Nobuhle Dlamini and Gary
When you think of Nohbule Dlamini, certain images come to mind: a toothy smile, dimpled cheecks and a charming demeanor.
At the end of the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship at Royal Cape we can add a formidable opponent in one-on-one tussles after she won the Matchplay Championship at the 37th hole from Lumien Orton.
Gilly Tebbutt
If there’s an alarm clock that goes off when a player turns 50, signalling a diminishing ability to accrue tournament titles, Gilly Tebbutt is deaf to it.
Nobuhle Dlamini
Matchplay golf can be unpredictable and never more so than at the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at Royal Cape on Thursday.
While former professional Lumien Orton survived the quarterfinals and semi-finals comfortably enough to advance to the 36-hole final on Friday, Western Province’s Gilly Tebbutt downed Bertine Strauss before she fell to Swaziland’s Nobuhle Dlamini by a one shot margin in the nail-biting round of 18 holes.
Ellie and Beaut (Ashleigh Holmes)
She sets up at the tee, studies the ball for a few moments and swings in a motion that looks effortless. The ball starts off low and then begins to rise, soaring far down the fairway until it hits in the middle.
This isn’t an LPGA pro – it’s an 11-year-old girl from Johannesburg.
As expected, teenager Bertine Strauss hammered her way to the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Matchplay quarterfinals at Royal Cape, but it was a day of upsets and disappointments for tournament favourites Kim Williams and Yvette du Plessis.
Yvette du Plessis
Local star Yvette du Plessis held her nerve over the closing holes at Royal Cape to seal the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship title by two strokes on Tuesday.
Kirsten Campbell
Gauteng star Kirsten Campbell enjoyed a memorable triumph when she lifted the B-Division title at the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Strokeplay Championship on Tuesday.
Bertine Strauss is perfectly placed to win her first Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Strokeplay title after a second round 72 moved her to within striking distance of leaders going into the final round at Royal Cape Golf Club.