Potchefstroom’s Aubrey Beckley raised his fist and pumped the air as he boxed in a 10-footer for a birdie and victory in the Liberty Gauteng North Open at Wingate Park Country Club on Sunday.
Gauteng North’s Keegan Mclachlan and Malcolm Mitchell from KwaZulu-Natal are locked at the top of the leaderboard heading into the final day of the Liberty Gauteng North Open after the pair carded matching rounds of 67 at Wingate Park Country Club on Saturday.
Golf RSA has named the leading four juniors on the South African Golf Association Junior Rankings – Christo Lamprecht, Luca Filippi, Garrick Higgo and Jayden Schaper – for the upcoming African Amateur Championship at Leopard Creek and the 2017 All-Africa Junior Golf Championship in Zimbabwe from 28 – 31 March.
Erhard Lambrechts fired an opening four-under-par 68 to lead the Liberty Gauteng North Open at Wingate Park Country Club on Friday, but there is a large crowd looming in the Bolander’s rear-view mirror.
When Jason Smith starts the Gauteng North Open today, he won’t be thinking about Sunday’s triumph at the Free State Open.
“It would be a big mistake to start thinking about back-to-back victories at Wingate Park because that course warrants all your attention,” said the former SA Stroke Play champion after his practice round at the Tshwane layout on Thursday.
It has been 10 years since he tasted success as a professional golfer, and Graeme Storm made his second victory as memorable as can be as he defeated world number two Rory McIlroy on the third play-off hole on Sunday in the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni.
Sunshine Tour caddie Thama Jeffrey Nkonyane is about to collect the biggest cheque of his 32 year long career after helping England’s Graeme Storm to victory in the BMW SA Open at a packed and trilled Glendower on Sunday afternoon.
Over the last 12 months, the sun has risen over the careers of South Africa’s leading amateurs Marco Steyn, Kyle McClatchie and Jovan Rebula. The trio was among a nine-strong amateur contingent to tee off in this year’s BMW SA Open, proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni, however, two sobering days in the star-studded field left these rising stars with a lot to chew on.