2011 IPT Flag Raising Ceremony
All eyes will be on Country Club Johannesburg next week when 80 of the top women amateur golfers in the country compete in the annual Pick n Pay Inter Provincial Championship on the Woodmead course.
The South African girls struggled against the strong international field at the Harder German Junior Masters.
Looking at the top girls’ scores, it is clear that par or better is required to finish in the top 5 and a lapse in any one round puts you out of the running.
Lara Weinstein, Bianca Theron and Kelly Erasmus are ready to test their skills against their international peers in Germany this week.
Michelle Leigh made a great return to provincial golf after a series of health setbacks when she won the Nomads Strokeplay Tournament held at Wanderers Golf Club on the 17th & 18th July.
The Junior Open, played at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, was won by 16 year old Asuka Kashiwabara, from Japan. She is the first girl ever to win the Junior Open, and her amazing winning margin of 14 strokes after 54 holes is also a record for the tournament.
Two South Africans Cara Gorlei and Thriston Lawrence competed but failed to qualify when then the cut was reduced from 80 to 33 players due to incessant rain. They are pictured here with defending Open Champion Darren Clarke.
Bertine Strauss, on 150 (78, 72) is the leading amateur at the SA Open being played at Selborne Park Golf Club this weekend. A good level par 72 in windy conditions increased her chances of winning the Jackie Mercer Trophy awarded to the leadig amateur in this LET sanctioned event.
Namibia’s Bonita Bredenhann overcame the disappointment of a near miss two years ago and won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Match Play Championship at Benoni Country Club on Wednesday. Bredenhann beat KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher 3/2 in the final, producing some magnificent golf.
The Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Match Play Championship has been thrown wide open, with all of the favourites knocked out of the tournament on a thrilling second day at Benoni Country Club on Tuesday.
South African number one Kim Williams and reigning SA Stroke Play champion Nobuhle Dlamini were beaten in the quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon, while Bertine Strauss couldn’t get past the third round earlier in the day.