In a year in which golf made its return to the Olympic Games, South Africa’s Special Olympics golfers once again showed how the game is still thriving at this level of competition.
Ekurhuleni took command of the A-Section in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship as Boland continued its rampage in the B-Section with another blistering performance at White River Country Club on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Zethu Myeki and Danielle du Toit made a fair to middling start in the 36-hole qualifier of the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.
Good luck to Gauteng North’s Danielle du Toit and Zethu Myeki from Border, who start the stroke play qualifier for the USHA All India Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Delhi Golf Club in India on Tuesday.
Gauteng North and Central Gauteng were in commanding form on day one of South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship, while Boland and Mpumalanga got off to a blistering start in the B-Section Battle for Promotion at White River Country Club on Monday.
Central Gauteng mid-amateur Shaun Stapleton fought the good fight, but South Africa’s lone survivor at the 116th Amateur Golf Championship of India reached the end of the road in Friday’s second round at Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
Slade Pickering from North West held his nerve to fend off several contenders as he completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Joburg Junior Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Friday. The 18-year-old Pecanwood golfer produced a final round four-under-par 68 at the East Course to close out a four shot victory at 10 under 134.
The R&A and the USGA today announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green.