South African number one Nobuhle Dlamini led the favourites into the third round of the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at Milnerton Golf Club on Monday.
After a first round bye, Dlamini enjoyed a comfortable 7&5 win over Durban golfer Claudia Redinger.
She was followed into the third round by the country’s number two ranked player, Kim Williams, who in contrast had to work for her 6&4 victory over Sylvia Masango.
Nobuhle Dlamini emerged from Milnerton Golf Club’s Sunday afternoon mist with a two-stroke victory in the stroke play tournament that was no more than a warm-up for her attempt at the double in this week’s Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship.
The 36-hole stroke play serves as a seeding tournament for the main match play championship from Monday to Wednesday. And Dlamini reinforced her status as favourite with her rounds of 75 and 68 for a total of one over par 143.
Lara Weinstein accomplished what she set out to do when the defeated Kim Williams in a thrilling final to clinch the Gauteng North Womens Open title at Centurion Country Club on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old Royal Johannesburg and Kensington golfer won the closely fought contest with a regulation par after Williams paid the price of a wayward tee shot at the last hole.
South African number one Nobuhle Dlamini has her sights set on a rare national amateur double when she tees it up as the favourite in next week’s Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at Milnerton Golf Club.
In April, the Swazi golfer won the Sanlam Amateur Stroke Play Championship by a commanding 12 strokes at Pretoria Country Club and is focused on a career first of adding her name to the match play trophy as well.
Ekurhuleni’s Nicole Garcia underlined her growing stature when she claimed an emphatic seven stroke victory in the Gauteng North Golf Union’s Womens Open Championship Stroke Play qualifier at Centurion Country Club on Monday.
The victory was her third this season, following triumph at the Gauteng 54-Hole Championship at Randpark Golf Club and the Free State & Northern Cape Championship title at Clarens Golf Estate in May.
Ji Sun Kang produced one of the classiest performances of her young career to claim a magnificent wire-to-wire victory in the Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club on Tuesday.
Starting the final round with a five shot lead, the Korean-born Western Province player signalled her intentions with an eagle three at the par-five first hole and four bogeys notwithstanding,closed with a two-over-par 74 to finish on a winning total of one-over-par 217 and a superb four shot victory over her closest challenger, team mate Cara Gorlei.
Overnight leader Ji Sun Kang from Korea is still holding sway in the A-Division after a tough second round at Orkney Golf Club, while Symone Henriques from Gauteng took a three shot lead in the B-Division of the Nomads SA Girls Championship on Monday.
Korea’s Ji Sun Kang took a commanding lead in the A-Division in round one of the prestigious Nomads SA Girls Championship , while 11-year-old Caitlyn McNab grabbed a share of the B-Division lead at Orkney Golf Club on Sunday.
The 17-year-old Province player from Atlantic Beach Golf Club opened up a yawning four shot gap on her closest challenger, Carrie Park, when she became the only player to break par at the Orkney course with an opening three-under-par 69 on Sunday.