The South African Golf Association (SAGA) named Herman Loubser from Boland, Southern Cape’s Jovan Rebula, Marco Steyn and Dylan Naidoo from Central Gauteng, as well as Keegan de Lange and JP Cooper from Gauteng North to represent South Africa in a two-day Test against a French team from 27 to 28 January at St Francis Links.

Over the last 12 months, the sun has risen over the careers of amateurs Jason Smith and Hendrikus Stoop, but two sobering days at the 104^th South African Open Championship left the Pretoria pair with a lot to chew on.

After Andy Sullivan seized the 104^th South African Open Championship in a dramatic play-off against Charl Schwartzel at Glendower Golf Club on Sunday, the Englishman said he would be milking the victory for all its worth.

While well-known Free State golf export Jbe’ Kruger was imploding in the second round of the South African Open Championship, Bloemfontein junior Wilco Nienaber coolly cruised to an emphatic 10 stroke victory in the Nomads SA Boys Under-15 Championship on Friday.

Wilco Nienaber from Bloemfontein edged two strokes clear of joint first round leader Martin Vorster in the second round of the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship at Rustenburg Golf Club on Thursday.

There wasn’t a player in the 156-strong field that finished the first round of the 104^th South African Open Championship without levelling a strong opinion about the brutal rough at Glendower Golf Club on Thursday.
The thick, long grass that hug the fairways and greens was simply too tough on a day when only 40 players managed to break par and you have to page down to two-over-par 74 to find amateurs Hendrikus Stoop and Tristen Strydom.

“It is business as usual,” saidEkurhuleni’s Tristen Strydom, who will be bringing the same dogged determination that saw him rise to the number two spot in the SA Open Amateur rankings to his debut in the 104^th South African Open Championship at Glendower on Thursday.

Mossel Bay’s Martin Vorster and Wilco Nienaber from Bloemfontein share the first round lead in the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship in the North West Province.

Andi Dill’s face lit up like a Christmas tree when his 20-meter chip shot pitched a foot before the pin and rolled straight into the hole at the par-four 11^th at Zwartkop Country Club on Wednesday.
The birdie was precisely what the 26-year-old Royal Johannesburg & Kensington amateur needed to seal a place in the field for the 104^th South African Open Championship.

A blend of seven past champions, five-time winner Ernie Els, a slew of top European challengers and prime real estate at Glendower Golf Club will serve up an intoxicating cocktail at the 104^th South African Golf Championship, which tees off on Thursday.

Keegan de Lange romped to a three-shot victory in the season-opening Dr Bam Nomads National Order of Merit at Pollak Park Golf Club on Monday and the 17-year-old Pretoria golfer is ready for another fast finish in the SA Open qualifier at Irene Golf Club on Tuesday.

Gauteng North pair Keegan de Lange and Rosswell Sinclair share the 36-hole lead in the Dr Bam Nomads National Order of Merit event at Pollak Park Golf Club after matching each other round for round on Sunday.

Ekurhuleni junior Sentanio Minnie will take a one stroke lead into the second round of the Dr Bam Nomads National Order of Merit event at Pollak Park Golf Club on Sunday.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom put an exclamation mark on a watershed season when he blasted to a top five finish in his debut at the 51st Junior Orange Bowl International in Coral Gables, Florida on New Year’s Eve.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom broke into the top 20 with a solid performance in the 51st Junior Orange Bowl International Golf on Monday, while fellow Ekurhuleni junior Paul Boshoff hung on to a top 30 placing in the third round at the Biltmore Golf Club in Coral Gables, Florida.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom and Paul Boshoff both inched closer to the leaders in the second round of the 51st Junior Orange Bowl International Golf in Coral Gables, Florida on Sunday.
The pair are tied for 24^th at the 36-hole mark at the Biltmore Golf Club and lag just six shots off the pace from joint overnight leader Giovanni Tadiotto from Belgium, who overcame a rocky start to card a 69 for a two shot lead.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom opened his campaign at the 51st Junior Orange Bowl International Golf with a two-over-par 73 at the Biltmore Golf Club, while Ekurhuleni stable mate Paul Boshoff carded a 76 in Saturday’s first round in Coral Gables, Florida.

Top ranked juniors Tristen Strydom and Paul Boshoff will both chase down glory in the Orange Bowl Junior Invitational in the United States from 27-30 December.
Strydom ranks second in the South African Golf Association’s Open Amateur standins and earned his berth in the line-up of the highly exclusive 72-hole stroke play championship by way of winning the Glacier Junior Series National Final.
Boshoff was invited to compete in the in the 51^st edition of the prestigious international event at the Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables, Florida, as the country’s number one ranked junior.

The Western Province was in ascendancy for the 14^th time since 1966 when they lifted the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship at Krugersdorp Golf Club on Friday.

Best laid plans often go haywire, but KwaZulu-Natal executed a perfectly plotted course in the B-Division to secure promotion in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial Championship at Krugersdorp Golf Club on Friday.