The five amateurs selected by the South African Golf Association to tee it up in the 103rd South African Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club this week, certainly validated their selection at the Central Gauteng Open Stroke Play on Sunday.
With a history dating back to 1893, the South African Open Championship has long been held in high esteem here at home.
However, this year’s record entry of nearly 600 players not only emphasises the standing and prestige of South Africa’s flagship on the international calendar, but truly elevates the world’s second oldest national Open to major status in Africa.
South Africa’s Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat produced a strong comeback in Saturday’s third round of the 42nd Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina to surge within striking distance of pacesetters Spain.
Top South African amateurs Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat slipped from second to a tie for fourth after second round action at the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina wrapped up on Friday.
It has been a season of close calls for Magda Kruger, but the Gauteng North junior golfer hopes to get the monkey off her back at the Mpumalanga Open & Closed Championship at Middelburg Golf Club this weekend.
South Africa’s Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat carded a pair of 73’s at the Los Lagartos Golf Club in Pilar to finish just three shots behind pacesetters Denmark on day one of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina. The South Africans lead Argentina, Uruguay and Spain by two shots and are three ahead of Italy.
Southern Cape golfer Sonja Bland ensured her trip to Mpumalanga would be an unforgettable one as she shrugged off the final day pressure from overnight co-leader Sheryl Matthews to lift the South African Mid-Amateur Championship title on Wednesday.
Top amateurs Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat are eager to take South Africa’s successful run in international championships this season outside Africa’s borders with a winning performance in two top international events in Argentina later this month.