South Africa’s top four ranked juniors rallied to an emphatic five point victory against the French in the final round of a two-day Test at the Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate on Saturday.

The South African junior team got off to a dream start in the first round of the two-day Test at the Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate to claim a 4 1/2 -1 1/2 lead against a top four-man French side on Friday.

The South African Golf Association (SAGA) has named an Open Amateur team and junior side for two international events this February. South African number two Zander Lombard and sixth ranked Louis Taylor will lead the senior team in the country’s title defence at the annual Leopard Trophy against members of the Scottish Golf Union’s Mens National Squad at Leopard Creek in Mpumalanga from 18-19 February.

South Africa’s top amateurs will throw down the gauntlet against a strong foreign invasion in this year’s South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Benoni Country Club from 4-7 February. South African number one Christiaan Bezuidenhout will spearhead the local challenge alongside Zander Lombard, reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Thriston Lawrence and NJ Arnoldi, respectively ranked second, third and fourth on the current South African Golf Association’s (SAGA) rankings.

SA number one junior Kyle McClatchie is primed to lead a quartet of talented juniors in a two-day Test against France at his home course, the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate, at the end of January. McClatchie will be joined by reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Thriston Lawrence from Mpumalanga, Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Jovan Rebula from Southern Cape and reigning Kenya Open Amateur champion Hennie du Plessis from Polokwane in the two-day event.

The R&A, the joint world governing body announced yesterday that they would permit the use of distance measuring devices (D.M.D.s) at all their AMATEUR EVENTS for 2014.

Ekurhuleni’s Kyle McClatchie holed a confident eagle putt to defeat Hennie du Plessis from Limpopo in a play-off for the Dr Bam Nomads National Order of Merit title at Pollak Park Golf Club on Monday.

Top SA junior Jovan Rebula claimed the first Nomads National Order of Merit tournament of new season after edging out Wingate Park junior Juan-Pierre Cooper with a birdie at the first play-off hole on Friday.

Britain’s Herman Loubser completed his winning march at the Fish River Sun Country Club in superb fashion when he romped to a six-shot victory in the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship on Tuesday.

British golfer Herman Loubser took advantage of the sunny conditions at the Fish River Sun Country Club to keep ahead of the chasing pack at the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship on Monday.

Herman Loubser from the United Kingdom was the surprise leader after Sunday’s first round of the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship at the Fish River Sun Country Club.

Central Gauteng truly embodied the spirit of team effort when they combined to beat Gauteng North in the final round on Friday and lift the 2013 South African Junior Inter-Provincial at Bellville Golf Club.

Southern Cape mowed down North West on the final day of this year’s South African Junior Inter-Provincial, beating their biggest rivals for the coveted promotion to the A-Section of the country’s largest national junior team championship on Friday.

It’s do or die time at Bellville Golf Club for defending champions Gauteng North and 2011 winners Western Province after Central Gauteng took control of the A-Division on Thursday, while the promotion battle at this year’s South African Junior Inter-Provincial is down to the final match between Southern Cape and North West.

After three rounds at this year’s South African Junior Inter-Provincial, the A-Division could go down to the wire in a three-way battle between defending champions Gauteng, hosts Western Province and dark horse Central Gauteng, while KwaZulu-Natal took yet another step towards promotion by defeating Southern Cape in the B-Division on Wednesday.

Indwe Risk Services have signed a three-year extension to their sponsorship agreement of the SA Golf Association’s senior amateur golf. The short term insurance broker have been a partner to the senior amateur golf circuit for nearly a decade as the title sponsor of their two flagship events, the Indwe Risk Services South African Senior Inter-Provincial and Indwe Risk Services Senior Amateur Open Championship.

The Western Province gave Gauteng North licking to signal their intention at this year’s South African Junior Interprovincial this year, while neighbours Boland bounced back from mixed first round results to defeat Mpumalanga that put the side firmly back in the battle for promotion at Bellville Golf Club on Tuesday.

Defending champions Gauteng North provided manager Andre Louw the strong start he hoped for by scoring a solid victory in Monday’s opening round of the South African Junior Interprovincial at Bellville Golf Club.

Gauteng North will launch their title defence in the South African Junior Interprovincial at Bellville Golf Club on Monday, but the 2012 champions will face a very determined challenge from the local heroes, Western Province.

The South African Golf Association (SAGA) will dedicate the upcoming South African Junior Inter-Provincial Championship to the memory of the country’s founding president, Nelson Mandela.