A fine 68, three under par, by nineteen year old Dylan Frittelli made him the leading amateur after yesterday’s first round of the Joburg Open being played at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.

Jordan Sherratt, the 21 year old South Australia, won the 72 hole stroke play NEC Master of the Amateurs Championship after a playoff against Bud Cauley of the United States. JG Claassen finsihes 25th tie, the best performing South African player.

A two over par 74 in the third round of the NEC Master of the Amateurs Championship played at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club, in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday, was South Africa’s JG Claassens’ best round of the tournament.

Although the weather conditions improved on yesterday, both Leon Knoll (83) and JG Claassen (79) struggled through the second round of the NEC Master of the Amateurs Championship played at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club, in Melbourne, Australia.

The weather was the talking point at the end of the first round of the NEC Master of the Amateurs Championship, played yesterday at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. Two South Africans toiled bravely, Knoll (73) and Claassen (76).

Leon Knoll and JG Claassen, two of South Africa’s top amateur golfers, tee up in the 72 hole stroke play tournament, known as the Master of the Amateurs Championship, in Melbourne, Australia today.

The 2010 Glacier SA Amateur Championship closing date for entries is 8 January at 12H00.

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The 23 of December, witnessed the birth of the Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame at a glittering ceremony, preceded by a Celebrity Charity golf day at Oubaai Golf Course just outside George in the Southern Cape.

One hundred and ninety seven amateur golfers, a record number, have entered the 2010 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship announced the South African Golf Association (SAGA) today.

The South African Open Championship will return to Durban Country Club for the centenary edition of the championship in 2010.

Dylan Frittelli played controlled golf for his one over par final round of 73, giving him a 72 hole total of 288, level par, and in so doing win the Freddie Tait Cup as the leading amateur in the South African Open Championship.

Nineteen year old amateur Dylan Frittelli played steadily for his 72 today, to finish with a 54 hole total of 215, one under par, after the third round of the South African Open Championship. He is three shots clear of the next best amateur.

Three of the five amateurs playing in the South African Open Championship managed to survive the cut at the end of the second round which concluded today. They are Dylan Frittelli, JG Claassen and Ryan Dreyer.

Dylan Frittelli fired a first round score of 69, three under par, to finish tied in eleventh place in the South African Amateur Open Championship, being played over 72 holes stroke play.

Five of South Africa’s leading amateur golfers are in the field of 156 golfers that start the first round of the South African Open Championship, being played over 72 holes of stroke play, at Pearl Valley Golf Estates outside Paarl tomorrow.

At a meeting of the SAGA National Executive Committee, held in Benoni on the weekend, it was agreed to conclude a contract with National Golf Network (Pty) Ltd (NGN), in terms of which the SAGA would buy out the agreements NGN has with individual golf clubs for the provision of handicapping services and systems.

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G Claassen progress through to the final of the 114th Argentina Amateur Championship was short lived. He came up against a determined Ignacio Elvira, of Spain, in the second round who ended up beating the current South African and Zimbabwe Stroke Play Champion three and two.

JG Claassen moved into the second round of the 114th Argentina Amateur Championship match play yesterday with a 4 and 2 victory over local player Santiago Buani, taking place at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in the capital city.

Ryan Dreyer and JG Claassen teamed up to win the International Team Competition, a 72 hole stroke play tournament, by three shots from hosts Argentina yesterday. Playing in ideal weather conditions at the Los Lagartos Country Club, just outside Buenos Aires, the South Africans recorded a total score of 567, one under par.