After a second round 66 in the qualifying round to get into the last 64 of the 111th US Amateur in Wisconsin, Dylan Frittelli made short work of his first round opponent as he defeated Jim Markovitz of Pennsylvania 5 and 4.
Dylan Frittelli, the only South African in the US Amateur being played at Erin Hills, Winsconsin, followed his opening round 76 (4 over) with a superb 66 (6 under) round to move 100 positions down the leadership and secure his place in the top 64 and the Match Play section of the 11th US Amateur Championships.
Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship to be split into separate Stroke Play and Match Play tournaments from 2012. Pictured are the 2011 Champions Kim Williams (Stroke Play) and Iliska Verwey (Match Play).
Women’s Golf South Africa will increase its affiliated member unions to 13 in January 2012 with the inclusion of the new Ekurhuleni Women’s Golf union. Pictured here is the incoming President Daphne Maynier.
CJ du Plessis, of Limpopo played stirling golf to pip local boy Riekus Nortje in he Southern Cape Open for 2011 which was held at the Knysna Golf Club.
Gauteng’s Michelle Leigh represented WGSA at the gSports Awards held at the Wanderers Club earlier this month.
Sadly, the South African girls did not qualify for the match play of the Girls British Open Amateur played at Gullane Golf Club in Scotland this week. The top qualifier was 17 year old Noemí Jiménez from Spain who finished on -5 and goes forward with 63 other girls today to the match play.
Lara Weinstein, the best of the South African girls competing in the Girls British Open Amateur, is tied 51st and, with only 64 of the 144 players able to qualify for the match-play stages, the girls know that they will have to dig deep today in order to qualify for thr match play.