Scotland (10 June 2015) – As the sun set on the first day of the Tri-Series between Scotland, South Africa and Australia on Wednesday, the host nation are in the driver’s seat while South Africa moved into second with a little Aussie assistance at Castle Stuart Golf Links in Inverness, Scotland.
Bearsden’s Ewen Ferguson opened with a 70, while reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Daniel Young and Robert MacIntyre boosted the team’s tally with a pair of 69s. Continue reading
Scotland (9 June 2015) – South Africa’s top amateurs are primed to make the most of a Tri-Series match against Scotland and Australia after a troublesome start to their four-week tour in the United Kingdom.
Teaghan Gauche, Jason Smith, Hendrikus Stoop and James du Preez from Gauteng North, Central Gauteng’s Matthew Spacey and Jade Buitendag from Southern Cape teed off in the prestigious St Andrews Links Trophy on Friday, but Mother Nature dealt their campaign a heavy blow when organisers were forced to cancel the second round. Continue reading
Johan Struwig with Gerhard Strydom
The weekend of the 6th and 7th of June saw the GNGU Mid-Amateur and Senior Closed Championship being played at Services Golf Club. The format of 36 Holes of stroke play, 18 holes per day over a Saturday afternoon and a Sunday morning, was the one used for all senior tournaments.
Senior golfer Gerhard Strydom from Waterkloof Golf Club was the winner of the inaugural combined event with an impressive score of 144 strokes. Continue reading
The WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship is an annual highlight for our best amateur ladies. GNGU has a great track record at this tournament, winning it for the last 7 (seven) years consecutively.
The team’s successful run was however halted due to Kim Williams, ‘Nobby’ Dlamini and PGA Pro Johanna Buitendag turning professional after the 2013 season, together with team stalwarts like Eugenie Clack, Magda Kruger, Crystal Cooper and top local junior Catherine Lau not being available this year we sent a very inexperienced team to East London GC. Continue reading
TOYOTA CITY, Japan (4 June 2015) – Gauteng North’s Keegan de Lange is among seven of South Africa’s most promising stars that will line up against the world’s top ranked juniors in the prestigious Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Aichi-Prefecture, Japan this June.
The 23rd edition of the world’s premier junior golf international team championship has drawn 84 entries from across six continents.
The Boys Competition will be contested between 15 countries, while the Girls Competition will be decided between eight countries at the Ishino Course at Chukyo Golf Club from 16-19 June.
The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, supported by JAL, is the world’s only junior golf championship in which national teams – winners of regional qualifiers held across six continents – compete for the world championship. Continue reading
Gauteng continued their winning march in the Swiss Team Trophy on day two of the 72 Hole Teams Championship, while Border launched a strong attack to take control in the Challenge Trophy at East London Golf Club on Monday.
Reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play champion Ivanna Samu returned rounds of 72 and 71 to back Kaleigh Telfer and Woo-Ju Son and the trio boosted Gauteng A to the top of the summit on 430. Continue reading
EAST LONDON, 23 May 2015 – In 2013, Gauteng North not only notched their fifth successive Swiss Team Trophy title in the 72 Hole Teams Championship, but also scored an unprecedented double triumph by also winning the Challenge Trophy in the B-Division at Maccauvlei Golf Club.
Yet, despite fielding three teams in the prestigious national event last year, the defending champions were no match for the feisty threesome from KwaZulu-Natal, who claimed a three stroke victory at Mossel Bay Golf Club. Continue reading