Four of South Africa’s leading junior golfers upstaged a bevy of professional players to join a world-class field in the 2016 BMW SA Open Championship, proudly hosted by Ekurhuleni, at Glendower Golf Club. David Meyers, Albert Venter, Herman Loubser and Cameron Moralee boosted the number of amateur starters to nine, which is the biggest amateur contingent to line up in the SA Open in the last 30 years.
South Africa’s top ranked amateur Tristen Strydom has his sights fixed on the prestigious Freddie Tait Cup as he heads a strong cast of amateurs in the BMW SA Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club this week.
Golf RSA, the governing body for amateur golf in South Africa, has announced a National Squad of 34 players for 2016. The squad will be made up of some of the country’s most talented young amateurs and will feature players from the top of the open amateur and junior amateur rankings, plus a good mix of promising youngsters who have the potential to become great players.
Southern Cape’s youthful exuberance, grit and determination was unparalleled as they marched to victory in the South African U-19 Inter-Provincial at Worcester Golf Club on Friday.
The celebrations could have started much earlier, but Free State put the festivities on hold until they could seal the battle for promotion in the South African U-19 Inter-Provincial with an unbeaten record at Worcester Golf Club on Friday.
Southern Cape and Free State may be the guaranteed victors at this year’s South African U-19 Inter-Provincial, but Central Gauteng and Mpumalanga are not giving an inch in the final round at Worcester Golf Club.
Southern Cape may have an unassailable lead, but the Garden Route side will not go easy on Central Gauteng in Friday’s final round of the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at Worcester Golf Club.
While the battle for supremacy in the A-Division has gone the way of Southern Cape, the promotion battle in the B-Section at the South African U-19 Inter-Provincial is heading for an epic battle after Mpumalanga narrowed the gap on log leaders Free State in Thursday’s fourth round at Worcester Golf Club.