Border golfer Zethu Myeki made a superb start to her title defence on a very blustery first day at the Border Championship on Saturday. Myeki reeled in three birdies to offset a pair of bogeys for an opening one-under-par 72.
Border amateur Zethu Myeki will make an historic debut for Womens Golf South Africa when she lines up in the prestigious All-Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) alongside top ranked Kaleigh Telfer and Ivanna Samu in Tunisia this April.
Woo-Ju Son described her final round in the Gauteng North Junior Championship as “very ordinary”, but even when the petite Gauteng junior punches below average, Son is tough to beat.
Just a month after a breakthrough victory in the Nomads WGWP Junior Championship at Durbanville Country Club, the Eagle Canyon golfer was delighted with a podium finish at Waterkloof Golf Club.
Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry will be looking add to her growing list of victories on the Womens Golf South Africa circuit in this weekend’s Border Championship following her rare ‘double’ triumph in the Eastern Province Championship this month.
It was one for the books as top ranked amateur Ivanna Samu upstaged the country’s leading professionals to grab the first round lead in the Cape Town Ladies Open at Royal Cape Golf Club on Wednesday.
The lanky 17-year-old Ruimsig golfer showed some exceptional skills in a testy north-westerly wind to fire an opening six-under-par 68 for a one stroke lead over the high profile likes of Lee-Anne Pace, Ashleigh Simon and Monique Smit.
Top Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry claimed her third amateur title on South African soil in the Eastern Province Championship on Sunday. The Sierre golfer edged out Zethu Myeki from Border by three strokes on even-par 144 to lift the Stroke Play division title in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality sponsored event at Port Elizabeth Golf Club.
Most golfers would be seriously frustrated to shoot 20 over par in a 54-hole championship and even more so if you are ranked among South Africa’s top three amateurs. Yet, Zethu Myeki from Border wore a great, big smile after a tie for 30th in her debut in the Ladies Joburg Open on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in early January.
South Africa’s Ivanna Samu defeated Swiss amateur Azelia Meichtry in a count-out on five-over-par 221 for the leading amateur honours in the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies.