Ekurhuleni’s Tristen Strydom replaced first round leader Altin van der Merwe in pole position at the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old from Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate took advantage of the early morning breeze at Umhlali Country Club to navigate his way to a three-under-par 68 and lunged to the top of the leaderboard on three under 139.
Altin van der Merwe carded an opening two-under-par 69 at Umhlali Country Club to hit the front at the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. The Western Province number finished one shot clear of fellow Province golfer, Luca Filippi, and German junior, Michael Pfeifer.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout lived up to his number one amateur billing when he claimed his second title this season in convincing style at the Sanlam Cape Province Open in George on Sunday.
The Ekurhuleni golfer held off reigning Sanlam SA Amateur, Thriston Lawrence, with a final round 68 for three stroke victory on 14-under-par 274.
Two of the country’s top ranked amateurs will go head-to-head in the third round of the Sanlam Cape Province Open on Sunday, after the SA number one Christiaan Bezuidenhout joined overnight leader, Zander Lombard, in pole position on Saturday.
Jovan Rebula will be looking to extend his winning record of SA Boys titles when the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship tees off at Umhlali Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.
Gauteng North’s Zander Lombard fired a magnificent five-under-par 67 in the opening round of the Sanlam Cape Province Open to lead by one shot from Armand Scholtz and Gerlou Roux.
Six provincial open championships winners this season will be hunting for repeat success at the Cape Province Open from 28-30 March.
The country’s number one ranked amateur, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, will lead the 126-man field at two of the Garden Route’s top golf courses, George Golf Club and Kingswood Estate Golf Estate.
James du Preez celebrated a lengthy return to form from injury with his first senior provincial title at the North West Open Championship on Sunday. The Pretoria golfer tied Gerlou Roux from the Western Province in regulation play on 14-under-par 274, and clinched the title in a sudden death play-off at Rustenburg Golf Club.