Southern Cape’s Jovan Rebula reeled off four birdies and two eagles to scorch his way into the semi-finals of the Match Play at the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Thursday.
Rebula, winner of the 2014 Proudfoot Trophy, dispatched the number two ranked SA amateur Jason Smith 3&2 in his morning quarterfinal match.
Southern Cape’s Jovan Rebula is looking to add the Match Play title to his already impressive list of victories at the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship after making it through to the quarterfinal at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Wednesday.
The 2014 Proudfoot Trophy winner beat Gordon Neale from Dove Canyon 3 & 2 to advance to the top 16 and defeated 36-year-old Gareth Clements from Country Club Johannesburg 1-up to reach the quarter-finals.
South African number two ranked player Jason Smith safely navigated his way into the last 16 of the Match Play at the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Wednesday morning.
As the top-ranked SA player left in the draw, the former SA Stroke Play champion ousted fellow Gauteng North amateur Philip Kruse 5&4 with some solid play which yielded four birdies and no drops in a remarkably consistent round of knockout golf.
The top two seeds crashed out to two Gauteng North players in the first round of the Match Play at the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Tuesday.
Both the Proudfoot Trophy winner, Greig Marchbank from Scotland, and Tristen Strydom, the runner-up in the 36-hole qualifying event, fell to unexpected defeats, leaving the knockout format wide open for the 32 remaining players.
South Africa’s Teaghan Gauche defeated Proudfoot Trophy winner Greig Marchbank from Scotland 2&1 in the first round of the Match Play at the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Tuesday.
Scotland’s Greig Marchbank defeated South Africa’s number one ranked Tristen Strydom in a sudden-death playoff to claim the Proudfoot Trophy in the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Monday.
Pretoria Country Club golfer Keegan de Lange vaulted into a share of the lead at five-under-par at the completion of the rain-affected first round of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Monday.
The strong Scottish contingent made their presence felt on day one of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship before lighting and thunder brought a premature close to proceedings at Silver Lakes Golf Estate on Sunday.
Greig Marchbank and Daniel Young set the pace at five-under-par 67, while the Boland’s Johan Germishuys leads the local challenge in the 144-man field at four under 68.