Rising junior Tristen Strydom lived up to his star billing when he replaced former number one Christiaan Bezuidenhout at the top of the South African Golf Association (SAGA) rankings at the end of last year.
Five months on, the 17-year-old Serengeti golfer will be targeting his former Ekurhuleni stable mate’ rare double in the Western Province Amateur Championship after romping to a five stroke victory at Rondebosch Golf Club on Wednesday.
Ivanna Samu confirmed her status as South Africa’s number one women’s amateur when she won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club on Tuesday.
As a sergeant in the Ugandan army, Flavia Namakula has brought a certain military precision to the Ugandan golfers competing in this week’s Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club.
South Africa’s top ranked Ivanna Samu, Cara Gorlei and Chiara Contomathios were honoured at the Womens Golf South Africa Annual General Meeting held during the Sanlam SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club on Monday.
World One-Arm Match Play champion Reinard Schuhknecht is taking his cue from top wheelchair tennis ace Lucas Sithole and targeting success in the Nedbank SA Disabled Golf Open this May.
South African number one Ivanna Samu will take a three-stroke lead into Tuesday’s final round of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club.
Half-a-dozen birdies helped Ivanna Samu into pole position in the Sanlam SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club on Monday.
The country’s top ranked amateur started the second round four off the pace, but overhauled overhaul overnight leader Bianca Lohbauer with a superb two-under-par 70.
The South African team were deflated after coming up painfully short in the 2015 Africa Zone VI Golf Championship, but the defending champions were full of praise for host union Uganda, who swept to victory at Kampala Golf Club on Friday.
The home favourites edged out South Africa by one point to triumph on 18.5, terminating the country’s dominance in the prestigious teams championship since 1995.