Marco Loubser with Gerry Few

The annual GNGU u23 Open event was held at Akasia Country Club on Sunday 23 February.

Marco Loubser won the event in a playoff against Rosswell Sinclair after the pair ended on 5 under par 139. Loubser was fast out the gate registering a brilliant 66 for his first round. The heat however caught up with the Centurion Country Club member and he was only able to record a second round score of 73. Rosswell took another path to his score registering rounds of 70 and 69 to tie Marco’s score. The first round saw Sinclair end with a string of 5 birdies in the last 6 holes and he ended the second round in similar fashion by recording 4 birdies in the last 5 holes.

The top six positions recorded scores of level par or better on a testing Akasia Country Club layout. Among these players was Kifentse Nukeri who shot rounds of 75 and 68 to record the lowest score for the second round and end 4 strokes off the pace. Nukeri shot a stern warning to his competition in the u17, u19 and u23 Inter Provincial teams that he is here to compete for a spot. The 16 year old youngster is a product of the SAGDB’s efforts in the Gauteng North region. “It’s his way of thanking the selectors for the faith they put in him.” Rohan de Beer, manager for the SAGDB in Gauteng North said. “I’ve always maintained that he has great potential and brilliant work etiquette. He was a very late selection for the u19 IPT at the end of last year and this gave him the belief that he is good enough to compete with the best.”

Kifentse Nukeri

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