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Jbe takes the lead
Jbe Kruger shot a best ot the day 66 to go with his first round 70 and take a 1 shot lead over fellow National team mate Toto Thimba into the final 36 holes at the Modderfontein Golf Club. Toto is joined in second place on 137 by George Coetzee, who has matched Toto with…
Read More Williams walks it
Steve Williams (44) showed a clean pair of heels on a gruelling 36 hole final day as he out lasted his younger counter parts to win the Northern Amateur. With that much golf in a day, most would have supported the young guns to be victorious but seasoned campaigner Williams was confident. Going in to…
Read More Scott takes North West Title
Little known Kyle Scott played superb golf to hold off three current National players and win the North West Open Strokeplay title by three shots. With his closest challenger after two rounds, Steve Williams faltering (78) Kyle scored a solid 1 under par 71 in the final round to leave the chasing pack in his…
Read More Four Share first round lead.
Toto Thimba and David Hewan (69) lead a quality field in the Norther Open after the first round. With 19 players breaking par around the testing Modderfontein lay out. The Guateng North duo of Michael van der Venter and George Coetzee share the lead with the two current SA players giong into round 2. Charl…
Read More De Kock takes EP/Border title
Allistair de Kock out scored the rest of the field in the final round to trot to victory by 5 shots. With an opening 68 and a closing 69 even Allistairs two middle rounds of over par could not stop him as he finished at -2 for the Championship and the only player to finish…
Read More George James passes away
George James, who has been the South African Golf Associations co-opted legal advisor for the past 10 years passed away early on the morning of the 26th March 2006. George leaves behind his wife Blanche, 3 sons Grant, Wayne and Shawn aswell as a daughter in law and younge grandchild. George will be missed by…
Read More Edwards takes Amateur Champs (incl pic)
In a fitting end to the Championship Nigel Edwards(Wales) was crowned the SANLAM SA Amateur Champion, when he beat Won Joon Lee by a margin of 2up in a hard fought 36 hole final. After missing the first 4 greens in regulation, Edwards knuckled down and despite the immense length off the tee by Lee,…
Read More Amateur titles leave the country
With Christiaan Basson being beaten in the main draw and Wesley Worster losing in the semi finals in the Godbold Bowl, the match play titles of the 2006 SANLAM SA Amateur are due to cross the border. In the quarter finals, Christiaan Basson could not match the precision of the Australian, Andrew Tampion as the…
Read More Christiaan on track in Amateur
Of the 7 South Africans that got through to the top 32, only 3 managed to progress through the first round of match play.By the end of the day, Christiaan Basson of the Western Province remained as the only South African in the SA Amateur Championship side of the matchplay being played at the De…
Read More Branden Grace takes SANLAM SA Amateur Strokeplay
On a windy final day, leading South African after 54 holes, Branden Grace (Southern Cape), held off Oliver Fisher from England to win the SANLAM SA Amateur Stroke play Championship. With a par on the final hole, Branden managed to close out Fisher by one stroke after Fisher had posted the lead in the club…
Read More Richardson takes 54 hole lead at the SANLAM SA Amateur
After the start to the third round was delayed by 2 and a quarter hours due to heavy mist, the third round got under way at 09h15. Overnight leader, Federico Colombo (Italy) got off to a bad start as his opening tee shot sailed out of bounds left of the first hole, resulting in a…
Read More Frederico takes the half way lead
Mastering the high tempretures and blustery conditions, Frederico Colombo of Italy shot rounds of 69 and 66 for a two round total of 135 (-9) and a 1 shot lead over Edward Richardson. Not only does Frederico take the half way stage lead put also wins the Proudfoot Trophy as the 36 hole leader of…
Read More French Team Victors
Despite relatively mild conditions and “home” ground advantage the South African team went down 7.5-4.5 to a young and spirited French team. Having tied the mornings foursomes 2-2, the South Africans got off to a quick start in the afternoon as half way through the front nine the South African side got their noses ahead.…
Read More Charl makesTop 10
Arguably South Africas top Amateur, Charl Coetzee, played four fantastic rounds and maintained his composure in finishing at -2 and in tie for ninth spot in the recently completed Vodacom Tour Championship at the Pretoria Country Club. One of three Amateurs invited to compete in the prestigous event, Charl finished 6 strokes ahead of his…
Read More Rossouw Bows Out
Rossouw Loubser has decided to try his hand at the paid ranks by entering the 2006 Tour School to be played from the 28th February to the 3rd March. Not being an easy choice, Rossouw informed the South African Golf Association of his decision at a meeting scheduled with the National side selected to play…
Read More Jbe Kruger gets new Cap
Jbe Kruger of the Free State & Northern Cape Golf Union has been named as the 3rd new cap, and replacement for Rossouw Loubser in the National 8 man side to play France in the Test match the week prior to the SANLAM SA Amateur. Just more then 2 weeks prior to the match, the…
Read More Jan-Carel takes the GNGU Etonic Open
With rounds of 70, 70 and 71 = 211 (-5) Jan-Carel Nel kept the Gauteng North Etonic trophy at “home“. With western province team mates, Charl Coetzee and Christiaan Basson leading the field into the afternoon round, Jan-Carel played solid golf and set what ended up being the winning total. It was an agonizing wait…
Read More Strong Field At Sanlam SA Amateur
The 2006 SANLAM SA Amateur will have the strongest International field of any Amateur event seen in South Africa in recent times. On an invite by the South African Golf Association, 17 countries took the opportunity to enter a total of 71 players to represent their National Federations and thus have an exploratory outing at…
Read More Van de Venter takes the KZN Open
Mastering the blustery winds and inclement weather, Michael Van de Venter (Gauteng North) put together rounds of 70;71;69;69 to win the title by four shots from Neville Barnett (Central Gauteng). As the only player in the field to post 4 sub par rounds, Michael has shown that he may be the inform player and will…
Read More 2006 Faldo International Series
In a very strong field and contending with the blustery conditions at the Hong Kong Golf Club, Neil had two solid rounds of 72 and 71 for a two round total of 143, finishing 4 of the pace as set by John Parry on 139. In the girls event, Tiffany Avlin Taplin with rounds of…
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