On another balmy day at Humewood Golf Club, unheralded Keaton Slatter (pictured) and Dylan Kok were a picture of mental calmness as they played their way into the quarterfinal of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship on Wednesday. Slatter from KwaZulu-Natal eliminated reigning English Amateur champion Dan Brown and former SA Stroke Play champion Jason Smith to reach the last… Read more →
Pretoria golfer CJ Levey left nothing out on the Firethorn Course as he winged his way to a second IGT Challenge Tour victory in Race to QSchool #17 on Wednesday. The 25-year-old fired a five-under-par 67 to beat rookies Ruan Conradie and Paul Boshoff to step into the winner’s circle with a one-shot victory on seven under 137. The three… Read more →
Coert Groenewald stole a march on the field in the Race to Q-School #16 to bag his seventh IGT Challenge Tour title at State Mines Golf Club on Wednesday. The 28-year-old from Roodepoort fired a flawless six-under-par 66 to seal a three-shot victory on 13-under-203 over Alrich Labuschagne, Paul Boshoff and leader Gregg Blainey from England. Groenewald has knocked several times… Read more →
The prestigious South African Stroke Play Championship trophy is back in French hands after Edgar Catherine triumphed at Kingswood Golf Estate on Friday. Only two years after France celebrated their first champion in the premier international amateur championship, the 18-year-old from the South of France overcame his ‘Kingswood demons’ to march to a two-stroke victory on 11-under 269. Catherine also became… Read more →
If one had to judge her performance in the opening round of the Cape Town Ladies Open on Tuesday, the honeymoon might be over, but Ashleigh Buhai is having a whale of a time in the Mother City after giving her husband the boot. The couple tied the knot last December, but after seven years of wearing her bag, David… Read more →
Britain’s Kiran Matharu was in imperious form at Zwartkop Country Club as she marched to a maiden Sunshine Ladies Tour victory with a commanding performance in the R400 000 Ladies Tshwane Open on Friday. The Englishwoman fired four birdies on the back nine to post a four-under-par 67 for a winning score of nine over 209, beating defending champion Monique Smit… Read more →
For a second time in three weeks, its advantage to a foreign campaigner as Britain’s Kiran Matharu continued to stamp her dominance on the Ladies Tshwane Open at Zwartkop Country Club on Wednesday. Targeting a breakthrough on the Sunshine Ladies Tour after a third, a second and a fifth place finish in her first three starts, the 27-year-old from Leeds… Read more →
Local favourite Zander Lombard made a brilliant start to the Race to Q-School #14, but fellow Sunshine Tour campaigner Ockert Strydom was hot on his heels at Woodhill Country Club on Monday. On a day where 47 players broke par, the Woodhill golfer rocketed to the top of the pile with an eighth-under-par 64. He leads by one stroke lead… Read more →
The Ladies Tshwane Open teed off at Zwartkop Country Club on Tuesday boasting a purse of R400 000, thanks to the support of the City of Tshwane, the business community of Tshwane and various sponsors from the private sector. The prize money increase was announced at the pro-am prize giving on Monday evening by councillor Nontshikelo Mokhoto, the MMC for Sports,… Read more →
The final round stage at San Lameer Country Club belonged to Lee-Anne Pace, who marched to a historic SA Women’s Open hat-trick on Saturday. An overnight lead of six strokes proved insurmountable for the chasing pack as Pace put on a class act on another windswept day on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast layout. She shrugged off an early charge from… Read more →
