RUSTENBURG, North West (15 April 2011) – Iliska Verwey underlined her growing potential when she won an enthralling 34-hole marathon against Swaziland’s Nobuhle Dlamini to claim the Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Match Play Championship title at Rustenburg Golf Club today.
Match Play golf can be unpredictable and never more so than in today’s semi-final matches at the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur at Rustenburg Golf Club.
In two tightly fought duels, underdogs Iliska Verwey and Nobuhle Dlamini fought their way past defending champion Kim Williams and local favourite Bertine Strauss while Rustenburg Lady Captain Thelma Dipperaar derailed 10-year-old Woo-Ju Son’s winning march in the B-Division.
Defending champion Kim Williams ousted Nicole Becker 5 and 4 and Iliska Verwey hammered Talia Nel 8 and 6 to set up a much anticipated semi-final clash at the Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Championship at Rustenburg Golf Club this afternoon.
RUSTENBURG, North West (13 April 2011) – Bhavi Shah of Kenya and Angel Eaton from Tanzania heaped high praise on Women’s Golf South Africa for giving seven players from various African countries the opportunity to tee it up in this year’s Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur at Rustenburg Golf Club.
Pictured here are Jasper Kamukama, Flavia Namakula, Loice Chingono and Nabuhle Dlamini.
Nobuhle Dlamini, the 2009 Match Play champion in 2009, maintained her status as one of the favourites in the Match Play Championship.
Many club golfers never achieve the much coveted hole-in-one, much less under pressure in tournament play, but Anel Herselman managed to get her first on her way to winning her first A-Flight match in the Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Match Play Championship.
RUSTENBURG, North West (13 April 2011) – Stroke Play champion Kim Williams hammered her way to an easy first round victory at the Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Match Play at Rustenburg Golf Club on Wednesday.
RUSTENBURG, North West (12 April 2011) – Kim Williams lauded 2011 Masters Champion Charl Schwartzel for inspiring her successful title defence at the Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Rustenburg Golf Club on Tuesday.