Alana van Greuning won her first provincial championship in a play-off against Nicole Becker this week. She achieved this at the 36 hole North West Championship, played at Rustenburg golf club on Sunday 6 March.
Players from twenty countries, including South Africa, have entered the KeNako South African World Juniors, according to Erica Lefson, the Tournament Director.
The 54 hole stroke play tournament, which is to be played from 8 to 10 March 2011 at Kingswood Golf Estate in George, has attracted entries from eighty five boys and thirty girls all of whom are nineteen years of age or younger.
One of the entrants is USA’s Daniela Lendl, daughter of tennis champion Ivan Lendl, pictured here.
Former top-ranked junior Bertine Strauss picked up her first 2011 provincial championship trophy when she recorded a 4/2 win over fast-improving junior Michaela Fletcher at the Border Match Play Championships played this week at East London Golf Club.
Kim Williams picked up her second 2011 provincial stroke play championship trophy when she carded a one-under par 145 to win the Border Championships at East London Golf Club yesterday. Four strokes back on 149 were four players who tied in the runner-up position – Tiffany Avern-Taplin, Bertine Strauss, Iliska Verwey and Lara Weinstein.
Céline Boutier of Montrouge, France, walked away from the ANNIKA Invitational with her first U.S. win in only her second AJGA tournament. Boutier’s second-round 66 proved to be paramount in securing the victory.
The South African girls who had disappointing rounds, consoled themselves with Starbucks!
Connie Chen was awarded the 2010 Compleat Golfer South African Woman Golfer of the Year Award by WGSA Vice-President Cynthia Rayner at a glitttering function held at the Johannesburg Country Club, Woodmead this evening.
Both Lara Weinstein and Izel Pieters returned good scores during the second round of the Annika Invitation being played at the Reunion Resort in Florida, USA this week. Lara is tied ninth after another one-over 73 – the first time SA has had a player in the top10 ten – and after a nervous first round, Izel Pieters came back to record a good four-over 76 on this very difficult course.
Lara Weinstein returned a one-over-par 73 in the first round of the Annika Invitational being played at the Reunion Resort in Florida. She is four off the pace and in 22nd place in a strong international field.