Birdie machine Mae Cornforth defeated top SA junior Magda Kruger to lift the Boland Championship Match Play title in a testing battle at Somerset West Golf Club. The Potchefstroom wielded a hot putter as she navigated her way past Elzanne Kent, Carrie Park and Nicole Garcia to reach the final where she beat Kruger 2&1 for the title.
Bryanston Country Club has confirmed that rising junior golfer Kaleigh Telfer is the first player to claim a rare double in the history of the club.
With less than a four weeks before they depart for the United States, four of South Africa’s top amateurs are hard at work preparing for the 2013 Spirit International in Texas from 30 October to 2 November.
Gauteng North A rallied with iron-fisted determination to seal their seventh successive Pick n Pay SA Women’s Inter-Provincial title in the A Division, while Gauteng B celebrated a hard-earned promotion from the B Division at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Friday.
A Division leaders Gauteng North A enjoyed another successful day at Port Elizabeth Golf Club, but the defending champions can hardly afford to relax after Western Province A moved within striking distance at the Pick n Pay SA Women’s Inter-Provincial on Thurday.
Gauteng North A were simply superior at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday and strengthened their title bid in this year’s Pick n Pay South African Women’s Inter-Provincial with a decisive 8-1 victory against Gauteng North B, while Western Province A and Gauteng A ended in stalemate at 4.5 points each.
It has played out as predicted and the Western Province and Gauteng know they are in for an uphill battle after Tuesday’s qualifier round left two Gauteng North teams in contention for this year’s Pick n Pay SA Women’s IPT title race at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday.
Gunning for their seventh consecutive victory, Gauteng North doubled their odds to extend their dominance in the prestigious women’s team competition when the A team claimed the Jean Tindall Memorial Trophy and the B team also qualified for the top section of the A Division.
Gauteng North have that September swagger again.
It is time for the annual Pick n Pay South African Women’s Inter-Provincial and the defending champions are primed to extend their six year dominance in the country’s most prestigious team championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club from 24-27 September.