Kim Williams will accompany Yvette du Plessis to The Spirit, being played at Whispering Pines in Texas from 5 - 8 November, WGSA President Erica Lefson announced at the WGSA 72 hole championship prize-giving in East London last week. The team will also include two men to be named by the SAGA in due course. Erica Lefson will manage the team.

South Africa will be defending the team event at the Jakarta World Junior Champiponships to be played at the Bumi Serpong Damai course in Jakarta from 2 - 7 June 2009.

WESTERN Province made a clean sweep in the final round singles to win the South African Challenge Cup interprovincial at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Thursday.

CENTRAL Gauteng reversed their first round sub-standard start, to the South African Challenge Cup interprovincial on Tuesday, to claim a fullhouse of points on the second day's play at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Wednesday.

North West was the front runner all the way at the WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championships played at the picturesque East London golf course this week and Bertine topped the individual championship.::

Teenager Bonita Bredenhann, playing for North West, but resident in Namibia, scored three eagles and two birdies in her third round 68, which also included a double drop.

Full results

The SA President's team were the surprise leaders after the opening day of the South African Challenge Cup interprovincial played at a pristine Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Tuesday.

A four-under-par 69 took Rustenburg teenager Bertine Strauss to a four shot lead at the half-way stage of the WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship. The event was played in near-perfect conditions at East London Golf Club on Tuesday 26 May.

The South African Challenge Cup interprovincial, which gets under way at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Tuesday, will showcase some of country's most promising talent over the next three days.

Boland's Maggie du Toit joins Kim, Marne, Bertine and Yvette at the top of the leader board after round one at the Women's Golf South Africa 72 Hole Teams Championship in East London.

Robbie Oosthuizen, 35 year old Strand Golf Club member from Western Province, won the 72 hole South African Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship in a dramatic finish. He recorded a final round of 76, for a 72 hole total of 292, four over par, to win by one shot from Neil Homann on the final hole.

Local lad Robbie Oosthuizen recorded the best round of the day on Thursday, a three under par 69, to take a one stroke lead, with a level par 54 hole total of 216, in the 72 hole South African Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship being played at De Zalze Golf Club outside Stellenbosch.

Kim Williams' Gauteng North Daisies look in a strong position to retain their WGSA 72 Hole Teams Championship title when the event is played at East London Golf Club next week.

Conrad Amm recorded a second consecutive one under par 71 which gave him a two under par 142, after 36 holes, to take a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the 72 hole 2009 South African Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship being staged at the De Zalze Golf Club, outside Stellenbosch.

Brian October recorded a five under par 67 to take a one stroke lead after the first round of the 72 hole South African Mid Amateur Stroke Play Championship taking place at De Zalze Golf Club outside Stellenbosch.

Marné Roos played flawless golf at Bryanston Country Club this afternoon to defeat Free State's Merition Sandys 7/6 in an 18 hole final.

Nicol van Wyk is, according to the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), the 4th highest ranked player in the amateur game. These ranking, released weekly by the R&A, take into account performances of amateur golfers in tournaments all over the world.

17-year old Bertine Strauss added another stroke play trophy to her cabinet when she picked up the Gauteng Stroke Play Championship with a three-under par 143 at Bryanston Country Club yesterday.

Professional golf is perceived to be financially most lucrative. So, how are these players doing in the money stakes, with the Sunshine Tour a quarter of the way through its 2009 season?

The South African team of Ashleigh Holmes (Captain), Pam Hayward and Marne Roos won the 2009 Regional All Africa Challenge Trophy played at the beautiful Nkonyeni Estate in Swaziland this week.