The young team from Central Gauteng scraped through for victory against Boland on Monday, but the rookies really stepped it up in today’s second round of the South African Inter Provincial tournament in Bloemfontein.
They might be the rookies but Dylan Raubenheimer and MG Keyser played like grizzled veterans to collect two full points to help Western Province to a draw on the first day of the 51st South African Inter-Provincial on Monday.
The first round of morning foursomes at the 51st South African Inter-Provincial delivered some surprising results at Bloemfontein Golf Club.
A stiff breeze run danced in the trees dotted around the course at Bloemfontein Golf Club this morning, but not even the chilly weather could dampen the spirits as the challenge for the South African Inter-Provincial, sponsored by Tempest, teed off.
The Western Province and Gauteng North teams kept a respectful distance between them during today’s South African Inter-Provincial practice session, but you could still cut the tension at Bloemfontein Golf Club with a knife.
Defending champions Western Province are hunting a seventeenth South African Inter-Provincial title when the South African Golf Association’s premier team competition tees off at Bloemfontein Golf Club from September 19-23.
A dozen of South Africa’s top amateur golfers will be flying the South African flag at three international golf events this October and November.
The country’s top four ranked players – Brandon Stone, Haydn Porteous, Ruan De Smidt and Jared Harvey – will represent South Africa at The Four Nations Cup and Shirley Open in New Zealand while Graham van der Merwe, CJ du Plessis, Riekus Nortje and Daniel Hammond will do duty here at home in the African Amateur Golf Teams Championships (AAGTC).
Dylan Frittelli’s got eliminated from the US Amateur in the round of 32 players when he came up against Peter Uihlein. Frittellli who played solid golf in the second round of the qualifying stroke play, to record a 66, and in the first round of the match play, didnt produce his best golf when he came up against the defending US Amateur Champion.