South Africa’s top ranked amateurs Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Zander Lombard crashed out of the prestigious US Amateur Championship with mixed results at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia.
British Amateur finalist Lombard reached the top 64, while Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Bezuidenhout failed to make the cut the 36-hole Stroke Play qualifier.
Curro Aurora protected their overnight advantage to claim a runaway victory at the Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship at Middelburg Country Club on Sunday.
The Randburg team stretched a 10 stroke lead to an unchallenged 21 stroke victory over the defending champions St Dunstan’s College at the Mpumalanga course.
Curro Aurora from Gauteng took a commanding 10 stroke lead in the first round of the Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship at Middelburg Country Club in Mpumalanga on Saturday. Alex van der Merwe, Cole Stevens and Woo-Ju Son combined for an opening 218 to leave defending champions, St Dunstan’s College, a distant second.
In a career spanning 25 years, former world number one Ernie Els has won four majors, claimed 67 podium finishes around the globe and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in May 2011.
Els is also the driving force behind the Ernie Els Primary School Championship. The fourth edition of this national team championship tees off at Middelburg Country Club in Mpumalanga from 9-10 August.
Western Province junior Altin van der Merwe took third in his European debut at the prestigious RB German Junior, while Paul Boshoff tied for seventh and fellow juniors Jovan Rebula and Tristen Strydom cracked the top 20 at Golfclub Heddesheim in Gut Neuzenhof on Wednesday.
SA number one Christiaan Bezuidenhout completed his US Amateur preparation with a top 20 finish in the Western Amateur Championship, while KwaZulu-Natal amateur Tom Watson scored a runaway victory at the St Andrews Links Junior Golf Championship.
Top ranked South African juniors Altin van der Merwe, Paul Boshoff and Tristen Strydom made considerable headway in the second round of the RB German Junior at Golfclub Heddesheim in Gut Neuzenhof on Wednesday.