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Driving Change: Women Shaping the Future of Golf
12 November 2025 – GolfRSA proudly hosted the Women in Golf Charter Business Breakfast in November at the prestigious Copperleaf Golf Club in Gauteng, under the powerful theme “Driving Change: Women Shaping the Future of Golf.” With more than 80 representatives from clubs, academies, unions, associations and industry bodies in attendance, the event celebrated meaningful…
Read MoreBryanston leads as first GolfRSA Women in Golf Charter Signatory
17 September 2025 – GolfRSA is proud to announce that Bryanston Country Club has become the first golf club in South Africa to sign the GolfRSA Women in Golf Charter, marking a landmark commitment to greater inclusion, diversity and opportunity for women and girls in the sport. Launched in association with The R&A, the Charter…
Read MoreGolfRSA announces 2026 South African Swing
TSHWANE, 5 September 2025 – GolfRSA has unveiled the schedule for the highly anticipated 2026 South African Swing, a month-long celebration of world-class amateur golf that will bring together the country’s leading players and top international contenders at premier venues across Gauteng. The Swing will be headlined by three flagship events, beginning with the South…
Read MoreGolfRSA Announces Teams for 2025 World Amateur Team Championships
6 August 2025 – GolfRSA has named two strong teams to represent South Africa at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championships, which will be hosted by the Singapore Golf Association at the Tanah Merah Country Club in October. Former GolfRSA No. 1 Kyra van Kan will make her debut in the Espirito Santo Trophy alongside…
Read MoreGolfRSA’s rising stars head to Europe for prestigious Junior golf events
JOHANNESBURG, 14 July 2025 – A strong contingent of GolfRSA National Squad members will be flying the South African flag high as they compete in three prestigious international events in the coming weeks – the Junior Dutch Open in the Netherlands, the European Juniors International and R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in Germany and Wales. Six…
Read MoreGutsy comeback seals victory for Louw in Nomads SA Girls
San Lameer, 5 July 2025 – Kesha Louw bounced back from a disastrous opening round in sensational fashion to win the Nomads SA Girls Championship by a commanding eight shots at San Lameer Country Club. Louw closed with a composed two-under-par 70 to finish the 54-hole event on three-over-par, leaving Centurion’s Megan Marais trailing in…
Read MoreMasterclass from Silver Division champion Moreki at San Lameer
SAN LAMEER, 5 July 2025 – Cindy Moreki delivered a sensational final-round level-par 72 and the best round in the Silver Division to clinch her first national title with a five-shot victory in the 2025 Nomads SA Girls Championship at San Lameer Country Club. The 17-year-old from Emfuleni in Central Gauteng, who attends St Francis…
Read MoreGolfRSA salutes former SAGA President Naadir Agherdien
23 June 2025 – GolfRSA extends its heartfelt condolences to Yumna, children Reyhana and Dehraan, and the wider Agherdien family and friends on the untimely passing of Naadir Agherdien, former President of the South African Golf Association (SAGA). “Naadir was a devoted servant of the game whose influence touched countless lives throughout his journey in…
Read MoreSA Juniors Primed for African Challenge
23 April 2025 – Twenty-five of South Africa’s brightest junior golf stars will star in two prestigious golf championships on the African continent this April. Two Protea sides are set to continue the nation’s dominant run at the 2025 All Africa Junior Team Championship in Tunisia, while 16 up-and-coming juniors will tee it up in…
Read MoreHistoric Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl wins for Coetzer and Huxham
5 April 2025 – Her closing round of three-over-par 75 was enough to give Lisa Coetzer a two-stroke win as she became the first ever back-to-back winner in the Championship Division while Gemma Huxham celebrated a national breakthrough in the Silver Division of the 2025 Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship at Durbanville Golf Club.…
Read MoreGolfRSA Announces Teams for Prestigious African Tournaments
26 March 2025 – GolfRSA has announced the teams set to represent South Africa in a series of prestigious African golf tournaments taking place in April and May. Leading the charge, Shannon Butler from Central Gauteng, along with KwaZulu-Natal duo Olivia Wood and Kamaya Moodliar, and Western Province’s Odette Booysen, will compete in the Southern…
Read MoreSA Women’s Amateur celebrations for Raad and Samuels
28 February 2025 – Gia Raad became only the 13th woman to win back-to-back South African Women’s Amateur Championship titles since 1906 when she outlasted Lisa Coetzer 7&6 in the 36-hole final, while England’s Tess Samuels edged Isabella Orray 1-up for the Flight Division title at PE Golf Club – The Hill on Friday. WATCH:…
Read MoreRaad targets SA Women’s Amateur double
27 February 2025 – Gia Raad has set herself up for a shot at winning a second consecutive South African Women’s Amateur Championship as she played her way into the final with a pair of impressive victories in the quarter-finals and semi-finals on Thursday at PE Golf Club – The Hill. She got into the…
Read MoreWebster’s punches SA Women’s Amateur top 8 spot
26 February 2025 – Kaylee Webster won what was perhaps the most entertaining match of the day on Wednesday in the South African Women’s Amateur Championship at PE Golf Club – The Hill when she beat Isabella Ferreira 1-up in the round of 16. Earlier in the day, the 16-year-old Webster had dispatched Alieke van…
Read MoreLouw, Sebata crowned champions in SA Women’s Stroke Play
25 February 2025 – Kesha Louw cemented her status as GolfRSA’s number one amateur with a come-from-behind play-off victory in the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship, while Mogomotsi Sebata lifted the B-Division title at a rainy and windy PE Golf Club – The Hill in Gqeberha on Tuesday. The 18-year-old kept her head…
Read MoreCoetzer keeps pole in the SA Women’s Amateur Stroke Play
24 February 2025 – Lisa Coetzer carded the second-lowest round of the day when her two-under-par 70 took her to a three-stroke lead after the second round of the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. Once again, the front nine proved challenging, but Coetzer got her scoring done early…
Read MoreCoetzer soars on wings of eagles at SA Women’s Stroke Play
23 February 2025 – Lisa Coetzer made two eagles on Sunday on her way to a six-under-par 66 and a two-stroke lead after the first round of the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at PE Golf Club – The Hill. The eagles came on the back nine after she had made three bogeys…
Read MoreRaad crowned Queen of the African Continent at Leopard Creek
7 February 2025 – Reigning SA Women’s Amateur champion Gia Raad kept her cool on Friday after an early double-bogey, and carded a one-under-par 71 at Leopard Creek to close out a two-stroke victory in the R&A Amateur Africa Women’s Invitational. That calmness not only gained her the title, but also invitations to compete in…
Read MoreR&A backs GolfRSA Tournament Support Programme to benefit young golfers
The GolfRSA Tournament Support Programme, a development initiative funded by The R&A, the National Lotteries Commission and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in South Africa, has been introduced to provide pathways into the sport for golfers from less privileged backgrounds. The initiative will offer financial support to cover travel, accommodation and subsistence to…
Read MoreRaad and Craig power to the summit at Leopard Creek
6 February 2025 – The top of the leaderboard took on a distinctly South African hue on Thursday at Leopard Creek in the R&A Africa Women’s Invitational and the Africa Amateur Championship as Gia Raad was the only woman under-par and Roelof Craig topped the scores with a second successive four-under-par 68. Raad unfurled three…
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