Just five days after he claimed his maiden provincial title in the Eastern Province Championship, Gauteng North’s Albert Venter is in hot pursuit of first round pacesetters in the Central Gauteng Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.
It was announced today that the 105th South African Open Championship will again be proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni from 7 to 10 January 2016 at Glendower Golf Club, with a new title sponsor in BMW South Africa, and it will again have Ernie Els as tournament player-host.
Gauteng North’s Albert Venter shot a course record nine-under-par 63 at Port Elizabeth Golf Club to clinch a provincial breakthrough in the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship on Sunday.
South Africa’s Paul Boshoff completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Heritage Golf Club to lift the MCB Indian Ocean Amateur Golf Open title in Mauritius on Sunday.
The seven-strong South African competing in the MCB Indian Ocean Amateur Golf Open in Mauritius made a dominant start with Paul Boshoff leading the way in Domaine De Bel-Ombre on Friday.
David Konzani claimed the Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship in swashbuckling style at Humewood Golf Club on Friday. Having gained a considerable advantage earlier rounds of 67, 70 and 74, the 55-year-old Port Elizabeth golfer continued in the same vein in the final round to score a runaway 12-shot victory at his home course.
Seven of the country’s top ranked amateurs will be flying the South African flag in the MCB Indian Ocean Amateur Golf Open at the magnificent Heritage Golf Club in Domaine De Bel-Ombre, Mauritius this weekend.
Just a couple of holes into the third round of the Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Humewood Golf Club, former SA tennis ace Kevin Curren and Brian Mampies began calling their playing partner ‘Umthakathi’.