Michaela Fletcher and Kim Daniels leave tomorrow to defend the team event that South Africa's Lara Weinstein and Izel Pieters won at the 2nd Albatross International Junior Championship in Delhi, India in 2010. Pictured here is Kim after her victory at the SA Girls' Rose Bowl earlier this year.

WGSA received an email from Lejan Lewthwaite, currently studying at Texas State University.

Sandra Winter recorded a narrow win over Gilly Tebbutt at the 2011 Kingswood SA Women's Mid-Amateur played at Kingswood Golf Estate this week. She is pictured here with C Division winner Christine Els and B Division winner Lenza de Jager.

At the recent Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation Inaugural Awards Dinner, Izel Pieters was thrilled to be told that she and three SA boys will be spending time with Ernie Els at his home in the USA next year. She is pictured here with the other award winners, Kirsten Campbell (left) and Kim Daniels.

Tracey Wilson, WGSA’s newly appointed Tournament Administrator, commenced her duties with great enthusiasm at the Kingswood Mid-Amateur Championship being played in George this week.

South Africa finished tied fifth with Japan and Germany on -14 at The Spirit which was played at Whispering Pines this week.

Full report and results

The SA Girls finsihed three under on day three of The Spirit being played at Whispering Pines and tied ninth in the women's competition on -1. The SA men are tied sixth on -9 and the team is in eighth position on -10 going into the final round.

Results and full report

The South Africans are in 6^th place on -6 at The Spirit after SA’s men equalled the low round of day two in very cold and windy conditions.

Report and live scoring

The South African team are eight shots off the pace after the opening round of the 2011 Spirit International, which teed off at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Houston, Texas on Wednesday. Pictured here are South Africa's ladies, Kim Williams and Iliska Verwey who hope to play more aggressive golf today.

The Kingswood SA Mid-Amateur Championship tees off at Kingswood Golf Estate on Monday 7 November. Pictured here are three of the favourites to win the event - Gilly Tebbutt, Sandra Winter and Lynn Behagg.

Kim Williams and Iliska Verwey sent a report on their practice day at The Spirit.

The South African team pictured here - Iliska Verwey, Haydn Porteus, Ruan de Smidt and Kim Williams - arrived in Houston, Texas after a 24 hour journey from Johannesburg to fly the South African flag as they 'go for gold' this week. The team is participating The Spirit - a biennial international tournament being played at Whispering Pines Golf Club.

South Africa's top-ranked players, Kim Williams and Iliska Verwey left South Africa today to represent South Africa at The Spirit to be played from Wednesday to Saturday this coming week (2 -5 November).

Thirteen-year-old Shawnelle de Lange from Fochville won the Women's Sanlam Cancer Trophy played at Sun City this week.

Milnerton teenager Cara Gorlei won the 54-hole Gus Ackerman Stroke Play Trophy at Westlake Golf Club on Sunday after a two-hole play-off against WP team-mate Kelly Erasmus. Both players were tied on 12-over 288 after the final round.

SA Stroke Play Champion Kim Williams picked up her second 'double' of 2011 when she defeated team member and foursomes partner Henriette Frylinck 2/1 in the final of the Boland Ladies Amateur Match Play Championship played at Strand Golf Club this week.

From an entry of 38 players in the A division, SA Stroke Play Champion Kim Williams easily held her nerve to take her fifth 2011 provincial championship by seven shots from top junior Lara Weinstein when the Boland Women's 54-hole championship was played a Strand Golf Club this week.

Kim is pictured here receiving her trophy from Nomads Captain, Peter Runkel.

WGSA received news from Lejan Lewthwaite, presently studying at Texas State University.

After the success of the SA Mid-Amateur Championship played at Kingswood Golf Estate in 2010 when 80 ladies competed in two divisions, the 2011 event has attracted over 100 entries - and entries close tomorrow Friday 7 October. Pictured here are the Ladies from Mossel Bay Golf Club - most of whom will be back this year.

24 Lovely Malaysian ladies, including two members of the Malaysian Royal family, are enjoying a golfing holiday in the Western Cape. Left is Executive Director of the Malaysian Ladies Golf Union Rabe Abbas, next to WGSA Secretary is the President, Her Highness Princess Tunku Tuanku Ja'Afar and on the right is Committee member Wan Wan Faried.