Johan Du Buisson won the Zambia Amateur Open after a three hole playoff with fellow South African Jacques Blaauw in the 36 hole Stroke Play event which concluded at the Ndola Golf Club, Zambia today.
Twelve teams of eight did their final preparation for the SAGA U/23 Interprovincial to be held this week at Rustenburg Golf Club.
The teams arrived on Saturday afternoon and got ready for a week of intense matchplay.
Eight of South Africa’s top amateur golfers will take on the best of Africa’s amateur golfers in the African Zone VI, a team competition being played at Ndola Golf Club, Zambia from 22 to 24 April 2008.
Cameron Johnston, a member of Milnerton and stalwart of the Western Province Inter-Provincial team, played superb golf over the weekend to lift the trophy at the Cape Province Amateur. With consistently good rounds of 69-69-68 (10 under par), he held onto the lead to claim the win, by 2 shots, from Johan de Beer of Pretoria.
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At the end of the 2nd round of the Cape Province Open a host of South Africa’s top amateurs remain in the hunt.
Cameron Johnston and Johan de Beer moved into a tie for the lead on six under par, two shots ahead of Lyle Rowe who in turn is two shots in front of Johan du Buisson and Adrian Ford.
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Alpheus Kelapile opened with a 4 under par 68 at George Golf club to take a one shot lead into the second round of the 2008 Cape Province Open.
The first round of play was only completed early this morning due to slow play and fading light on the first day but this didnt hinder the top amateurs ability to post good scores.
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One of South Africa’s biggest Amateur events starts tomorrow at the beautiful George Golf Club, the 2008 hosts of the Sanlam Southern Cape Province Amateur Open.
Derik Ferreira continued to show that he deserves his 7th place ranking on the World Amateur Golf Rankings and the number 1 spot on the SA Rankings when he won the North West Amateur Open at Rustenburg Golf over the weekend. This was Derik’s second successive tournament win after capturing the Northern Amateur a fortnight ago.