EAST LONDON, 27 February 2010 – With the mass exodus of the country’s top amateurs to the paid ranks over the last two years, East London Golf Club offers a new wave of golfers a great opportunity to stake a claim for the country’s most prestigious amateur honour at the Glacier SA Amateur Championship from February 28 to March 5, 2010.
EAST LONDON, 25 February 2010 – South Africa’s 2010 Stroke Play winner Dean O’Riley hopes to add his name to an exclusive list of players when he tees it up at Glacier SA Amateur Championship at East London Golf Club next week.
2009 Winner Anneke Laubauer with Sanlam’s Nandi Scorer
The final round of the ever-popular Sanlam Cancer Golf Challenge will be played at Sun City this year. This tournament was held with great success at San Lameer on the KwaZulu-Natal coast for the past 17 years. The event will be played from 24th – 27th October 2010.
Kim Williams
Top ranked SA Woman Golfer Kim Williams was presented with WGSA’s Golfer of the Year award at the glittering Compleat Golfer awards ceremony held at Country Club Johannesburg this evening.
Annika with Victoria Tanco
What looked like it may be a back-nine battle quickly turned into a one-girl show. Two-time Rolex Junior Player of the Year, Victoria Tanco notched a fourth Invitational title to her name with a win at Reunion.
South Africa’s Connie Chen finished tied 13 on 225 after a final round of 77 while team mate Bertine Strauss was two strokes back in 18th position. She carded 78 in the final round.
Israel’s Laetitia Beck and Florida’s Victoria Tanco share the second round lead of the Annika Invitational after their impressive play on Sunday, day two of the event. Beck, who led after the first round, shot one-under-par, while Tanco fired a six-under 66 to jump from tied fourth to share the lead at the Reunion Resort.
South Africa’s Connie Chen and Bertine Strauss carded 72 and 74 respectively on day two to remain in the top 13 of this 72 player international field of junior golfers.
Results day 2
In freezing temperatures at the Annika Invitational in Orlando, both Bertine Strauss (75) and Connie Chen (76) played solid rounds on day one to lie in 10th and 17th positions respectively. And after the round, Annika spent time with the players giving them a clinic with lots of good advice – both Connie and Bertine were able to demonstrate shots with her.
Connie Chen days that she had the best day of her life when she went to practice at Champions Gate on Wednesday 10 February in Orlando, Florida and met Trevor Immelman and Suzanne Petterson. As if that was not interesting enough I also got time with David Leadbetter. 