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Dylan Naidoo from Central Gauteng will lead South Africa’s title defence in the 2016 All-Africa Junior Golf Championship in Sousse, Tunisia today. Naidoo will start the country’s title hunt for an 18^th consecutive victory in the prestigious event at 08h30 alongside Kieran Vincent from Zimbabwe and Patrick Mwendapole from Zambia at the El Kantaoui Golf Course. Marco Steyn from Central Gauteng, Boland’s Herman Loubser and new cap Dylan Mostert from Ekurhuleni follow at 08h40, 08h50 and 09h00 respectively.

Boland junior Garrick Higgo underlined his status as rising star when he defeated Angus Ellis-Cole 2 & 1 in the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship final to seal back-to-back victories on the South African amateur circuit.

Ekurhuleni’s Angus Ellis-Cole set up a semi-final clash against Marco Steyn from Central Gauteng, while 16-year-old Garrick Higgo from Boland also will face Tyrone Gibb from Central Gauteng in the final four at the Northern Amateur Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Friday.

Just a week since he held off a strong international challenge to capture the Curro SA Juniors International Boys title, Boland junior Garrick Higgo claimed two big scalps to reach the final eight at the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Wednesday.

The South African Golf Association congratulates Ekurhuleni Golf Union President Martin Saaiman on his election to the position of acting Second-Vice President. Saaiman was elected at a meeting of the SAGA Executive during the recent Sanlam South African Amateur Championship in George.

Unheralded Dylan Kok upstaged some of the country’s leading lights to lift the 2016 Pro Shop Northern Amateur Stroke Play Championship title at Randpark Golf Club on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Gauteng North player closed with a three-under-par 69 to claim his first provincial victory on 15 under 201 in the weather-shortened 54-hole Qualifier at the Firethorn Course.

South Africa’s top ranked Marco Steyn laid down a marker for a second Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship title when he grabbed a share of the midway lead at Randpark Golf Club on Tuesday.

The Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship will restart this morning with Gauteng North’s Dylan Kok in the driver’s seat.
A total of 44 players still need to complete the second round after organisers were forced to suspend action in the 72-hole qualifier due to dangerous conditions after thunderstorms hit at Randpark Golf Club on Monday afternoon.