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Newman gunning for Africa Amateur glory

7 February 2025 – A towering seven-iron from 200 yards out on the 13th hole at Leopard Creek on Friday set Bryan Newman up for a fine four-under-par 68 in the third round of the R&A Amateur Africa Championship and a five-stroke lead ahead of the final round. The resultant eagle there, together with four…

R&A backs GolfRSA Tournament Support Programme to benefit young golfers

The GolfRSA Tournament Support Programme, a development initiative funded by The R&A, the National Lotteries Commission and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in South Africa, has been introduced to provide pathways into the sport for golfers from less privileged backgrounds. The initiative will offer financial support to cover travel, accommodation and subsistence to…

Raad and Craig power to the summit at Leopard Creek

6 February 2025 – The top of the leaderboard took on a distinctly South African hue on Thursday at Leopard Creek in the R&A Africa Women’s Invitational and the Africa Amateur Championship as Gia Raad was the only woman under-par and Roelof Craig topped the scores with a second successive four-under-par 68. Raad unfurled three…

Chatora, Coetzer lead the way in Africa Amateur at Leopard Creek

5 February 2025 – Jack Buchanan birdied the iconic par-five 18th at Leopard Creek, but still finished two shots shy of Zimbabwe’s Tanaka Chatora in the opening round of the R&A Africa Amateur Championship, while South Africa’s number one Lisa Coetzer opened up a two-shot lead in the Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational. Chatora responded in…

Leopard Creek the hunting ground for huge rewards in the Africa Amateurs

4 February 2025 – South Africa’s number one amateur Astin Wade Arthur is only too aware of what’s at stake this week with the playing of the R&A Africa Amateur Championship which gets underway at Leopard Creek from Wednesday. The winner of the 72-hole championship between 72 players from 22 countries will earn exemptions into…

Arthur the Lionheart seals dream GolfRSA International victory

31 January 2025 – It took a gritty birdie on the first extra-hole of a sudden-death play-off on Friday for Astin Arthur to overcome the challenge of Charl Barnard and win the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship at Royal Johannesburg Golf Club on the East Course. WATCH: Celebrating 2025 GolfRSA International Amateur Champions Arthur Astin &…

Brown closes out GolfRSA International win in style

31 January 2025 – Bobbi Brown was in a league of her own on Friday as she romped home by eight shots to take victory in the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship at Royal Johannesburg Golf Club on the East Course. WATCH: Celebrating 2025 GolfRSA International Amateur Champions Arthur Astin & Bobbi Brown Brown’s closing five-under-par…

SA teams swoop to spirited double GolfRSA International triumph

30 January 2025 – It was no-holds barred on moving day in the GolfRSA International Amateur Championships, as the Protea Men and Women scooped both Team Competition titles, Charl Barnard fired a career-best nine-under-par 63 at Royal Johannesburg’s East Course to top the men’s leaderboard and Bobbi Brown extended her lead in the women’s tournament.…

Brown blitzes to GolfRSA International lead

JOHANNESBURG, 29 January 2025 – Bobbi Brown converted her love of the Royal Johannesburg East Course into a fine six-under-par 66 on Wednesday in the second round of the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship to take a two-stroke lead after 36 holes. It was something of an up-and-down affair on the front nine as she started…

Arthur off to a flying start in GolfRSA International

JOHANNESBURG, 28 January 2025 – Astin Arthur produced an almost perfect final six holes on Tuesday in the first round of the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship played on the Royal Johannesburg East Course as he carded a superb seven-under-par 65 to take the 18-hole lead. Arthur, who turned 21 on January 15, took on the…

Teams Primed to fly SA flag at GolfRSA International

20 January 2025 – South Africa will proudly be represented by five teams when the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship launches the 2025 South African Swing at Royal Johannesburg from 28–31 January on the prestigious East Course of Royal Johannesburg. Teams comprising South Africa’s top-ranked Men’s and Women’s Open and Junior amateurs, alongside two Presidents Teams,…

Lange triumphs in thriller Nomads Inland play-off

15 January 2025 – The first Nomads National Order of Merit Inland tournament of the 2025 season went deep into extra time at Benoni Country Club with Marno Lange edging Nicolas van der Vyver for the spoils. Just a few days after his twin-brother, Andries, won the season-opening Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal, Nicolas…

Viljoen victorious in Nomads SA U15 Championship

10 January 2025 – Shaun Viljoen begun his 2025 season with a statement of intent after his victory at the 2025 Nomads SA U15 Championship at Schoeman Park Golf Club in early January, while Andries van der Vyver and Marno Lange lifted the first two Nomads National Order of Merit trophies of the new year.…

Van der Vyver dominates at Nomads Coastal opener

9 January 2025 – At the season-opener at Selborne Country Club from 6-8 January, the title was destined for only one player as Andries van der Vyver showed his prowess with three sub-70 rounds at the 2025 Nomads National Order of Merit Coastal tournament. The talented young player from Strand Golf Club fired a second-round…

Fab Five ready for Dunhill test

11 December 2024 – All eyes will be on the iconic Leopard Creek when the best local talent and a host of global stars target glory in the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Championship. Amateurs Astin Arthur, Christiaan Maas, Jordan Burnand, Daniel Bennett and Kieron van Wyk will lead the GolfRSA charge from 12-15 December in one…

Valiant Proteas clinch second in AACT in Morocco

10 December 2024 – Kesha Louw, Lisa Coetzer and Gia Raad overcame early challenges to rally to a runner-up finish behind the home heroes at Tazegzout Golf Club at the 2024 All Africa Challenge Trophy in Morocco in late November. Top-ranked Sofia Cherif Essakali spearheaded her side’s title charge thanks to some exhilarating golf which saw…

Proteas power to All Africa win in Zimbabwe

27 October 2024 – The South African Protea side showed their tenacity and dug in their heels to secure a 12th continental title for the African powerhouse in the All Africa Golf Team Championship in Zimbabwe at the end of October. After South Africa suffered their first loss in this prestigious biennial event in Egypt…

Play Royal Portrush before the Pros

1 September 2025 – Imagine walking the historic fairways of Royal Portrush Golf Club – the same course where legends and global stars of the game have competed in pursuit of glory. For two lucky South African amateurs, that dream will become a reality with the third GolfRSA Race to The R&A 9 Hole Challenge.…

SA’s Streicher joins Macnab in 124th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship

4 August 2024 – Former South African Women’s Stroke Play champion Megan Streicher will be teeing it up at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa after winning her way into the field for the 124th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in August. Streicher will tee it up in Southern Hills alongside fellow GolfRSA National Squad member…

Dream debut for Cornwall Hill in 2024 Ernie Els SA Primary School Championship

26 July 2024 – Cornwall Hill College celebrated a dream debut victory in the 2024 Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship in Tshwane in July. With three scores to count, Centurion’s Cornwall Hill College laid the foundation for the sterling victory with an opening round of 231 at Waterkloof Golf Club. Taking a 19-stroke lead into…