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South Africa’s leading four juniors will have the auspicious task of keeping the country’s undefeated record alive at the All-Africa Junior Golf Championship in Zambia next month.

Reigning Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Jovan Rebula will lead a strong South African contingent in the Curro SA Junior International, which tees off at Langebaan Country Estate on Tuesday.

Thriston Lawrence became the first player in 36 years to claim consecutive victories at the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship in Hermanus Golf Club on Friday.
The Nelspruit golfer showed phenomenal form as he took on Bellville Golf Club’s Altin van der Merwe in Friday’s 36-hole final and beat him 5 & 4.
Lawrence’s victory sees him becoming the first player to take consecutive wins since Teddy Webber in 1978.

Thriston Lawrence will get a shot at history on Friday, when he aims to become the first player since 1978 to claim consecutive Sanlam SA Amateur Championship titles.
The defending champion will take on Bellville Golf Club’s Altin van der Merwe in Friday’s 36-hole final at Hermanus Golf Club with the aim of emulating Teddy Webber, who was the last to achieve two consecutive wins 36 years ago.

Altin van der Merwe overcame some early morning nerves and the stifling heat at Hermanus Golf Club on Wednesday, to progress to the quarterfinal of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship.

South Africa’s number one ranked amateur, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, was knocked out in the first round of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Hermanus Golf Club on Tuesday. The Nigel golfer went into the match play event full of confidence after finishing the two rounds of qualifying tied third. But after a fierce battle, Scotland’s Ben Kinsley proved too strong on the day, eventually taking the first round match on the 20^th hole.