7 August 2015 – South Africa’s Woo-Ju Son closed out a top 20 finish in the RB German Junior while compatriot Altin van der Merwe finished second in the Boys Division of the Global Junior Golf Tour event in Germany on Thursday.

Son carded rounds of 74, 82 and 82 at Golf Club Heidelberg to tie for 18^th on 238.

The 14-year-old from Eagle Canyon finished one stroke ahead of Namibia’s Caro Els, while Gauteng North golfer Danielle du Toit followed two 85s with a final round 80 to finish joint 38^th. Continue reading →

6 August 2015 – TuksSport High School launched their bid for a third victory in the South African High School Championship with solid first round 219, but the defending champions will have pull out the stops to overhaul Waterkloof High School to celebrate on Friday.

The 2012 champions opened with an even-par 216 at Irene Country Club, courtesy of Estiaan Conradie (71), JP Cooper (72) and Eric Nel (73), and will carry a three stroke lead into the final round of the prestigious annual team competition.

South Africa’s top ranked junior Dylan Naidoo fired a four under 68 to anchor the TuksSport side, while Marco Steyn rallied from four over to contribute a 74. Rookie Richard Rodrigues returned a 77 and Sentanio Minnie signed for a non-counting 78. Continue reading →

6 August 2015 – It was day of struggles, tough conditions and frustration for the four South African juniors competing in international championships in Sweden and Germany on Wednesday.

Ivanna Samu traded places with compatriot Kaleigh Telfer at the Annika Invitational Europe, while Woo-Ju Son slipped and Danielle du Toit continued to battle in the RB German Junior.

Samu from Ruimsig overtook Telfer to lead the home challenge with a 74 in the second round at Bro-Bålsta GolfKlubb. Continue reading →

5 August 2015 – Gauteng junior Woo-Ju Son finished within striking distance of pacesetter Nina Lang after first round action wrapped up in the RB German Junior in Germany on Tuesday, but for a second day running, Danielle du Toit’s round was interrupted by Mother Nature.

The Gauteng North golfer opened with a disappointing 85 at Golfclub Heidelberg, while Son carded a two-over-par 74 to tie for third with Alice Gotbring from Sweden and Norway’s Michelle Forsland.

The trio lag two shots behind local favourite Lang, who cancelled four bogeys with a quartet of birdies to take pole position on even par. Continue reading →

The finals were concluded the first Sunday in August. The Men contested their final at Services GC whilst the Ladies met at Waterkloof GC.

A gorgeous afternoon met the winners who made it to the regional finals. Each region in the country, in this case GNGU, contests a SANLAM Cancer day at each of the respective clubs. These winners, both men and women, in three divisions A, B and C get together at the regional finals in order to select the best of the best SANLAM Cancer participants. The winners of the respective regions through-out the country each receive an invitation to the SANLAM Cancer Finals held annually at Sun City.

This year the event is scheduled for 18 to 21 October and our representatives are the following:

Men

A Division – Johan Burger (5) Waterkloof GC

B Division – Gary Stone (14) Cullinan GC

C Division – Frans Petrus Janse van Vuuren (27) Pretoria CC

Women

A Division – Elize Visser (12) Centurion CC

B Division – Hannelie Huyser (23) Silver Lakes CC

C Division – Heleen Jacobs (26) Irene CC

We congratulate the winners and wish each of them the best of luck.

Rona Erasmus (Ladies Captain of PCC) and Nicole Hannah

The Champion of Champions is an invitation only tournament. If during the course of the year a player was able to win his or her Club Championship this person receives an automatic invitation to the tournament. This event features all the winners of the respective clubs in the GNGU at one venue trading blows.

The men and women play at different venues on the same day. Past Winners of the women’s trophy include, Connie Chen, Henriette Frylinck, Kim Williams, Marinda Pretorius, Crystal Cooper and Gina Switala. This year Nicole Hannah took home ground advantage at Pretoria Country Club and added her name to this illustrious list. Andrew van der Knaap seized the opportunity at Blue Valley Country Club to record his name in the history books, trophy and tree next to names like, Fichard, Lambert, Sterne, Ahlers, Coetzee, Timba, Frittelli and Zietsman.

Paul Davel and Andrew van der Knaap

The Champion of the Senior’s, B and C divisions of all the clubs is also invited. This year Mellette Hendrikse won the senior division with a stunning 6 under par. Christo Smit from Akasia CC won the B-Division whilst Blue Valley member Warwick Lombard took the honours in the C-Division. The ladies saw ML Grobler a Silver Lakes CC member as the senior division winner, whilst Naomi vom Hagen of Akasia CC and Susan Venter also from Silver Lakes CC were crowned as B and C division winners respectively.

Another noteworthy aspect of this tournament is the winner’s tree planted at Blue Valley CC. Four years ago, the GNGU Executive and Blue Valley CC decided that the men’s tournament would return to the club every year. Each year the GNGU donates a tree to the club with the winners name added to that specific tree. The Champion of Champions tree of commemoration can be found next to the 10^th tee box.