Just a week after he tied for second at the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship, South Africa’s number two ranked amateur Haydn Porteous joined the battle for glory at the St Andrews Links Trophy in Scotland. The reigning SA Stroke Play champion opened with a one-over-par 72 on the New Course, but a four-under-par 68 at the Old Course lifted the 17-year-old to a share of third at the halfway point.
Dutchman Daan Huizing got off to a flying start and left the field in his wake while Boland golfer Drikus Bruyns was the top performer for the six-man South African squad touring Scotland in round one of the St Andrews Links Trophy.
Reigning South African Stroke Play champion Haydn Porteous overcame damaging middle rounds to tie for second at the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship at Kilmarnock in Barassie, Scotland on Sunday.
South Africa’s Haydn Porteous took full advantage of gloriously sunny conditions on the Scottish west coast lay down an early marker at the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship. In an opening round that featured two eagles, the reigning SA Stroke Play champion fired an eight-under-par 65 to open up a two stroke lead on the field at Kilmarnock.
Dylan Frittelli, who has recently finished his four year stint in College in America, finds himself as the 9th ranked Amateur on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), a system run by the R&A.
The Kwazulu Natal Amateur has been moved to Port Shepstone due to damaged greens at Sanlameer.
Alternate accommodation may be needed as from Sanlameer to Port Shepstone is 33km (closer to Durban).
Central Gauteng claimed a crucial one point final round victory over a SA Junior Golf side to come up trumps in this year’s SA Challenge Inter-Provincial, but it was the eight development players from the Presidents Team who stole the show at Cullinan Golf Club on Friday.
The Challenge and SA Country Districts Inter Provincial Tournaments finish tomorrow at Cullinan Golf Club (one of South Africa’s premier 9 hole courses) and Polokwane Golf Club respectively.
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South African Country Districts