Top SA junior golfers Kyle McClatchie, Hennie du Plessis, Eleonora Galletti and Shawnelle de Lange got South Africa’s challenge underway at the second African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana on Tuesday.

The scoreboard changed significantly on day two of the 72-Hole Teams Championship as KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher and Tiffany Avern-Taplin successfully combined to topple first round leaders Gauteng North from their perch at Mossel Bay Golf Club.

Gauteng North got their title defence in this year’s 72-Hole Teams Championship underway by edging ahead of the field in the opening round at Mossel Bay Golf Club.

After scoring an unprecedented double triumph last year, defending champions Gauteng North have tripled their chances of a fifth successive A-Division victory at the 72 Hole Team Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club next week.

Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu emulated former top amateur Ashleigh Simon when she claimed the ProShop Ladies Golf Gauteng Championship on Sunday.

Mpumalanga’s Monja Richards claimed her first provincial victory of the season with a wire-to-wire victory at the Free State & Northern Cape Championship title at Oppenheimer Golf Club on Sunday.

Ji Sun Kang from Western Province carved her name into the province’s golfing history when she recently claimed a top 55 finish in the Western Province Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Carrie Park’s victory at the Sanlam SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship in April put an exclamation mark on the blossoming potential that carried the 17-year-old Gauteng North amateur to the number one spot in the Womens Golf South Africa Senior Rankings in March.
We caught up with the talented golfer during the Sanlam SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship to learn more about the girl behind the dimpled smile and the lethal swing.

Gauteng North’s Carrie Park claimed the biggest victory of her amateur career when she won the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Tuesday.
Park, the Women’s Golf South Africa (WGSA) Player of the Year, closed with a 71 to finish on four-over-par 220 and one shot clear of KwaZulu-Natal’s Michaela Fletcher.

The Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship is still wide open, with three of the country’s top four women amateurs within one shot of each other headed into Tuesday’s final round at Stellenbosch Golf Club.
South African number one Magda Kruger and Ji Sun Kang are tied for the lead on four over par, with Carrie Park one stroke back following a tough second round where the oppressive heat was replaced by gusting winds.

On a day hot enough to melt the face of a driver, Western Province golfer Ji Sun Kang opened with a level-par 72 to lead the first round of the Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Sunday.

Women’s Golf South Africa (WGSA) celebrates its centenary this year at a time when the local women’s game is the strongest it’s ever been, and with this weekend’s Sanlam Women’s SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship set to showcase this.

Cara Gorlei held up under huge pressure from Western Province stable mate, Ji Sun Kang, to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Kim Williams was presented with the 2013 Amateur of the Year award at the 22^nd annual Compleat Golfer Annual Awards ceremony, held at Country Club Johannesburg on Monday, 31 March.
The occasion marked the third time that Womens Golf South Africa named Williams as the most outstanding amateur for a season and she joined the illustrious company of Ashleigh Simon, the only other amateur who has lifted the award multiple times.

Gauteng North’s Catherine Lau will launch her Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship title defence at Rondebosch Golf Club on Monday.

It is hardly surprising that Michaela Fletcher has earned the nick name “Match Play Queen” from her peers, considering the amicable 18-year-old Maritzburg golfer claimed her third consecutive Match Play title at the Pam Golding Properties WGWP Championship on Tuesday.

Gauteng’s Ivanna Samu denied Western Province number one, Ji Sun Kang, a home victory when she cruised to victory in the Pam Golding Properties WGWP Stroke Play Championship on Monday.

Magda Kruger vaulted to the top of the WGSA Senior Rankings after claiming a one stroke victory at the Eastern Province Stroke Play, top 10 finishes at the Border and North West Championships and three top five finishes on the Sunshine Ladies Tour. We chatted to Magda to learn more about the petite golfer behind one of the biggest swings on the women’s circuit.

Top South African juniors Jovan Rebula and Kaleigh Telfer lived up to the star billing as tournament favourites when they both claimed victories at the Curro SA Junior International on the West Coast.

Mae Cornforth gave the local crowds plenty to cheer about when she stormed to victory in the North West Championship at Goldfields West Golf Club on Monday.