After a second round 66 in the qualifying round to get into the last 64 of the 111th US Amateur in Wisconsin, Dylan Frittelli made short work of his first round opponent as he defeated Jim Markovitz of Pennsylvania 5 and 4.
Dylan Frittelli, the only South African in the US Amateur being played at Erin Hills, Winsconsin, followed his opening round 76 (4 over) with a superb 66 (6 under) round to move 100 positions down the leadership and secure his place in the top 64 and the Match Play section of the 11th US Amateur Championships.
CJ du Plessis, of Limpopo played stirling golf to pip local boy Riekus Nortje in he Southern Cape Open for 2011 which was held at the Knysna Golf Club.
The South African Golf Association (SAGA) mourns the passing of one of it’s former Presidents, Cecil Wells.
Aged 81, Cecil passed away in Pretoria on Thursday 7 July after a short illness.
Jared Harvey, the 2011 South African Stroke Play Champion, continued his rich vein of over the past few months when he finished in a tie for 5th at The Berkshire Trophy held in Ascot, west of London (UK), this past weekend.
Georgia Tech, the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference men’s golf champion, led the way by placing four players, including Kyle Scott of South Africa, on the 2011 All-ACC men’s golf team, and head coach Bruce Heppler was named Coach of the Year in the conference as selected by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Central Gauteng comfortably beat their neighbours, on the other side of the Jukskei River, Gauteng North, by 8 points to 4 and in so doing won the South African Challenge Cup by three points.
The script for the fifth and final round could not have been created in a more dramatic and unexpected fashion than it was in the fourth round of the South African Country Districts Inter Provincial Tournament played at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate near Stellenbosch.