Ellie and Beaut (Ashleigh Holmes)
She sets up at the tee, studies the ball for a few moments and swings in a motion that looks effortless. The ball starts off low and then begins to rise, soaring far down the fairway until it hits in the middle.
This isn’t an LPGA pro – it’s an 11-year-old girl from Johannesburg.
As expected, teenager Bertine Strauss hammered her way to the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Matchplay quarterfinals at Royal Cape, but it was a day of upsets and disappointments for tournament favourites Kim Williams and Yvette du Plessis.
Both Dean O’Riley and Nicol van Wyk recorded first round scores of 71, one over par, to finish near the top of the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship leaderboard at the end of play today.
Yvette du Plessis
Local star Yvette du Plessis held her nerve over the closing holes at Royal Cape to seal the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship title by two strokes on Tuesday.
Kirsten Campbell
Gauteng star Kirsten Campbell enjoyed a memorable triumph when she lifted the B-Division title at the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Strokeplay Championship on Tuesday.
Dean O’Riley and Steve Ferreira recorded a level par 140 to finish 3rd in the 36 hole New Zealand Foursomes Championship played today at the Titirangi Golf Club in Auckland.
Bertine Strauss is perfectly placed to win her first Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Strokeplay title after a second round 72 moved her to within striking distance of leaders going into the final round at Royal Cape Golf Club.
The four players who made up the South African team, which finished second in the Southern Cross Cup last week, have entered the 36 hole New Zealand Foursomes Championship which starts tomorrow at Titirangi Golf Club in Auckland.