Four of the country’s top junior golfers are chomping at the bit to fly the flag for South Africa at the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2013, supported by JAL, in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture in Japan next week. The SA team is the only African country that qualified for the 21st edition of this prestigious event and will line up against 11 other countries from five continents at the Chukyo Golf Club’s Ishino Course from 18-21 June.

Thriston Lawrence from Mpumalanga, James du Preez and Tristen Strydom from Gauteng North and Ekurhuleni’s Jason Froneman secured the spot in the esteemed field for South Africa by way of a 58-shot victory over Zimbabwe in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge qualifier, played at Le Touessrok in Mauritius this April.

Delmas amateur Christiaan Bezuidenhout had a great junior career, but golf aficionados wondered if the accomplished junior golfer could carry that form into the Open Amateur circuit when he turned 18. They were left wondering when Bezuidenhout played little golf in 2012. Besides a fourth place finish at the Ekurhuleni Open, thing were pretty quiet on the Bezuidenhout front.

However, the Ekurhuleni golfer announced his ability to transfer from the junior ranks to the pressure of the senior circuit with massive aplomb at the Strand Golf Club in April.

Tshwane golfer Ben Kleynhans was stunned by his first provincial victory this season a full week after he lifted the Southern Cape Senior Amateur title by one stroke at George Golf Club.

Tshwane golfer Zander Lombard slipped from contention in the final round to tie for 22nd at the St Andrews Links Trophy on Sunday, where England’s Neil Raymond claimed a two shot victory over compatriots Max Orrin, Ryan Evans and Nathan Kimsey. The South African carded rounds of 71-73-72-77 to finish on a 72-hole total of five-over-par 293.

South Africa’s Zander Lombard was surprised to find himself inside the top 10 and not too far out of range from first round leader, Ryan Evans, at the St Andrews Links Trophy in Scotland on Friday.

Just a week after beating South Africa’s number one player Haydn Porteous for the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship title, the country’s number two ranked amateur navigated the Old Course at St Andrews in 71 shots to finish just five strokes behind the English pacesetter.

Top South African amateur Brandon Stone announced his decision to join the professional ranks on Wednesday, 5 June 2013, and will make his pro debut at the BMW International Open on a sponsor’s exemption later this month.

Four weeks ago, Paul Boshoff put on a brave face after he failed to make the top eight at the Italian International Amateur Championship, but this week, the 16-year-old Ekurhuleni golfer is wearing a smile a mile wide.

The youngster finally pushed the loss aside, put his Italian experience into practice and walked off the White River Golf Club course the Lowveld Amateur Open champion.

Pretoria golfer Zander Lombard was delighted to lift the 2013 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship title after a demanding battle against defending champion Haydn Porteous at Umhlali Country Club on Sunday.

The final between South Africa’s two top ranked amateurs was an understandably tight match and Lombard could only celebrate his2 & 1 victory after both players parred the penultimate hole of the 36-hole final.

The 2013 KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship is set for an exciting final with the SA number one and defending champion Haydn Porteous going toe-to-toe with the country’s number two ranked amateur, Zander Lombard, at Umhlali Country Club on Sunday.

Just two days after his successful title defence in the Stroke Play qualifier, Porteous booked his berth in the final to line up his ninth victory this season. However, the Modderfontein golfer could be in for a tough challenge to secure the double for a second successive year.

Haydn Porteous remains on course for his second successive KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship victory after reaching the quarterfinals at Umhlali Country Club.

The defending champion’s mantle is already groaning under the weight of eight victories this season, but that won’t stop the 18-year-old Modderfontein golfer from adding to his haul. After lifting the Stroke Play title for a second time in a row with a three shot victory on Wednesday, the country’s number one ranked amateur continued his winning march with victories in the first and second rounds of the match play.

South Africa’s top ranked amateur Haydn Porteous continued his purple patch with a three shot victory in the KwaZulu-Natal Amateur Championship - Stroke Play Qualifier at Umhlali Country Club on Thursday.

