At long last, the registration of Golf RSA has been finalised. We are both relieved and excited that the organisation is now officially registered. This letter serves to communicate the steps that are currently underway or will occur very shortly.
Ivanna Samu, Kaleigh Telfer and Cara Gorlei will represent South Africa in a record field of 55 women’s nations at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championships, conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF), in September.
Let’s take a closer look at the South African trio hoping to hunt down the country’s second title in the Espirito Santo Trophy at the Mayakoba El Camaleon and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Clubs from 14-17 September.
Golf RSA has recently contracted former Western Province Director of Golf Eric Lefson to coordinate a course rating programme that will bring the rating of South African golf courses in line with the USGA’s course rating system.
As one prestigious Open wrapped up on Wednesday, another started in Scotland and, having flown the flag for South Africa with great pride in the Junior Open Championship this week, two of the country’s brightest prospects were eager to get to Royal Troon to for the first round of The Open Championship.
It felt as if she had come full circle when Lumien Orton won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Orton beat the Western Cape’s Cara Gorlei 2Up in the final after earlier defeating Symone Henriques 2&1 to make the final.
Gauteng’s Symone Henriques surprised even herself as she played her way into the semi-finals of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Tuesday. The 15-year-old Henriques was floating around the links on Tuesday morning after beating one of the favourites, Michaela Fletcher, 2&1 to make it through to the afternoon’s quarterfinals.
South Africa’s top ranked Woo-Ju Son from Gauteng and recent Dimension Data Junior Open champion Christo Lamprecht from Southern Cape are rubbing shoulders with the cream of junior golf in the Junior Championship in Scotland.
With a major Grade 12 Maths exam still to negotiate later this week, Kaleigh Telfer is pleased the numbers on her scorecard are falling in her favour at the moment as she won her second round match in the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at the Ebotse Links on Monday.