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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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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Jarvis closes out the first GolfRSA Triple Crown at Glendower

Golf RSA | 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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Jarvis takes two shot lead into last lap at Glendower

Golf RSA | 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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Jarvis leads the chasers in African Amateur

Golf RSA | 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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Long hopes to make short work of wet Glendower

Golf RSA | 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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2021 African Amateur moves to Glendower

Golf RSA | 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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Team South Africa triumphant at African Amateur

Golf RSA | 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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Unflappable Van Velzen still on top in African Amateur

Golf RSA | 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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Van Velzen on fire at Leopard Creek

Golf RSA | 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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