Golf RSA National Squad member Dylan Naidoo became the first amateur and youngest winner of a Sunshine Big Easy Tour event when he lifted the Big Easy Observatory title with a two stroke victory on Wednesday. The 18-year-old Modderfontein golfer upstaged a field of 109 professionals with rounds of 64 and 69 to triumph on 11-under-par 133.
Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Woo-Ju Son lived up to their star billing when they sealed back-to-back success for Gauteng in the Swiss Teams Trophy in the 72-Hole Teams Championship on Wednesday.
Ekurhuleni A’s Casandra Hall, Sarah Bouch and Caitlyn McNab lifted the Challenge Trophy with a crushing victory in the 72-Hole Teams Championship at Middelburg Country Club on Wednesday.
Gauteng’s A-team produced two solid performances to open up a comfortable gap on Gauteng North A in the 72-Hole Teams Championship at Middelburg Country Club on Tuesday.
Casandra Hall and Sarah Bouch kept Ekurhuleni firmly in the driver’s seat after two rounds in the Challenge Trophy division at the 72-Hole Teams Championship. The pair combined for 147 to finish 14 shots clear of Gauteng C.
Hall still leads the Individual Standings on 140, and will carry a one stroke lead into this afternoon’s third round at Middelburg Country Club.
Gauteng made a fast start to their title defence in the 72-Hole Teams Championship, but surprisingly it was the B-team who pushed the 2015 champions in early pole position in the Swiss Team Trophy division at Middelburg Country Club on Monday.
In 2014, the difference come down to one point and the Challenge Cup went the way of Central Gauteng. Last year, the SAGA Juniors did it with a single games point. Not surprisingly then, the 2016 edition produced another final round of high drama. But no-one imagined that Gauteng North would celebrate their first victory in five years with the smallest margin ever.