over defending champions Gauteng North on Thursday. The GolfRSA Juniors lead…
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Steyn makes it four Big Easy’s for GolfRSA Squad

It took six extra holes, but Marco Steyn nailed the winning putt to beat Etienne Bond to become the second GolfRSA National Squad member this season and fourth in a year to win on the Big Easy Tour this season at Modderfontein Golf Club on Thursday. Dylan Naidoo – who also plays out of Modderfontein…
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North West and Northern Cape sets the pace at San Lameer

North West and Northern Cape wasted no time getting their noses in front when the rain-interrupted South African Country Districts finally got underway at San Lameer Country Club on Wednesday. Relentless rain pounded the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal since last Friday. The heavy and incessant deluge that lasted through the weekend and Monday rendered the…
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Daisies need to dig deep against GolfRSA Juniors

It’s a big day for defending champions Gauteng North, who head into the business end of the week at Atlantic Beach with a spring in their step after their first victory in this year’s SA Challenge Cup. The Daisies gained two points for a 7.5 – 4.5 result against the Presidents Team in Wednesday’s third…
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Pfeifer doubles his SA Open delight

American Chad Pfeifer called on his magical short-stick one last time and sunk a 20-footer for birdie from just off the 18th green at King David Mowbray Golf Club to win the Canon SA Disabled Golf Open for the second year running. After a 90 minute fog-delay to the start of the final round on…
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USSA gives chase in SA Challenge Cup 2017

University Sport South Africa stole the march on Gauteng North on day two of the SA Challenge Cup at Atlantic Beach Golf Club, while Western Province edged out Central Gauteng and GolfRSA Juniors strengthened their position at the top of the log on Tuesday. USSA lost the opening Foursomes game to the defending champions, but…
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Pfeifer poised to pounce at SA Open

Chad Pfeifer will go in search of a second successive Canon South African Disabled Golf Open title after another stunning two-under-par 70 earned the American a three shot lead over first round pacesetter Juan Postigo from Spain on Tuesday. The defending champion moved to four-under-par 140 and will carry a three shot lead into the…
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Little Kwazi stuns world’s top golfers at Canon SA Open

The 2017 Canon SA Disabled Golf Open at King David Mowbray Golf Club in Cape Town features 21 of the world’s finest disabled golfers and the top local talent, but the South African Disabled Golf Association also reserved some spots for the rising stars in their First Swing Programme. The First Swing Programme (FSP) introduces…
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GolfRSA Juniors hit back at Challenge Cup

South Africa’s rising talent fought back superbly to overturn a calamitous start to beat the University Sport South Africa (USSA) team in the opening round of the 15th SA Challenge Cup in Melkbosstrand on Monday. The GolfRSA Juniors were 3 – 1 down after the Foursomes, but Reece Haikney – the first man out in…
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Seve’s Boy blows opposition away at SA Open

Seriously, this may just be a contender for the greatest round of golf ever played in South Africa – Spain’s big-hitting, go-for-broke Juan Postigo shooting a remarkable three-under-par 69 while balancing on his only leg to take the first round lead in the Canon South African Disabled Golf Open at King David Mowbray Golf Club…
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Start of SA Country Districts post-poned

The first round of the 2017 SA Country Districts Inter-Provincial was cancelled after incessant rain over the last three days rendered the magnificent San Lameer Golf Estate course unplayable. “More than 125mm of rain has fallen since Friday morning and despite the valiant efforts of the course staff, the course is still too waterlogged to…
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Daisies determined to rise to the challenge

Gauteng North are feeling confident ahead of their title defence at the 15th South African Challenge Cup, which tees off at Atlantic Beach Golf Club from 15-19 May. “The players enjoyed their first look at the course this morning,” said team manager Paul Davel. “None of them has played Atlantic Beach before and, as expected,…
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US pair primed for disabled dog-fight

Team America say they intend to come out firing in the 54-hole Canon SA Disabled Golf Open, which tees off alongside the 12-nation World Cup of Disabled Golf in Cape Town on Monday. Members watching Chad Pfeifer and Kenny Bontz during the official practice round at King David Mowbray Golf Club were hard pressed to…
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