Porteous opened with a four under 67 and took a one shot lead over Raynard Badenhorst and local favourite Christiaan van der Merwe into the final round of the 36-hole qualifier. He dropped just one shot on his way to a final round six-under-par 65 to clinch the title on 10-under-par 132.

The SAGA Juniors lifted this year’s SA Challenge Inter-Provincial with a spectacular performance as defending champions Central Gauteng wilted under pressure from Gauteng North at Maccauvlei Golf Club.

Defending champions Central Gauteng hit the front in Thursday’s fourth round at the SA Challenge Inter-Provincial in Vereeniging, while the North West strengthened their hold on the A-Section and Boland remained on track for promotion after their fourth successive win in this year’s SA Country Districts Tournament in Upington.

Log leaders Central Gauteng and the SAGA Juniors continue to share the top spot after drawing their match at the third round of the SA Challenge Inter-Provincial at Maccauvlei, while Mpumalanga barely managed to hang on to the A-Section lead while Boland kept their promotion hunt alive with a 10-2 result over Karoo at the Country Districts Tournament at Upington Golf Club.

The SAGA Juniors share pole position with Central Gauteng after round two of this year’s SA Challenge Inter-Provincial, while Mpumalanga and Boland are the early log leaders at the SA Country Districts Tournament after Tuesday’s second round.

South Africa’s top amateur Haydn Porteous has done so well in the Cape Province in the last three months, he might consider want to consider spending even more time at the coast. On Thursday, the country’s number one ranked amateur claimed the Boland Open with a four-stroke victory on 14-under-par 202 for his fifth win this season, and his third in the Cape since winning the SA Stroke Play Championship in February.

South Africa successfully defended their Africa Zone VI Golf Championship title with another dominating performance in the final round singles at Windhoek Golf and Country Club on Thursday.

The SA team claimed the full eight points on offer after a clean sweep in the first round singles, and took a 2.5 point lead on 15.5 into the final round after winning all four morning foursomes matches, three afternoon fourball matches and halving one fourball in round two.

South Africa continued their winning run with seven single victories and another halve to finish on a total of 23 points. The local heroes finished four points clear of Zimbabwe in second and eight points ahead of the host nation in third place. This marks the 13^th time South Africa has lifted the title of Africa’s largest team event since the inaugural it was launched in 2000

South Africa kept their title defence at the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships alive with another commanding performance in Wednesday’s second round at Windhoek Golf and Country Club.

After a clean sweep in the first round singles, the eight-man side cleaned up with four wins in the morning foursomes and added three more victories in the afternoon fourballs. Gerlou Roux and Louis Taylor had to fend off a spirited challenge from their Namibian rivals in the foursomes, but the South African pair hung on to halve their game with P. Barnard and B. Britten to contribute to the team’s 2.5 point lead in the championship.

South Africa got their title defence off with a clean sweep in the first round of the Africa Zone VI Golf Championships at Windhoek Golf and Country Club on Tuesday. All eight players hit a winning note, including new caps Thriston Lawrence from Mpumalanga, Eddie Taylor from Central Gauteng and Southern Cape’s Andrew Light.

The South African team are chasing the country’s 13^th victory in the annual African team event since it was launched in 2000. In addition to the defending champions and the host nation, this year’s Africa Zone VI Golf Championships has attracted entries from Malawi, Botswana, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mozambique.

South Africa will launch their Africa Zone VI Golf Championships title defence at Windhoek Golf and Country Club on Tuesday following a successful campaign in the 30th Bank Windhoek Namibia Open Golf Championships on the weekend.

Since the 54-hole event was played at the same venue, the eight-man South African side made good use of their participation in the curtain-raiser to prepare for the upcoming annual African team event. Zander Lombard, the country’s number two ranked player, edged out countryman Louis Taylor in a play-off to lift the overall title, while Taylor and compatriots Gerlou Roux, Tertius van den Berg and Andrew Light all won individual prizes.