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Month: October 2018

Ex-Springbok Breyton Paulse celebrates heroes of a different nature

While former Springbok wing Breyton Paulse was delighted to see some of the current Springboks at Sun City on Monday – and he made a point of telling them how impressed he has been with their recent Rugby Championship performances – the prolific try-scorer said the people he considered the biggest heroes at the famous…

Big guns fire early at SA Mid-Amateur IPT

KIMBERLEY, 8 October 2018 – Defending champions Central Gauteng and Gauteng North made a fast start in the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial on Monday, while Free State and Mpumalanga threw down the gauntlet in the promotion battle at Kimberley Golf Club. A-SECTION Central Gauteng made a stirring start to their title defence when they pushed…

Double firsts for Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga at Devonvale

STELLENBOSCH, 5 October 2018 – The underdogs won the day in a dramatic finale at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate as Ekurhuleni and Mpumalanga both celebrated double firsts in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship on Friday. Ekurhuleni defeated defending champions Western Province 6.5 – 2.5 in a pressure-packed final round to lift the A-Section…

‘No pressure’ as Van Wyk strides to victory at Clovelly

A day after completing his Grade 12 exams, Southern Cape junior Ben van Wyk shot one of the rounds of his life to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series event at Clovelly with a round of 67 that included two bogeys in the final three holes. “I guess I just took the pressure off…

Daisies go all the way at Nomads SA Under-13 Champs

MODIMOLLE, 5 October 2018 – Gauteng North showed huge heart in the face of adversity to celebrate an uncontested runaway victory in the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship at Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate on Thursday. One man down for a second successive day, the five remaining players posted a final round 391 to win…

Epic battles loom at SA Women’s IPT

STELLENBOSCH, 4 October 2018 – The final round of the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate is shaping up for a mouth-watering finale in both sections on Friday. Defending champions Western Province are in for a ding-dong battle against Ekurhuleni for the championship title, while Mpumalanga and Border will…

Battle lines drawn SA Under-13 Champs

MODIMOLLE, 4 October 2018 – An epic battle is on the cards in today’s final round of the Nomads SA Under-13 Championship today after Gauteng North and Western Province overhauled first round leaders North West in an action-packed second round. North West raced to the top of the pile with an opening round of 388…

Ekurhuleni lays down a marker at SA Women’s IPT

STELLENBOSCH, 3 October 2018 – Western Province mowed down Southern Cape on day one to strengthen their bid for successive victories, but Ekurhuleni showed some serious spunk to match the defending champions with a winning start in the 58th South African Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate on Wednesday. A-SECTION – DIVISION…

Province throws down the gauntlet at Devonvale

STELLENBOSCH, 2 October 2018 – Western Province made a winning start to their title defence in the 58th SA Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship with a convincing performance in Tuesday’s Seeding Round. The morning foursomes teed off in little more than a gentle breeze at Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate. Kelly Erasmus and Zayb Fredericks combined for…

GolfRSA Rules Modernisation Seminars All Set to Tee Off

With just a few weeks until the launch of GolfRSA’s Rules Modernisation seminars, time is running out to sign up to qualify as an R&A-accredited rules official. With the R&A and the USGA having announced final changes to the Rules of Golf for 2019, it is vital that all golfers, golf administrators, referees, golf directors…

An introduction to The Business of Golf

When we look at the business of golf on a global scale, it quickly becomes evident that many of the strategic and management challenges are common to all golf facilities and businesses, no matter how different their geographic location might be. Outside of the local rules, which govern on a regional and individual facility level,…