Orkney, 27 June 2015 – Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit finished within striking distance of the lead while South Africa’s top ranked junior Ivanna Samu finished in a strong position to challenge for the Nomads SA Girl’s Championship title for a second year running.

Looking to add to her growing list of accolades, Samu overcame a rocky start at Orkney Golf Club on Sunday with four birdies down the back nine for a one-over-par 73 and a share of second.

The top end of the leaderboard is gridlocked, though, and the reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur and Stroke Play champion  will have her job cut out to go a step further than last year’s joint second place finish. Continue reading →

The NOMAD’s South African Girl’s Championship is hosted at Orkney Golf Club from 28 June to 1 July. Headed to the Orkney Golf club are seven of the GNGU’s best girl golfers as well as a miserable cold front. The weather forecasts predict temperatures well below freezing for the early mornings and evenings.

The spearhead of the GNGU contingent is Danielle du Toit who finished last year’s edition in eight place overall. Continue reading →

NOTTINGHAM, England (26 June 2015) – Jason Smith from Irene Golf Club will be the lone South African challenging over the final two rounds of the Brabazon Trophy in Nottingham, England.

Smith lined up in the prestigious international event at Notts Golf Club in Hollinwell alongside fellow Gauteng North golfers Teaghan Gauche and Hendrikus Stoop, Matthew Spacey from Central Gauteng and Southern Cape’s Jade Buitendag. Continue reading →

NOTTINGHAM, England (25 June 2015) – Austrian Lukas Lipold and Englishmen Ben Taylor and Jordan Wrisdale finished in a three-way tie for the first round lead, while Jason Smith leads the five-man South African delegation in the Brabazon Trophy at Notts Golf Club in Hollinwell, England.

The trio set the clubhouse target at a three-under-par 69 on a breezy day in Nothingham.

On a sunny, but breezy day, 25 players managed to come home in par or better and the leaderboard has a distinctively international flavour with seven countries represented in the top 20.

Smith shot a 73 to finish well within striking distance of the three-way tie at the top.

The Irene golfer offset bogeys at two, five, 11 and 13 with birdies at three, six and 16 to tie for 28^th at one under. Continue reading →

The 2015 edition of Scratch League is nearing its conclusion. Silver Lakes Country Club will host the final round of the Scratch League on Sunday 28 June.

The Scratch League is divided into two divisions, but both divisions compete at the same venue. Leading the A division is Wingate Park CC with Zwartkop CC hot on their heels. Wingate will face a stern test of resolve in facing Irene CC and defending champions Akasia CC in the final this Sunday. Continue reading →

Zwartkop Country Club has won the 2015 edition of the Senior Scratch league. The resounding win saw the Zwartkop team end 5 points clear of the runners-up Akasia CC and Wingate Park CC who accumulated 16 points in total each.

The probable key to the win was that the four players, who started the league, played all four matches without fail. Zwartkop was the only team to achieve this feat this year. That and the fact that all four players are well versed current provincial players for the union create a formidable team. Continue reading →

AICHI-PREFECTURE, Japan (19 June 2015) – Japan scored a clean sweep in the world’s premier junior golf international team championship at Chukyo Golf Club, while all three African teams rallied in the final round of the 23^rd Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Aichi-Prefecture, Japan on Friday.

The Japanese Boys team fired a tournament-best 13-under-par 200 at the Ishino Course to claim the Boys’ Division title by four strokes from Sweden on a winning total of 25-under-par 827.

South Arica carded rounds of 210, 217, 211 and 213 to place eighth on one-under-par 851. Continue reading →