Macnab on the move in Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl

Golf RSA | 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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Snyders strides clear at Nomads SA Boys in Bay

Golf RSA | 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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GolfRSA Juniors make solid start in Botswana

Golf RSA | 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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Fearless Floyd sets winning course in 2019

Golf RSA | 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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Schaper overhauls Premlall for Nomads glory

Golf RSA | Schaper overhauls Premlall for Nomads glory

BENONI, 8 January 2019 – Ekurhuleni junior Jayden Schaper cemented his number one spot in the Junior Rankings with a two-shot victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit Inland on Tuesday. Schaper overhauled overnight leader Yurav Premlall with a brilliant four-under-par 68 at Benoni Country Club to triumph on 11-under-par 205. The Ebotse junior…

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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