Six young golfers from South Africa recently participated at the AAU Junior Olympic Games Golf Championship in the United States, where they joined scores of juniors from all corners of the world in an international junior golf festival, presented by Veritas World Junior.
The country’s top ranked amateurs Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Zander Lombard will fly the flag for South Africa in the final two rounds of the prestigious Porter Cup in Lewiston, New York.
Herman Loubser, Dylan Naidoo, Luca Filippi and Luke Mayo will fly the flag for the South Africa at the eighth edition of the prestigious Italian International Under-16 Championship at Golf Club Biella in Italy from 2-4 September.
South Africa defeated France to claim third place in their debut performance at the International Team Mid-Amateur Championship at Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux on Sunday. The South Africans emerged victorious from the tightly-fought battle against the host nation on a stormy, rain-interrupted day to claim a 2-1 victory.
South Africa will face host nation France in the final round of the International Team Mid-Amateur Championship after day of mixed fortunes at Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux on Saturday.
South Africa claimed a share of third with host nation France in the Qualifying Round of the International Team Mid-Amateur Championship at Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux on Friday.
South Africa’s top ranked mid-amateurs lost 5.5 – 2.5 to the French in a two-day Test, but local heroes are already focussed on the International Team Mid-Amateur Championship, which tees off at Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux in France on Friday.
South Africa’s Luca Filippi claimed a top 12 finish at the Junior Open Championship to top the African leaderboard at the prestigious biennial championship, presented by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A).