Western Province’s Altin van der Merwe and Cara Gorlei both claimed top three finishes for South Africa at the 5^th Albatross International Junior Golf Championship in India on Friday.

The Windies might still be struggling to come to terms with the pitch in Kanpur, but South Africa’s Altin van der Merwe and Tristin Galant are definitely gaining the measure of the greens at the Jaypee Greens Golf Club in Delhi.

Boland golfer Armandt Scholtz won the Harry Oppenheimer Trophy, Gauteng North clinched the International Teams Championship at Maccauvlei Golf Club and in Argentina, Western Province amateur Gerlou Roux reached the quarter-finals of the Argentine Amateur.

Louis Taylor - the lone surviving amateur after the cut for the 103rd South African Open Championship was made – says he lived through a career-defining experience this week.

Free State amateur Louis Taylor recovered superbly from a mid-round stumble to sign off on a third round 70, which left him a creditable five under par ahead of Sunday's final round of the 103rd South African Open Championship.

South Africa’s Callum Mowat was eliminated, but Gerlou Roux will be hunting a spot in the semi-final of the Argentine Amateur Championship after navigating his way past local heroes Jose Chon and Martin Contini at the Martindale Golf Club in Pilar, Argentina on Friday.

Louis Taylor does not play too often with the pros, but when he does, he's shown quite capable of upstaging them. Taylor was one of a handful of amateurs who enjoyed automatic exemption from the custodians of the South African Open Championship – the South African Golf Association – to play in the 103^rd edition at Glendower.

South Africa’s Gerlou Roux claimed a comprehensive victory and countryman Callum Mowat sent his opponent packing at the 19^th hole to advance to the second round of the Argentine Amateur Championship at Martindale Golf Club in Pilar, Argentina.

Reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Thriston Lawrence had a bird's eye view of big time golf at the 103rd SA Open at Glendower on Thursday. The 16-year-old Nelspruit teenager was grouped with 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and European Tour winner Scotsman Scott Jamieson in round one and after 18 holes, a mightily relieved Lawrence declared: "I'm glad it's all over."

South Africa’s Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat claimed a top five finish in the 42^nd Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup at the Los Lagartos Country Club near Pilar in Argentina on Sunday.

The five amateurs selected by the South African Golf Association to tee it up in the 103^rd South African Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club this week, certainly validated their selection at the Central Gauteng Open Stroke Play on Sunday.

With a history dating back to 1893, the South African Open Championship has long been held in high esteem here at home.

However, this year’s record entry of nearly 600 players not only emphasises the standing and prestige of South Africa’s flagship on the international calendar, but truly elevates the world’s second oldest national Open to major status in Africa.

South Africa’s Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat produced a strong comeback in Saturday’s third round of the 42^nd Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina to surge within striking distance of pacesetters Spain.

Top South African amateurs Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat slipped from second to a tie for fourth after second round action at the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina wrapped up on Friday.

South Africa's Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat carded a pair of 73's at the Los Lagartos Golf Club in Pilar to finish just three shots behind pacesetters Denmark on day one of the Juan Carlos Tailhade Cup in Argentina. The South Africans lead Argentina, Uruguay and Spain by two shots and are three ahead of Italy.

Top amateurs Gerlou Roux and Callum Mowat are eager to take South Africa’s successful run in international championships this season outside Africa’s borders with a winning performance in two top international events in Argentina later this month.

Top South African junior Thriston Lawrence got his preparation for the 103^rd South African Open Championship underway with a superb victory in the Eastern Province Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club on Sunday.

South Africa sealed a third top five finish in the country’s seventh appearance in the prestigious Spirit International in the United States with a final round four-under-par 68 at Whispering Pines near Trinity in Texas on Saturday.

It was a long day at the office for the participants in this year’s Spirit International, but the South African quartet showed great courage and determination to finish in a strong position at the 36-hole mark in the United States on Friday.