Van der Knaap romps to victory in KZN
The golfing gods were smiling on Pretoria’s Andrew van der Knaap, who put the seal on a magnificent performance in KwaZulu-Natal with a runaway victory in the Prince’s Grant Amateur in early May.
The golfing gods were smiling on Pretoria’s Andrew van der Knaap, who put the seal on a magnificent performance in KwaZulu-Natal with a runaway victory in the Prince’s Grant Amateur in early May.
Top junior Kaleigh Telfer ended an agonising 13-month title drought when she cruised to an emphatic four-stroke victory in the Free State and Northern Cape Championship at the end of April.
South Africa claimed their 17th successive title in the All-Africa Junior Golf Championships with an emphatic 55 stroke victory at Lusaka Golf Club on Friday.
South Africa has lined up their 17th successive title in the All-Africa Junior Golf Championships with another impressive performance in Thursday’s third round at Lusaka Golf Club. South Africa leads on 652 and will carry a 44 stroke lead over Zimbabwe into the final round.
Leg amputee Daniel Slabbert from Kathu outgunned one-armed wizard Reinard Schuhknecht with a brilliant birdie at Zwartkop Country Club’s final hole to lift the Nedbank South African Disabled Open title for the fourth time.
South Africa are perfectly poised to defend their title in the All-Africa Junior Golf Championships after extending their lead in the second round at Lusaka Golf Club on Wednesday. The South Africans combined for a two-under-par 217 to lead at three under 435.
Cara Gorlei added to her trophy haul in what has so far been a breakout season for the Western Province golfer when she defeated Gauteng’s Natasha Carlsson 6 & 4 to claim the ProShop Gauteng Championship Match Play title on Tuesday.
South Africa combined for a one-under-par 218 in the first round of the All-Africa Junior Golf Championships to start their title 17th consecutive title chase on solid footing at Lusaka Golf Club on Tuesday.