Golfers always feel pressure going into a national team championship, but there is even more at stake for St Dunstan’s College Preparatory School with a title defence on the table. However, the Ekurhuleni institution have managed to double their chances for the fourth Ernie Els Primary Schools Championship in August.
SA juniors Kyle McClatchie and Kaleigh Telfer will make local golfing history as South Africa’s first golfing Olympians at the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in China next month.
The South African Golf Association (SAGA) and Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) are proud to announce that McClatchie from Ekurhuleni and Telfer from Gauteng were named to Team SA and will be among the 54 athletes that will represent South Africa in Nanjing from 16-28 August.
The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has joined the R&A Working for Golf campaign by introducing Level One of the R&A Three-tiered Rules Education Programme at its 14 unions across the country.
The first R&A Level One course was hosted by the Eastern Province Golf Union and was presented by SAGA Assistant Executive Director Neil Homann at the Port Elizabeth Golf Club.
Reigning Nomads SA Boys Under-17 champion Dylan Naidoo has underlined his status as one of South Africa’s rising stars with a couple of solid performances in the United States this July.
The experience is certain to serve well when he lines up with Herman Loubser, Luca Filippi and Luke Mayo at the International Under-16 Championship in Italy in early September.
Top South African juniors Paul Boshoff and Tristen Strydom are gearing up for their third start in Europe this month at the Belgian International Amateur Golf Championship, which tees off at Royal Antwerp on Wednesday.
Following a solid showing at the prestigious Porter Cup at the weekend, the South African Golf Association’s top ranked pair, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Zander Lombard, will fly the flag for South Africa at the 112th Western Amateur in Chicago this week.
Six young golfers from South Africa recently participated at the AAU Junior Olympic Games Golf Championship in the United States, where they joined scores of juniors from all corners of the world in an international junior golf festival, presented by Veritas World Junior.
The country’s top ranked amateurs Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Zander Lombard will fly the flag for South Africa in the final two rounds of the prestigious Porter Cup in Lewiston, New York.