The Mid-Amateur Inter Provincial team has been announced. The championship this year is hosted by Middelburg Country Club between 13 and 17 October. We wish the team the good luck.
The team in alphabetical order:
Cooper, Pieter
Croukamp, Phillip
Hannay, Kelso
Jacobs, Jauqo
Jonck, Louis
Kraft, Martin
van Loggerenberg, Bennie
Verster, Gustav
Team Manager: Eddie Roux
Mellette Hendrikse has won the KZN Senior Open. The Kwazulu Natal swing included two tournaments scheduled between the 4th and 8th of September.
The first was the KZN Senior Spring Classic hosted by the spectacular Durban Country Club. Mellette was relegated to second place by the eventual winner Morgan Phillips, a Maritzburg Golf Club resident, in what was loosely termed “testing” conditions.
The second tournament, the KZN Senior Open was hosted by Cotswold Downs Golf Club. Mellette was able to exact a swift revenge by beating Morgan Phillips, Kevin Curren and Rahme Ramon by two strokes.
He has improved his season’s record to 9 tournaments, 7 top 10 finishes and 4 wins. His ranking points with the SAGA is 81.72 with his nearest competitor on 66.50.
Mellette and Richard Nel
The ladies Gauteng North Inter-Provincial team will attempt to defend their title once again. Last year’s IPT was held in Port Elizabeth between 24 and 27 September. This year’s edition will be contested at the Royal Cape Golf Club between the 5th and 10th of October. Last year both the A and the B team managed to end up in the “A” flight. Our A team won the tournament with the B team ending 4th. We wish both the teams good luck and kind bounces.
A Team:
1. Carrie Park
2. Magda Kruger
3. Danielle du Toit
4. Ruzanne van der Walt
5. Eugenie Clack (Captain)
6. Marne Clack
Manager: Pat Roets
B Team:
1. Crystal Cooper (Vice-Captain and Captain of the B – Team)
2. Carmia van Wyk
3. Larissa du Preez
4. Mercedes Kreissel
5. Liedeke de Klerk
6. Adele Beytell
Manager: Chantelle Hefer
Marike Reyneke is the non travelling reserve.
Jason Smith has been selected to represent South Africa in Japan during the World Amateur Team Championships. The Championships are contested every second year and this year’s edition is scheduled between 9 – 14 September. The three member team is completed by Gauteng North’s Zander Lombard and Gerlou Roux who hails from the Western Province.
Smith has had a sterling year on the domestic amateur tournament scene. He made top 10 finishes in two match-play tournaments (KZN and WP). He had 6 top 10 finishes in stroke play tournaments of which 5 were top 5 finishes. He also won the South African Stroke Play championship on route to becoming the number 4 ranked amateur in the country.
This will mark the third occasion this season that he wil represent South Africa as an amateur golfer.
We wish him and the rest of the team the best of luck.
Jason Smith, winner of the South African Stroke Play Championship
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) has continued its sponsorship support of the Gauteng North Golf Union (GNGU). The relationship between PWC and the GNGU has been growing from strength to strength for a number of years.
PWC makes a significant contribution towards the annual Silver Salver tournament hosted by the GNGU. This is an invitation only tournament in which the GNGU invites the best of the best to compete for this prestigious title. Some of the previous winners include names like Hugh Baiocchi, John Fourie, Andries Oosthuizen, Gavin Levenson, Andre Kruse, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Louis Oosthuizen and most recently our own Zander Lombard.
PWC is also a proud sponsor of our Premier Inter-provincial Team. This team won the title during the 2013 edition for the first time in 29 years. We have selected a very strong side this year and know that the players will do us proud.
We want to take this opportunity to thank PWC for its continued support and in particular Mr. James du Preez.
Our Premier Inter-provincial Team, who are defending champions at Westlake Golf Club in Cape Town later in September, was announced on 24 August 2014 at Sandy Lane Golf Club. The President, Gerry Few, invited the players and their families to enjoy a round of golf at the spectacular Sandy Lane Golf Estate followed by lunch and the teams’ announcement.
The GNGU 2014 Interprovincial squad in order of their bag numbers:
8 Christoff Els
7 Leon Scheepers
6 Andrew van der Knaap
5 Keegan de Lange
4 Jason Smith
3 Hendrikus Stoop
2 Philip Kruse
1 Teaghan Gauche (Captain)
The squad behind their respective bags with Gerry Few in the middle
Mellette Hendrikse wins again.
Mellette Hendrikse reaffirmed his position as the number one senior amateur player in the country by winning the Mpumalanga Senior Open held at Graceland Golf Club.
Blustery conditions and a change in golf clubs saw the number one player in the country shoot a reckless 79 on day one of the tournament. “At one point I just felt like going home” Mellette was heard saying afterwards. He however pulled himself together like a true professional (in a manner of speaking) put his old clubs back in the bag and fired a 68 on a wind-swept Graceland Golf Club to win the open by three shots.
He played the last 3 holes level by means of single putts. A testament to true grit and a never say die attitude.
Mellette’s year in review:
January
Wins the GNGU senior open
February
4th in The Players Championship
11th in the Central Gauteng senior open
7th in the Cape Winelands senior open
May
Wins the Vaal senior open
August
Wins the Mpumalanga senior open
Francis Themane and Mellette Hendrikse