Posts Tagged ‘Glendower’
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…
Read MoreJarvis 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…
Read MoreJarvis 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…
Read MoreJarvis 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…
Read MoreKistensamy 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…
Read MoreLong 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read MoreYoung 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…
Read MoreChampions 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…
Read MoreSA 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…
Read MoreDu 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…
Read MoreDominant 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…
Read MoreThree-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…
Read MoreLaCroix 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…
Read MoreMcClatchie 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…
Read MoreMcClatchie 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…
Read MoreAmateur 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…
Read MoreSA 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…
Read MoreVorster 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…
Read MoreIntroducing 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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