Brynard takes flight at SA Women’s Amateur

Golf RSA | 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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Steady Schaper seals SA Stroke Play victory

Golf RSA | 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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Schaper on the edge of glory at De Zalze

Golf RSA | 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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Cool-head Schaper takes control at De Zalze

Golf RSA | 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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Three-way tie leads SA Stroke Play at De Zalze

Golf RSA | 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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SA challenge to stave off foreign attack at De Zalze

Golf RSA | 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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GolfRSA quartet ready to fire on African Swing

Golf RSA | 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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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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