JOHANNESBURG (4 September 2015) – The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has selected Jason Smith, Jade Buitendag, Aubrey Beckley and new cap Andre Nel to fly the flag for South Africa in the eighth African Amateur Golf Teams Championship in Kenya.
The team will line up in the country’s title defence at Limuru Country Club from 12-15 October.
“Jason has represented South Africa with great success in numerous international events,” SAGA president Gerhard Conradie said. Continue reading
PRETORIA (26 August 2015) – With only two tournaments left on this year’s Glacier Junior Series, the race to make the National Final is reaching its climax.
And Pretoria’s junior golfers will get their last chance to do so at Zwartkop Country Club this Sunday.
Dale Hayes is the host of this tournament on the nationwide junior golf series, and a strong field will contest the A Division including Werner Deyzel, Dylan Naidoo, Dylan Kok, Keegan McLachlan, Woo-Ju Son, Keelan van Wyk, Tristan Kyle Maharaj and Slade Pickering. Continue reading
24 August 2015 – Boland junior Herman Loubser eliminated Albert Venter from Gauteng North 4 & 2 in the 36-hole final to lift the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship at Selborne Country Club on Sunday.
The victory was his first on the South African Amateur Association’s Open Amateur provincial circuit and the 16-year-old Theewaterskloof golfer said the timing could not have been better. Continue reading
20 August 2015 – Teaghan Gauche edged out fellow Gauteng North player James du Preez and Mpumalanga’s Andre van Heerden in a count out to win the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier for the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship on Thursday.
Gauche, Van Heerden and Du Preez tied for the lead on four-under-par 140 at the end of regulation play.
The trio finished one stroke ahead of Southern Cape Open champion Carlo O’Reilly from the Western Province.
Gauche was two under at the turn. After trading bogeys at one and three for gains at two and four, the Wingate Park player reeled in five straight pars for a second successive 70. Continue reading
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9 August 2015 – Mpumalanga golfer Andre van Heerden fired a nearly flawless 66 in blustery afternoon conditions at Selborne Country Club, but Gauteng North’s James du Preez is just one behind in the first round of the 36-hole Stroke Play Qualifier of the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship on Wednesday.
Van Heerden from Walker Park eagled the par five third and reeled in five birdies against a lone bogey, while Du Preez from Pretoria Country Club was equally impressive with five birdies and an eagle against bogeys at 13 and 17.
Mohit Mediratta from Central Gauteng and Gauteng North par Reinhardt Blaauw and Teaghan Gauche finished four shots off the pace.
Silver Lakes golfer Keegan McLachlan held off a charging Dylan Naidoo and Brandon Gildenhuys at Ebotse Links on 17 Sunday to qualify for the Glacier Junior Series National Final in October.
The 16-year-old McLachlan, who won the Larry Nestadt Tournament on the Glacier Junior Series with a solid 70, lost in playoff two weeks ago against another great contender on the Series, Marco Steyn, but made this most of this Sunday’s opportunity to book his spot for the Final. Continue reading
SOUTHPORT, England (16 August 2015) – Sweden’s Marcus Svensson defeated South Africa’s Keegan De Lange 4&3 in the 36-hole final at Royal Birkdale to win the 89th Boys Amateur Championship on Sunday.
The 17-year-old from Halmstad Golf Club became the second Swedish player in succession to win the title, following on from Oskar Bergqvist’s victory at Prestwick in 2014. Continue reading