Alex van Heerden, Johan Struwig and Danie Viljoen

The LIBERTY GNGU Open and Closed foursomes was held at Zwartkop CC, Sunday 27 August. The Mid-Amateur duo of Alex van Heerden (Wingate Park CC) and Danie Viljoen (Silver Lakes CC) won the tournament on a steady 4-under par score of 138.

The first round lead was held by Richard Joubert (Akasia GC) and David Nortje (The Els Club) on 3 under par followed closely by Gustav Verster and Louis Jonck (Both Irene CC) on two under par. Verster and Jonck eventually finishing in second place. They could however not keep up with the pace of van Heerden and Viljoen who shot a 3 under 68 during the afternoon round.

It was a landmark event for the Gauteng North Golf Union. It is the first event where male, female and mixed pairs were invited to participate in the same event and competition. 47 Pairs entered the event. Three female pairs and eight mixed pairs took to the field.

Heidi and Adele

Anthony and Chantelle

Neill and Riaan

The female pairing of Adele Beytell (Woodhill CC) and Heidi van der Berg (Services GC) won the A division Net, on a stellar score of 138. The Mixed pairing of Anthony Usmar and Chantelle Loots (Both Irene CC) were crowned B-division Net winners on 131, whilst the duo of Neill Malherbe and Riaan Hattingh (Both Akasia GC) won the B division Gross on a great score of 159.

A big thank you to our sponsor LIBERTY for making the event possible. Thank you to Zwartkop CC management and it’s members for allowing us the use of it’s facility.