Stuart Krogg and Jack Allard dealt South Africa a crushing blow when they ended South Africa’s unbeaten run at the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships on Wednesday.
The defending champions kept ahead in the log with 15 points, but South Africa may need to pull out all the stops in the final round singles to secure the country’s 19th title in Africa’s most prestigious team championship.
South Africa remain in the driver’s seat after the morning foursomes on day two of the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships at Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate on Tuesday.
Zander Lombard set the tone for South Africa’s title defence at the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships when he defeated Malawi’s Ben Wandawanda at Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate on Tuesday.
The first South African out in a brutal South-easterly wind secured the first point with a convincing 8 & 7 victory. Inspired, the remaining seven all hit winning notes for a clean sweep in the singles.
Gauteng North’s Carrie Park claimed the biggest victory of her amateur career when she won the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Tuesday.
Park, the Women’s Golf South Africa (WGSA) Player of the Year, closed with a 71 to finish on four-over-par 220 and one shot clear of KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher.
National pride takes precedence this week as South Africa takes up its title defence in the 2014 Zone VI Golf Tournament at the Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate on Tuesday.
Over the next three days, and four rounds of intense competition, the national team will line up against 11 other African nations to chase down the country’s 19th victory since 1995 in Africa’s flagship team event.
The Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship is still wide open, with three of the country’s top four women amateurs within one shot of each other headed into Tuesday’s final round at Stellenbosch Golf Club.
South African number one Magda Kruger and Ji Sun Kang are tied for the lead on four over par, with Carrie Park one stroke back following a tough second round where the oppressive heat was replaced by gusting winds.
South Africa’s mid-amateur golfers have been given an exciting incentive to play for at this year’s South African Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Ruimsig Country Club from 6 – 9 May.
Following the prestigious national championship, four players will be selected to a national team to compete in the International Team Mid-Amateur Championship in France in July.
On a day hot enough to melt the face of a driver, Western Province golfer Ji Sun Kang opened with a level-par 72 to lead the first round of the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Sunday.