Englishman Bradley Bawden and Tapio Pulkkanen from Finland made full use of the perfect conditions during the first round of the Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open at the Royal Cape Golf Club to secure top spot on the leaderboard.
Springbok superstar Cheslin Kolbe has interestingly signed an ambassadorship deal with a golf company in Japan that aims to support his social outreach initiatives.
Former Bafana Bafana legend Brian Baloyi was a very happy man as he teed it up in Wednesday’s pro-am for the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour co-sanctioned SDC Open at the Zebula Country Club, and with his beloved national football team having taken a giant step towards the Africa Cup of Nations final after beating Morocco.
South Africa’s leading golfers with a disability have been given a unique opportunity to compete in the Sunshine Tour’s 2024/25 season opening tournament, the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions powered by Attacq, alongside a quality field of champions from all quarters of South African golf.
The Limpopo Province’s growing status as a premium golf destination will once again be showcased by the Limpopo Tourism Agency and the Sunshine Tour when the sixth edition of the Limpopo Championship tees off in April 2024.
Ryan van Velzen claimed his third Sunshine Tour victory in 10 months when he won the Mediclinic Invitational by four shots in a dominant performance at Maccauvlei Golf Club on Sunday.
Ryan van Velzen picked up exactly where he ended 2023 by playing the same high quality golf as he signed for a 64 in a weather-interrupted third round to lead the Mediclinic Invitational by a single stroke at Maccauvlei Golf Club.
Neil Schietekat’s “holiday swing”, as he called it, yielded a sublime 64 and earned him a one-stroke lead headed into the weekend of the Mediclinic Invitational at Maccauvlei Golf Club.
Veteran Sunshine Tour campaigner Oliver Bekker did exactly what he intended to do while his Mediclinic Invitational first round co-leader Willie Olivier did what he hopes can lead to the kind of career his more experienced compatriot has had.
American Scottie Scheffler made it back-to-back wins in the race to be named PGA Tour Player of the Year, the first golfer to claim the award two years in a row since Tiger Woods won three straight titles between 2005-2007. (more…)