Archive – Women

KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher will rely on the short stick when she starts her title defence at the Nomads SA Girls Championship at Orkney Golf Club this Sunday.

The top South African junior delivered an impressive performance to win the championship division of this prestigious national event by four strokes from Gauteng North’s Carrie Park last year. However, the 17-year-old Pietermaritzburg High School matriculant says her studies have had to take priority this year and she is not in the same blistering form as last year.

Mpumalanga’s Monja Richards lifted the Limpopo Championship title with an emphatic 15-stroke victory at the Hans Merensky Golf Club on Sunday for her second regional title this season. The 25-year-old Nelspruit golfer carded rounds of 72-73-71 for a winning total of even-par 216.

South Africa’s Cara Gorlei and Nicole Hannah tied for fifth and compatriot Bianca Lohbauer finished 15^th in the 25-strong Girls A-division field at the Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia on Friday.

After a solid opening round at the Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia, South Africa’s juniors struggled to carry the momentum into Thursday’s second round at the Damai Indah Golf Club in North Jakarta.

Tshwane golfer Nicole Hannah, one of only 10 players in the 25-strong field that posted a sub-80 round, was by far the most impressive among the three South Africans campaigning in the Girls A-Group.

South Africa’s juniors delivered an impressive performance in their opening round at the Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia on Wednesday.

Bianca Lohbauer, Cara Gorlei, Nicole Hannah and Kaleigh Telfer will fly the flag for South Africa against a host of foreign nations in this week’s Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship in Indonesia.

The three teams and managers celebrate Gauteng North’s unprecedented A- and B-Division victories in the 72 Hole Teams Championship at Maccauvlei Golf Club; credit WGSA

Gauteng North celebrated an unprecedented double victory at the 72 Hole Teams Championship after lifting both the Swiss Teams Trophy and Challenge Trophy at Maccauvlei Golf Club on Wednesday.

The defending champions did not only retain their A-Division title, but their B-team finished second while their C-team held off a spirited challenge from Limpopo to capture the B-Division title. This marks the first time that one province has won both the coveted Swiss Teams Trophy and the Challenge Trophy since the B-Division was introduced in 2008.

With the defending champions in command in the Swiss Teams Trophy and their C-team tied for the lead in the Challenge Trophy, Gauteng North will be hunting an unprecedented clean sweep in Wednesday’s final round of the 72 Hole Teams Championship at Maccauvlei Golf Club.