South Africa’s Luca Filippi claimed a top 12 finish at the Junior Open Championship to top the African leaderboard while Kaleigh Telfer claimed a share of 80th in the prestigious biennial championship, presented by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A).
South Africa’s top ranked mid-amateurs are on the back foot after the French took command on the opening day of the two-day Test at the Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux in France.
South African juniors Luca Filippi and Kaleigh Telfer both made the final round of the Junior Open Championship at the West Lancashire Golf Club in England on Tuesday.
South African juniors Luca Filippi from Milnerton and Bryanston’s Kaleigh Telfer both made the final round of the Junior Open Championship at the West Lancashire Golf Club in England on Tuesday.
Four of South Africa’s top ranked mid-amateur golfers hope to emulate two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen when they chase success against the French at the Golf Du Medoc Resort near Bordeaux in France over the next two days.
Goosen beat a strong French line up to lift the French Open title at the Chateaux Course in 1999, and the quartet are relishing the chance to follow in his footsteps and beat the French on home soil.
South Africa’s Luca Filippi finished just within striking distance of first round pacesetter, Hugo Townsend from Sweden, in the opening round of Junior Open Championship at the West Lancashire Golf Club in England.
Filippi from the Western Province carded a two-over-par 74 for a share of fourth in the prestigious biennial championship, presented by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A).
South Africa’s Kaleigh Telfer struggled in her Junior Open Championship debut at the West Lancashire Golf Club in England, while compatriot Luca Filippi finished within striking distance of first round pacesetter, Hugo Townsend from Sweden, on Tuesday.
Telfer from Gauteng tied for 35th on nine over 81, while Filippi from the Western Province carded a two-over-par 74 for a share of fourth in the prestigious biennial championship, presented by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A).
The University of Pretoria successfully defended their title at the USSA (University Sport South Africa) Championship when they beat North West University in spectacular fashion at Koro Creek Golf Estate in Limpopo on Friday.
Marco Loubser, Andrew van der Knaap, Stephen Morrison and rookie Reinardt Blaauw stole the march on NWU Tukke to claim a fifth victory for Tuks since 2008 with an emphatic 5 -1 drubbing.