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Three of the country’s top amateurs will debut for South Africa when the SA team take up their title defence at the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships at Windhoek Golf and Country Club from 22-26 April. The new caps include reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Thriston Lawrence from Nelspruit, SA Amateur finalist Andrew Light from George and Eddie Taylor from Harrismith, who plays out of Country Club Johannesburg. Lawrence, Light and Taylor are ranked fourth, seventh and ninth on the South African Golf Association’s current rankings.

South Africa’s number four ranked amateur Louis Taylor erased the disappointment of having a brilliant run at the Sanlam SA Amateur cut short with his first podium finish at the Northern Amateur Match Play on Friday. Taylor, who defeated fellow Springbok Tertius van den Berg 2&1 in the 36-hole final at Randpark Golf Club, was thrilled to lay his hands on his first piece of silverware.

“This really makes up for the disappointment of the Sanlam SA Amateur,” the Harrismith golfer gushed. “It felt good to win and to do it here in my home union made it extra special. I’ve worked really hard on my consistency over the last 12 months. It’s great to see it finally pay off.”

South Africa’s number one ranked amateur Haydn Porteous was in blistering form at Randpark Golf Club this weekend, lifting the Northern Amateur title with a massive 14 shot winning margin.

Porteous blew away the opposition with rounds of 71-63-68-64 for a 72-hole total of 22-under-par 266. Scotland’s Jamie Savage finished a distant second on eight-under-par 280, with Stephan Cronje claimed third on seven under, while 16-year-old Sanlam SA Amateur champion, Thriston Lawrence, slipped into a share of fourth on six under 282 with Armandt Scholtz.