Adrian Ford recorded a 36 hole score of 141, three under par, to be the only amateur under par after today’s second round of the South African Open Championship which was played at Pearl Valley Golf Estates, near Paarl, today.
Adrian Ford was the only amateur to break par in today’s first round of the European and Sunshine Tours co-sanctioned South African Open Championship which was played at Pearl Valley Golf Estates, near Paarl, today.
Seven amateurs will be teeing up in the first round of the South African Open Championship, over 72 holes stroke play, which commences on Thursday at Pearl Valley Golf Estates just outside Paarl in the Western Cape.
Some of the top young amateur golfers who participate in golf development programmes in the Western Cape got to see, watch and learn from three of South Africa’s top professional golfers on Tuesday.
The team from Boland won the 2008 Nomads Junior Inter-Provincial played at Royal Durban Golf Club. The five day competition concluded on Friday 12th December 2008.
The entries have closed on the strongest field in South African Open Championship history, with three Major champions, four current Ryder Cup players, and six of South Africa’s top players set to tee it up at Pearl Valley Golf Estates from December 18-21.
Derik Ferreira and Adrian Ford lost their second and third round matches respectively in the 113th Argentine Amateur Championship match play played yesterday at the Nordelta Golf Course outside Buenos Aires.
Texas freshman Dylan Frittelli has been selected as the Big 12 Men’s Golfer of the Month for November after helping the Longhorns to victory at the recent 19-team Turtle Bay Intercollegiate.