A wet course and a steady downpour at Kuils River Golf Club had little effect on Bryanston’s Kaleigh Telfer, who hit the front at the Boland Junior Championship with an opening two-under-par 70 on Wednesday.
Africa’s numbers on the Ladies European Tour got a significant boost as South Africa’s two top ranked amateurs, Kim Williams and Nobuhle Dlamini from Swaziland, as well as Bonita Bredenhann from Namibia clinched their full cards for 2014 in the final round of the Lalla Aicha Tour School Final Qualifying in Morocco.
At the end of 72 holes at Golf Al Maaden in Marakesh, South Africa’s top ranked amateurs Kim Williams, Nobuhle Dlamini and Nicole Garcia have just one hurdle left to cross at the 2014 Ladies European Tour’s Lalla Aicha Tour School Final Qualifying in Morocco.
Ekurhuleni’s Nicole Garcia celebrated her 23rd birthday in high spirits on Wednesday, after successfully crossing the first hurdle in her campaign to secure a card for the 2014 Ladies European Tour. The country’s number four ranked amateur claimed a top 10 finish at one of three pre-qualifying events to make the field for the ultimate test, Final Stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School this weekend.
Womens Golf South Africa joins the nation in mourning the passing of Nelson Mandela. As the federation controlling amateur women’s golf in South Africa, we salute this great man who has inspired us all.
Womens Golf South Africa’s Elite Squad coaches, Val Holland and Anna Becker, presented a Future Champions Junior Clinic on Sunday following the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship.
Bryanston’s Kaleigh Telfer showed a lot of guts, grit and determination to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship at Selborne Golf Club at the weekend. The 15-year-old carded rounds of 75-74-75 to beat local favourite Michaela Fletcher by nine shots for the title, barely two weeks after she defeated SA number one Kim Williams for the Mpumalanga Championship.
Just 10 days after she defeated SA number one Kim Williams for the Mpumalanga Championship title, Kaleigh Telfer has taken a three shot lead in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship at Selborne Golf Club.