With the 2009 Sunshine Tour having reached the halfway stage, six months into the year, a review of the rookies performances provide a good indicator of the challenges facing young amateurs keen to make it in the professional ranks.
Four South Africans will be teeing up in the Barrett Amateur, announced the South African Golf Association (SAGA) today, one of whom is the defending champion, Dylan Frittelli.
Nomads’ Ken Walker and Bertine
Bertine Strauss justified her position at the top of the SA tournament ranking when she won the 54 hole stroke play Nomads SA Girls Championship by four strokes at Orkney Golf Club this week. This is the third year that she has won this event. Connie Chen was runner-up while14 year-old Lara Weinstein who finished in third place, picked up the 16 and Under South African Championship.|
Bertine Strauss and Lara Weinstein
14 Year old Glendower star Lara Weinstein leads the field going into the final round of the SA Girls Champs, being played at Orkney Golf Club this week.
2008 Champion and runner-up, Bertine Strauss and Connie Chen lead the field after the first round of the 54 hole Nomads SA Girls Championships being played at Orkney Golf Club this week. Both players scored level par 72s.
Henriette Frylinck
Gauteng North’s Henriette Frylinck won her own provincial match play championship when she defeated stroke play champion Iliska Verwey 4/3 at Woodhill Country Club on Thursday 25 June.
Ashleigh Holmes
Plettenberg Bay’s Ashleigh Holmes is to be accompanied by Kim Williams, Yvette du Plessis and SAGA’s Coenie Bester and Johan Bekker when she defends her Turkish Open Amateur championship at the Gloria Golf Club, Antalya in October this year.
Iliska Verwey wins at Woodhill
US College student Iliska Verwey, playing out of Cradock Golf Club, won the 36 hole Gauteng North stroke play championship at Woodhill Country Club today.