South African Junior Haydn Porteous is lying tied second after the first round with a one under par 70, one stroke behind Daniel Nielsen of Denmark at the R & A Junior Open being played at Lundin Golf Club in Fife, Scotland.
South Africa’s Kelli Shean qualified for the final two rounds as the leading amateur on +7 at the UP Women’s Open Championship being played at Oakmont Country Club this week.
Kelli Shean
Despite an indifferent 79 in testing weather conditions during the second round of the US Women’s Open being played at Oakmont County Club this week, South African amateur Kelli Shean is still on track to make the cut and play this weekend. Kelli is now on +7 with the projected cut at +11.
Kelli Shean
South African Kelli Shean returnd a one-under 70 to lie in joint second place after the first round of the US Open being played at Oakmont Country Club from 8 to 11 July.
Izel Pieters
Mpumalanga’s Izel Pieters travels to Scotland on Friday 9 July to participate in the biennial Junior Open Championship to be played at Lundin Golf Club, 12 miles away from the historic St Andrews.
17 year-old Connie Chen carried home three trophies from Services Golf Club this week when she won the Stroke Play, Match Play and Junior Gauteng North Championships in a top SA Women’s field and on a course that had been lengthened to 5600 for the stroke play and 5840 for the match play championship.
The SuperSport TV insert of the WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship has postponed to Wednesday 23rd June at 7.30pm.
Connie receives her prize
South Africa’s Connie Chen carded a 67, the low round of the girl’s championship, on the final day of the Jakarta World Junior Championships to finish as runner-up on 217, one stroke behind the winner Chirupat Jao-Javanil of Thailand.