Dylan Frittelli finished joint runner-up while Sunshine Tour rookie Zander Lombard enjoyed his biggest payday with a fourth place finish in the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland on Sunday.

Former top South African amateurs Zander Lombard and Dylan Frittelli are well positioned to chase down a maiden European Tour victory after grabbing a share of the Australian PGA Championship in Saturday’s third round.

The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has announced adjustments to the national amateur ranking system that should see players rewarded for consistency rather than frequency of play.
The tweaks to the ranking system will come into effect from 1 January 2016 and will bring South Africa’s amateur ranking system closer to the World Amateur Golf Ranking system.

The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has ditched its paperwork and moved the entry system for the Sanlam South African Amateur Match Play Championship and South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship exclusively online.

Two of the South African Golf Association's former number one ranked amateurs are dominating in the Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast!

It is not uncommon to see a football field in most rural areas around South Africa. But it is uncommon to see a football field being used by the local children to practice golf on. From the football field at the Riverside Farm near Malelane to the world-class practice facility that has been built at Leopard Creek, the young golfers of the South African Golf Development Board’s (SAGDB) Mpumalanga chapter are immersing themselves in their passion for the game.

Johann Rupert has been awarded Honorary Membership of the PGA of South Africa, becoming the first amateur golfer in the 90-year history of the PGA of South Africa to receive this award.

Top ranked South African pair Teaghan Gauche and Tristen Strydom were both eliminated in the 120^th Argentine Amateur Championship in Argentina on Thursday.

Modderfontein mid-amateur Steven Williams upstaged some of the country’s leading senior professionals to lift the prestigious South African Senior Open title at Blue Valley Golf Estate on Wednesday.

Woodhill amateur Philip Kruse boxed an eagle putt at the final hole at Maccauvlei Country Club to celebrate a long-awaited return to the winner’s circle in the Harry Oppenheimer Trophy on Thursday. The 19-year-old Gauteng North golfer collected the Vaal Amateur Trophy as the leading amateur through 36-holes and joined a prestigious list of past winners with a five stroke victory on 16-under-par 272.

James du Preez fired a terrific six-under-par 66 in the third round of the Harry Oppenheimer Trophy, but fellow Gauteng North amateur Philip Kruse maintained an iron-clad grip on the prestigious championship with a flawless 65 at Maccauvlei Country Club.

Joint overnight leader Philip Kruse pulled away from the pack and opened up a two stroke lead at the halfway mark of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Trophy at Maccauvlei Country Club on Wednesday.

Philip Kruse fired a flawless five-under-par 67 to join a four-way tie for the lead in the Harry Oppenheimer Trophy with fellow Gauteng North golfer Albert Venter, Brandon Cloete from Southern Cape and Luke Jerling from Eastern Province.

Eric Banks and Tony Gil claimed back-to-back victories for Canada in the 44^th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina on Sunday, while top ranked pair Tristen Strydom and Teaghan Gauche claimed a fifth place finish in the 20^th International Team Tournament to extend South Africa’s proud history in the event.

Ekurhuleni’s Dylan Mostert staved off four rivals with a birdie at the final hole to celebrate his first provincial victory in the Central Gauteng Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Sunday.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom and Teaghan Gauche closed the gap on the joint leaders in the International Team Competition at the 44^th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina on Saturday.

Modderfontein ’s Marco Steyn produced a flawless nine-under-par 63 to open up a yawning gap on the field in the second round of the Central Gauteng Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club on Saturday.

South Africa’s top ranked Tristen Strydom and Teaghan Gauche made a solid start in the International Team Competition at the 44^th Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina, but will have to dig in to keep Australia from claiming their sixth victory in the prestigious event at Los Lagartos Country Club in Buenos Aires.

Just five days after he claimed his maiden provincial title in the Eastern Province Championship, Gauteng North’s Albert Venter is in hot pursuit of first round pacesetters in the Central Gauteng Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.