Ekurhuleni strengthened their bid for promotion with two impressive victories in Wednesday’s third round at Rustenburg Golf Club and has thrown down the gauntlet at this year’s South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest. The side beat Eastern Province 8-3 and handed Border a 9-3 drubbing to pull level with current B-Section log leader, Free State and Northern Cape.
The Western Cape’s Tristan Galant lifted the Nomads South African Under-13 Championship title at the Fish River Sun Country Club. The SAGDB learner from Belhar carded rounds of 75-73-71 to win by four shots. Southern Cape combined for a final round 363 to win the team competition.
The Southern Cape caught log-leaders Gauteng North off-guard in this morning’s foursomes and will take a 3-1 lead into the A-Division singles at the South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, at Rustenburg Golf Club.
It has played out as predicted and the Western Province and Gauteng know they are in for an uphill battle after Tuesday’s qualifier round left two Gauteng North teams in contention for this year’s Pick n Pay SA Women’s IPT title race at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday.
Gunning for their seventh consecutive victory, Gauteng North doubled their odds to extend their dominance in the prestigious women’s team competition when the A team claimed the Jean Tindall Memorial Trophy and the B team also qualified for the top section of the A Division.
Gauteng North’s Werner van Niekerk sunk a nervy seven-footer for birdie at the 18th hole to halve his game with Armand Scholtz and gift his team the crucial half point needed to beat Boland for their second successive victory in the South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, at Rustenburg Golf Club.
The Western Province’s Tristan Galant felt right at home in the swirling South-Westerly what whipped around the layout at the Fish River Sun Country Club and forged his way to the 36-hole lead of the Nomads South African U-13 Championship with an outstanding even par 73.
The Western Province gave a convincing performance in Tuesday’s foursomes at the South African Inter-Provincial at Rustenburg Golf Club, while the remaining A-Section teams squared off in the country’s premier team championship, sponsored by Tempest.
Underdogs Southern Cape and KwaZulu handed joint defending champions Boland and Western Province a decisive drubbing to emerge as the frontrunners in the first round of the South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, after at Rustenburg Golf Club.