Fierce storms, more than 160mm in rainfall and a 25½-hour interruption to the first round had very little impact on the South Africa’s four-man team at this year’s Spirit International in Texas. When darkness fell on the first round of play, the local heroes had pacesetters America well in their sights.

Organisers at the Spirit International were forced to shorten this year’s championship to 54 holes following more than 160mm rainfall at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Wednesday’s first round.

The South African Open Championship will celebrate its 103rd playing with 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel leading the South African challenge at Glendower Golf Club from 21-24 November 2013.
The former Freddie Tait Cup winner is the main draw card in the first counting event on The 2014 European Tour International Schedule 2014 alongside world number four and defending champion, Henrik Stenson, and Schwartzel hopes to start the season on a winning note.

Nelspruit teenager Thriston Lawrence lives by a simple motto: “If you believe it, you can do it”.
This November, the reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion from Mpumalanga will be living his dream he makes his debut alongside four of the country’s top amateurs and world number four Henrik Stenson in the 103^rd South African Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club from 21-24 November.

Gavin van Aswegen thought life could not get any better after his son Tyrone secured his card for the 2014 PGA Tour in September, but barely a month later, the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington golfer celebrated an emotional victory in the Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Open Championship at Fancourt.

South Africa’s Spirit International team are primed for the challenge ahead of their departure for the United States on Friday. The quartet tasked with flying the country’s flag in Texas from 30 October to 2 November include Christiaan Bezuidenhout from Ekurhuleni, Kim Williams from Gauteng North and Central Gauteng’s Louis Taylor and Lara Weinstein.

Defending champion Mellette Hendrikse and South Africa’s number one senior Francois le Roux moved within striking distance of pacesetter Gavin van Aswegen as second round action wrapped up at the Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Open Championship at Fancourt on Thursday.

South Africa extended the country’s dominance at the African Amateur Golf Teams Championship by put the finishing touches to an impressive week in Swaziland on Wednesday.
Callum Mowat, Zander Lombard, NJ Arnoldi and Gerlou combined to claim South Africa’s seventh successive triumph at the Royal Swazi Sun Country Club with a total score of 34-under-par 830, finishing 26 strokes clear of Zimbabwe.

Gauteng North’s Leon Scheepers has the early jump on the rest of pack in the annual Indwe Risk Services SA Senior Amateur Open Championship at the business end of Wednesday’s first round at Fancourt.

The SA Senior side defeated the Madalas 8.5-3.5 to claim victory in the South African Madala Challenge played at Fancourt in George on Tuesday. The curtain-raiser for the annual Indwe Risk Services Senior Amateur Open Championship has grown in popularity over the past few years and provides the perfect warm-up for 16 of the country’s top seniors Super Seniors ahead of their flagship event.

South Africa leapfrogged overnight leaders Zimbabwe with a strong second round showing and made a strong case in their title defence at African Amateur Golf Teams Championship (AAGTC) with another superb performance in the third round at the Royal Swazi Sun Country Club on Tuesday.

Central Gauteng’s Callum Mowat helps South Africa to a solid start in their title defence at the African Amateur Golf Teams Championship (AAGTC) at the Royal Swazi Sun Country Club and the team are within striking distance of pacesetters Zimbabwe.

The weather proved the ultimate decision maker in the final round of the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial, as Western Province held off KwaZulu-Natal to claim the A-Section title and Eastern Province edged out Southern Cape for B-Section promotion at Durban Country Club on Friday.

Day Five Results
Final Team Standings

The Western Province drew a bold line under their intention to win this year’s South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial when they defeated KwaZulu-Natal in the fourth round at Durban Country Club on Thursday.

Results Day Four
Team Grid Day Four

Foursomes Draw Day Five
Singles Draw Day Five

The pressure is building at Durban Country Club after the Western Province moved within striking distance of A-Section log leaders KwaZulu-Natal and Free State & Northern Cape narrowed the gap on B-Section leaders Eastern Province at the halfway stage of South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Durban Country Club on Wednesday.

Results Day Three
Team Gird Day Three

Foursomes Draw Day Four
Singles Draw Day Four

The senior amateur golf sector is making great strides, as reflected in the record number of entries received for this year’s Indwe Senior Amateur Open Championship at Fancourt this October.

KwaZulu-Natal scored a massive scalp when they thumped defending champions Central Gauteng 8.5 – 3.5 while the Eastern Province strengthened their case in the B-Section battle for promotion, despite a mixed performance in the second of the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial at Durban Country Club on Tuesday.

Results Day Two
Grid Day Two

Foursomes Draw Day Three
Singles Draw Day Three

Defending champions Central Gauteng signalled their intentions with a first round A-Section victory, while Eastern Province threw down the gauntlet in the B-Section at Durban Country Club to top the log at the South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial on Monday.

Results - Day 1
Team Grid - Day 1

Foursomes Draw - Day 2
Singles Draw - Day 2

Central Gauteng will kick off their South African Mid-Amateur Inter-Provincial title defence from 14-8 October, but last year’s champions could be in for a tough battle against title rivals KwaZulu-Natal at Durban Country Club.

North West amateur Aubrey Beckley held his nerve over an eight-foot clutch putt at the closing hole to thwart a brave bid by Pretoria duo Zander Lombard and Jason and seal his maiden provincial victory at the Ekurhuleni Open.