While South Africa’s 2010 Open champion makes a welcome return to competitive golf at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, 72 of South Africa’s top junior golfers will be challenging in the Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Teams Championship at Clarens Golf Club from 29-30 September.
Gauteng North A rallied with iron-fisted determination to seal their seventh successive Pick n Pay SA Women’s Inter-Provincial title in the A Division, while Gauteng B celebrated a hard-earned promotion from the B Division at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Friday.
Ekurhuleni celebrated a hard-earned promotion, but their joy was overshadowed by the utter elation and delight of the Gauteng North team, who ended a 29 year winning drought with an outstanding performance at the 2013 South African Inter-Provincial at Rustenburg Golf Club. The 2013 champions ended their campaign in terrific style by handing KwaZulu-Natal a decisive 9.5 – 2.5 drubbing in the final round on Friday, to put the seal on an unbeaten record in the week-long premier team championship, sponsored by Tempest.
Ekurhuleni strengthened their bid for promotion with a 3-1 lead after the B-Section foursomes at Rustenburg Golf Club this morning, but the scales have tipped in the A-Section with three teams now battling to avoid regelation at this year’s South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest.
A Division leaders Gauteng North A enjoyed another successful day at Port Elizabeth Golf Club, but the defending champions can hardly afford to relax after Western Province A moved within striking distance at the Pick n Pay SA Women’s Inter-Provincial on Thurday.
While Gauteng North can afford an early celebration after sealing their A-Section victory in this year’s African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, five teams will be on knife’s edge in the promotion and relegation battle after action wrapped up at Rustenburg Golf Club on Thursday.
Free State and Northern Cape hit the front in the fourth round foursomes at the 2013 South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, and will take a comfortable 3-1 cushion into their singles against Ekurhuleni.
Gauteng North A were simply superior at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday and strengthened their title bid in this year’s Pick n Pay South African Women’s Inter-Provincial with a decisive 8-1 victory against Gauteng North B, while Western Province A and Gauteng A ended in stalemate at 4.5 points each.