Defending champions Central Gauteng signalled their intentions with a first round A-Section victory, while Eastern Province threw down the gauntlet in the B-Section at Durban Country Club to top the log at the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial on Monday.
Central Gauteng will kick off their South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial title defence from 14-8 October, but last year’s champions could be in for a tough battle against title rivals KwaZulu-Natal at Durban Country Club.
North West amateur Aubrey Beckley held his nerve over an eight-foot clutch putt at the closing hole to thwart a brave bid by Pretoria duo Zander Lombard and Jason and seal his maiden provincial victory at the Ekurhuleni Open.
With less than a four weeks before they depart for the United States, four of South Africa’s top amateurs are hard at work preparing for the 2013 Spirit International in Texas from 30 October to 2 November.
The country’s leading senior amateurs will flock to Fancourt in George this October for the annual Indwe Risk Services Senior Amateur Open Championship. Defending champion Mellette Hendrikse will be hunting an Indwe Risk Services Senior Open double and two-time champion Jock Wellington will pursue his third championship victory at Africa’s premier golfing resort from 23-25 October.
Junior golfers Marco Steyn, Karabo Mokoena and Dylan Naidoo hit the winning numbers to ensure a podium finish for Modderfontein Golf Club in this year’s Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Teams Championship at Clarens Golf Club.
Jaco Linde, Corne Oliver and Hennie du Plessis produced the scores for Polokwane to take pole at the 36-hole mark at this year’s Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Teams Championship at Clarens Golf Club.
While South Africa’s 2010 Open champion makes a welcome return to competitive golf at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, 72 of South Africa’s top junior golfers will be challenging in the Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Teams Championship at Clarens Golf Club from 29-30 September.