Scottish Golf Archives

Scotland’s Wilson takes early lead at The Lakes

13 February 2023 – A packed international leaderboard unfolded with Scotland’s Matthew Wilson at the summit after the opening round of the South African Stroke Play Championship concluded on Monday at Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate. The Scot underlined his growing status as one of Scottish Golf’s rising stars with a five-under-par 67 round that…

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…

Walker extends Scottish legacy in African Amateur

14 February 2019 – It’s been quite a week for the Scots on the global golfing stage, with former SA Stroke Play champion David Law’s success on the European Tour in Australia last weekend and amateur golfer Euan Walker’s march to victory in Mpumalanga on Thursday. The Scottish National Squad members have enjoyed a serious…

Filippi sets SA pace at St Andrews

9 June 2018 – Just a few days after he joined the GolfRSA National Squad on the annual UK Tour, Western Province amateur Luca Filippi fired himself into early contention at the St Andrews Links Trophy in Scotland. With next to no rain in the area for nearly two months, the New Course at St…

Slatter sets sizzling pace at SA Stroke Play

6 February 2018 – A superb eight-under-par 64 helped Keaton Slatter to surge past the tournament favourites into the top spot in the first round of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday. On a low scoring day at Pecanwood Golf and Country Estate, 57 players in the 144-strong field broke par but no-one…