South African Ashleigh Simon claimed the ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open by three shots after carding a brilliant five under par 67 in windy conditions at CampoReal Resort and Spa near Lisbon on Sunday.
Oubaai’s Monique Smit picked up her first tournament victory of 2011 when she defeated Rustenburg’s Bertine Strauss 4/3 in the final of the Gauteng Match Play Championship played at Randpark Golf Club this week.
SA Stroke Play champion Kim Williams consolidated her place as SA’s number one amateur woman golfer when she won the 36-hole Gauteng Stroke Play championship at Rand Park’s Windsor Course yesterday, 9 May 2011 on two-under 142 (74,68).
The TV Transmission times for the Sanlam SA Amateur Championships were distributed today. The first transmission will be on Monday 9 May 2011 at 17h00 to 17h30 on SuperSport 1.
North West’s Bertine Strauss carded a five-under 68 in the final round of the 54 hole Free State Championships, eight under par and eight strokes ahead of Kim Williams and Nicole Garcia who tied in second place. Alana van Greuning was fourth and 13-year old Kuils River Junior Bianca Theron was tied fifth with Nicole Becker and win the Junior Championship.
13-Year old Bianca Theron from Kuils River Golf Club in the Boland was selected together with Lara Weinstein to represent South Africa at the Jakarta World Junior Championships in June
Former Boland Ladies Golf President Cynthia Rayner was elected Women’s Golf South Africa President at the Annual General Meeting held in Rustenburg last week. She takes over from Erica Lefson who has been in the chair for the past three years.
The Protea team to represent South Africa at the Astor Trophy – formerley the 5 Nations Commonwealth tournamant – was announced by WGSA President Cynthia Rayner at the Samlam SA Women’s Amateur Tournament played at Rustenburg Golf Club last week.
The team, pictured here, is left to right Tiffany Avern-Taplin (KZN), Henriette Frylinck and Kim Williams (Gauteng North) Iliska Verwey (Southern Cape) and Bertine Strauss (North West Province). The non-playing Captain is Sandra Winter, the coach is Val Holland and the manager is Cynthia Rayner.