Gauteng North’s Larissa du Preez was absolutely delighted when she celebrated her first provincial success with an impressive four stroke victory in the ProShop Ladies Golf Gauteng 36-hole Stroke Play Championship this week.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (15 August 2016) – South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon and Paula Reto are among the world’s top women golfers set to take the Olympic stage in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, 17 August. A field of 60 competitors in the women’s golf competition at Rio 2016 will be seeking to follow in the footsteps of American Margaret Abbott, who won the gold medal in Paris in 1900.
South African-born Justin Rose became golf’s first Olympic champion in over 100 years, as the Brit outlasted British Open champion Henrik Stenson, in a brilliant advert for the game in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
Ivanna Samu’s run in the Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship in Wales shrieked to a stop after Maria Vittoria Corbi from Italy downed the country’s top ranked amateur in the first round of the match play stage on Thursday.
As South Africa’s Jaco van Zyl and Brandon Stone begin their bid in the Men’s Golf Competition at the 2016 Olympic Games, compatriot Ivanna Samu will fly the flag for the country in the very prestigious Girl’s British Open Amateur Match Play in Wales on Wednesday.
Solid putting and ball striking handed Ivanna Samu a share of third in the first round of the Girl’s British Open Amateur Qualifying in Wales on Tuesday. The 17-year-old SA number one fired an opening three-under-par 70 to join Patricia Garre from Spain.
The pair is one shot behind Sweden’s Julia Engstrom and just two off the pace from first round leader Paula Neira from Spain.
South Africa’s number one and two – Ivanna Samu and Kaleigh Telfer – are putting the final touches on their preparation for the 36-hole Qualifier at the 2016 Girls’ British Open Amateur Championship in Wales. We wish our two rising stars all the best for today’s first round at Royal St. David’s Golf Club!!
South Africa’s top ranked Ivanna Samu struck a winning note just days before she departs for Wales to compete in the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship with number two ranked Kaleigh Telfer.