SA Junior Champion Connie Chen continued her run of victories when she won the 36 hole Nomads Gauteng Stroke Play Championships at the newly redesigned Houghton Golf Club this week. Her score of 149 (75, 74|) was two strokes ahead of SA Champion Kim Williams 151 (75, 76) and another junior, Lara Weinstein, also having a great year, was a stroke back on 152 (72,80).
Handicap Calculations
With the Handicap takeover by HNA (Handicaps Network Africa) the changes that were made over the past few years to the calculation of handicaps are also now in affect. To view the details of these changes click here
Women’s Golf South Africa congratulates Louis Oosthuizen on a fabulous win this week at St Andrews.
It is not often that the current South African Amateur Champion’s name appears on the Open Championship leader board. Laurie Canter (England) managed to qualify for golf’s premier championship.
Haydn Porteous, representing South Africa at the Junior Open in Scotland, did his country proud by winning the Africa Trophy.
The Limpopo Amateur Open was held at Koro Creek from 9 – 11 July 2010. A total of 157 entries were received and a pre-qualifying round was held the day before the tournament proper began.
The Koro Creek golf course played host to its first tournament of this magnitude since it underwent a redesign and a name change from what used to be called the Nylstroom golf club.
South African Junior Haydn Porteous is lying tied second after the first round with a one under par 70, one stroke behind Daniel Nielsen of Denmark at the R & A Junior Open being played at Lundin Golf Club in Fife, Scotland.
South Africa’s Kelli Shean qualified for the final two rounds as the leading amateur on +7 at the UP Women’s Open Championship being played at Oakmont Country Club this week.