SA take the lead in the All African Challenge Trophy
South Africa took the lead after the first round of the All Africa Challenge Trophy being held at Phakalane Golf Estate in Botswana. With two scores to count, the senior players in the South African team, Kim Williams and Alana van Greuning both produced solid level par rounds and the team score of 146 is eight shots ahead of Tanzania, with Zambia in third position on 156.
Central Gauteng’s Karabo Mokoena, pictured here with his caddy, shot a solid 76 today in the opening round of the the Jakarta World Junior Championships being played in Indonesia this week.
SA Stroke Play Champion Nobuhle Dlamini added another title to her name when she won the inaugural 54 hole Ekurhulei Stroke Play Championships at State Mines Golf Club Country Club this week. She is pictured here receiving her trophy from Ekurhuleni President Daphne Maynier and Derek Lindsay, Captain of Eastern’s Nomads.
Reigning South African Stroke Play champion Haydn Porteous overcame damaging middle rounds to tie for second at the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship at Kilmarnock in Barassie, Scotland on Sunday.
A South African junior team left yesterday to compete in the Jakarta World Junior Championships in Indonesia. The team, pictured, is Karebo Mokoena, David Meyers, Karen Olivant (Manager), Eleonora Galletti and Bianca Theron.
South Africa’s Haydn Porteous took full advantage of gloriously sunny conditions on the Scottish west coast lay down an early marker at the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship. In an opening round that featured two eagles, the reigning SA Stroke Play champion fired an eight-under-par 65 to open up a two stroke lead on the field at Kilmarnock.
The South African team of Alana van Greuning, Kim Williams and Lejan Lewthwaite (pictured) was one of 21 teams to arrive in Gaberone, Botswana today ahead of the All Africa Challenge Trophy.
Dylan Frittelli, who has recently finished his four year stint in College in America, finds himself as the 9th ranked Amateur on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), a system run by the R&A.