Border natives Jade Buitendag and Andre Nel, Aubrey Beckley from North West and Gauteng North’s Jason Smith mounted a spirited final round challenge to chase down South Africa’s third successive title and eighth victory in the Africa Amateur Golf Team Championship in Kenya on Thursday.
Playing for pride, the South African team produced their best golf in the final round of the Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas on Wednesday.
The stage is set for an epic battle between log leaders KwaZulu-Natal and Central Gauteng at the 2015 South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial Championship in Buffalo City on Thursday.
South Africa’s title defence at the Africa Amateur Golf Team Championship in jeopardy and the defending champions will have to chase down Zimbabwe to secure their eighth victory in the prestigious teams championship at Limuru Country Club.
South Africa’s top ranked senior Mellette Hendrikse will be gunning for a third Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Stroke Play Championship title at the magnificent Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth from 20-23 October.
South Africa will be hunting a low total in the third round of the Africa Amateur Golf Team Championships (AAGTC) in Kenya after losing their overnight lead Limuru Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.
The South African team made a very sombre start in the second round of the Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club in in Texas on Tuesday after their disqualification from the Team Competition.
KwaZulu-Natal dealt defending champions a knock-out punch while Central Gauteng held off a feisty Gauteng North team in the second round, while Eastern Province claimed two more scalps to strengthen their B-Section promotion bid in the 2015 South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at East London Golf Club on Tuesday.