Altin van der Merwe overcame some early morning nerves and the stifling heat at Hermanus Golf Club on Wednesday, to progress to the quarterfinal of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship.

South Africa’s number one ranked amateur, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, was knocked out in the first round of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Hermanus Golf Club on Tuesday. The Nigel golfer went into the match play event full of confidence after finishing the two rounds of qualifying tied third. But after a fierce battle, Scotland’s Ben Kinsley proved too strong on the day, eventually taking the first round match on the 20^th hole.

George amateur Jovan Rebula was so inspired by his uncle Ernie Els’s performance in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship that it carried him to a one-stroke victory in the 36-hole qualifying tournament for the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Hermanus Golf Club on Monday.

Dylan Mostert became the first golfer on this year’s Glacier Junior Series to qualify for the National Final with his victory in the Selwyn Nathan Tournament at Houghton Golf Club on Sunday.

Scotland’s Daniel Young opened with a six-under-par 66 to lead the first round of qualifying in the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship at Hermanus Golf Club on Sunday.

South Africa’s top amateurs head to Hermanus Golf Club this weekend for the start of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship, and with defending champion Thriston Lawrence in impressive form.

Scotland halted South Africa’s winning run in the Leopard Trophy with a 14-10 victory in a thrilling encounter at the magnificent Leopard Creek near Malelane on Wednesday.

South Africa are up against the wall after Scotland handed the locals a 4-0 drubbing in the second round morning Foursomes to lead the Leopard Trophy at the magnificent Leopard Creek near Malelane 10 - 6.

South Africa and Scotland are all square after the first round action wrapped up Leopard Creek, but the local favourites will have to lift their game to keep the country’s winning record alive in the annual Leopard Trophy.

The South Africans are down a point in the first round of the annual Leopard Trophy after their Scottish opponents mounted a spirited comeback over the back nine at Leopard Creek in the Foursomes matches this morning.

Gauteng North’s Hendrickus Stoop finally trusted his clubs, his ability and his emotions for three consecutive rounds and it paid off handsomely with his first provincial win. The TuksSport golfer finally stepped into the winner’s circle for the first time at the Srixon / Cleveland EP Border Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club.

Top South African amateurs Zander Lombard and Louis Taylor will guide an eight-man national side against a strong line up from the Scottish Golf Union’s Mens National Squad at the fifth annual Leopard Trophy from 18-19 February.

The South African Golf Association’s Junior Team claimed a comprehensive victory over the South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) and a Scottish side, comprising members of the Scottish Golf Union’s Mens National Squad, at the annual Triangular at Randpark Golf Club.

All Jason Smith hoped for a decent result, but the Gauteng North golfer left Benoni Country Club with a lot more after holing a gusty three-footer for birdie at the 18^th for a one stroke victory at the South African Stroke Play Championship on Friday.

Moving day at the South African Stroke Play Championship turned into a slight traffic jam with a sizable pack of international rivals chasing third round leader Bradley Neil from Scotland.
The 18-year-old Blairgowrie amateur reeled in five birdies and 13 pars in a clinical performance at the Benoni Country Club for a 67 and assumed control at 13-under-par 203. But overnight leader Dermot McElroy is just one off the pace, while South Africans Jason Smith and Stefan Cronje are only two shots back heading into Friday’s title chase.

It was not the luck of Irish, as some would have it, but the expertise of regular Sunshine Tour caddie Njabulo Myende that helped Ulsterman Dermot McElroy convert a perfectly-timed hot streak of form into a two shot lead at the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday.
The hot amateur prospect from Ballymena showed his liking for the 6,703 meter layout at Benoni Country Club as he reeled in eight birdies – including two sets of three – and dropped just a single shot to produce a sizzling 65 and take the lead at 10-under-par 134.

Centurion’s Jason Smith, Fezekile Kana from the Eastern Province and France’s Paul Elissalde took Route 66 to move into contention in the second round of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday.

South Africa’s number one amateur Christiaan Bezuidenhout racked up eight birdies in a superb eight-under-par 64 to lead the first round of the South African Stroke Play Championship at Benoni Country Club on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old Nigel golfer, called Rambo by his amateur peers, was at his ball-striking best as he produced the round of the day for a two stroke lead over Chris Selfridge from Ireland.

The internationals laid down a speedy marker at the South African Stroke Play Championship, with Ireland’s Chris Selfridge leading the early first round action at Benoni Country Club.
Modderfontein’s Marco Steyn set the clubhouse target at four-under-par 68, but the Belfast golfer soon bettered this number with a 66 to stamp his authority on this year’s championship.

While former SA Stroke Play champion Richard Sterne will lead the country’s finest against a strong international challenge in his title defence at the Joburg Open, Ekurhuleni’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout will spearhead the local challenge against a large foreign presence when the South African Stroke Play Championship tees off at Benoni Country Club on Tuesday.