BENONI (13 July 2016) – It felt as if she had come full circle when Lumien Orton won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Wednesday.

The 29-year-old Orton beat the Western Cape’s Cara Gorlei 2Up in the final. Earlier she beat Symone Henriques 2&1 to make the final.

But Orton had to claw her way back from being 4Down through eight holes, and she did so with some magnificent putting on the back nine. It was two strong birdies at holes 14 and 15 that helped her complete her comeback to All Square.

She then went 1up with a par on 16 as Gorlei missed a short putt to halve. They halved 17 and Orton birdied 18 to take the title. Continue reading →

BENONI, 12 July 2016 – We are down to the Final Four at the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship.

On a day where some of the biggest names in women’s amateur golf got the boot, reigning Nomads SA Girls and Liberty Gauteng North Match Play champion Danielle du Toit from Gauteng North cruised to the semi-finals at Ebotse Golf and Country Estate alongside Arkansas University student Cara Gorlei from Western Province, 15-year-old Symone Henriques from Gauteng and former top ranked amateur Lumien Orton.

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Symone Henriques beat Eleonora Galletti 5 & 3
Lumien Orton beat Eugenie Clack 3 & 1
Danielle du Toit beat Ivanna Samu 20th hole
Cara Gorlei beat Kaleigh Telfer 6 & 4

JOHANNESBURG, 12 July 2016 –Ebotse’s Jayden Schaper produced two moments of brilliance on the 18th hole to savour a play-off victory in the Nomads National Order of Merit at Modderfontein Golf Club on Tuesday.

Cole Stevens held the outright lead at three under through 15 holes, but the Parkview junior followed a bogey at 16 with a double bogey at 17 and set the clubhouse target at even-par 144 with a final round 73. Dylan Mostert reeled in successive birdies at 16 and 17 to close with a 70 and the State Mines junior joined Cole in pole position.

Meanwhile Schaper was fighting for survival. Continue reading →

BENONI (11 July 2016) – Gauteng North sisters Marne and Eugenie Clack and newly-minted Liberty Gauteng North Match Play champion Danielle du Toit reached the third round in the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at the Ebotse Links on Monday.

Marne will go up against Du Toit in the third round, while Eugene faces Ethel Ruthenberg from Southern Cape.

Marne had a first round bye, and dispatched Lynette Pretorius from Gauteng 5 & 3 in the second round. Eugenie defeated Lindi Coetzee from Services 1-up to advance to round two, where she eliminated Kiera Floyd from Ekurhuleni 1-up. Du Toit whipped Zane Naude from Bankveld Golf Estate 7 & 5 in the first round and crushed Tara Griebenow from Western Province 6 & 4 in round two. Continue reading →

Congratulations to the following Gauteng North players, who qualified for the match play stage of the 2016 Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship at Ebotse Golf and Country Estate:

Lindi Coetzee from Services Golf Club
Adele Beytell from Woodhill Country Club
Danielle Du Toit from Pretoria Country Club
Cleo Jordaan from Akasia Country Club
Marne Clack from Akasia Country Club
Namibia’s Caro Els, who plays out of Centurion Country Club.

The main match play championship is played from Monday to Wednesday. Continue reading →

PORT ELIZABETH, 8 July 2016 – For the full 90 holes of the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Championship, the eight lads from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University executed a well-laid plan and the outcome was a double celebration at Humewood Golf Club on Friday. Continue reading →

PORT ELIZABETH, 7 July 2016 – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will be gunning for a double celebration after both the A- and B-teams reached the final round of the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Championship on Thursday.

After whipping the University of Pretoria’s B-team 4.5 – 1.5 and thereby eliminating half of the defending champions’ challenge on day four, NMMU A will face Tuks A at Humewood Golf Club in the battle for Cup Champion honours.

Their B-team will go up against North West University A for the B-Section title. Continue reading →