Open Amateurs
Lions primed for SA IPT defence in Mbombela
15 September 2019 – Defending champions Central Gauteng are primed to pursue a record 30th victory in the 59th South African Inter-Provincial at Mbombela Golf Club in Mpumalanga on Monday. Ryan Dreyer, Karabo Mokoena and Sam Mckenzie are the only holdovers from the 2018 winning side returning for duty in the country’s premier team event,…
Read More De Beer and Duminy capped for South Africa
9 September 2019 – The South African Golf Association has named six GolfRSA National Squad members to fly the flag for South Africa in four prestigious international events coming up in October and November. “We currently have an amazing depth of talent in our amateur pool in South Africa and this leaves us in the incredibly…
Read More SA Juniors continue to impress
20 August 2019 – Three of South Africa’s top junior talents put on a great show this past weekend. Jordan Duminy celebrated a maiden Open Amateur win, Jayden Schaper lived up to his number one billing in Northern Ireland and Kian Rose won on the American junior circuit. Sixteen-year-old Duminy has been trending towards a…
Read More GolfRSA welcomes three new caps to National Squad
“We are excited to welcome Kyle de Beer from Eastern Province, Tyran Snyders from Western Province and Gauteng North’s Christiaan Maas into the fold,” said GolfRSA CEO Grant Hepburn. “We work closely with the South African Golf Association Talent Development and Management Committee and these three players have been on our radar for a considerable…
Read More Zietsman maidens at EP Amateur
Congratulations to Pieter Zietsman, who joined the GolfRSA Open Amateur winner’s list for 2019 when he won the Eastern Province Amateur title at his home course this August. Here is popular sports presenter Neil Bisseker from Algoa FM’s take on the final: “Pieter Zietsman routed Dillon Germshuys in the 36-hole final at St Francis Links…
Read More SA trio through to Girls Amateur Match Play
PANMURE, Scotland (15 August 2019) – It was touch and go for Kiera Floyd, but the Benoni junior prevailed and will join fellow GolfRSA Elite Squad members Caitlyn Macnab and Jordan Rothman in today’s first round of the match play stage in The R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in Scotland. Rothman from Western Province was the…
Read More GolfRSA Girls shine in Scotland
PANMURE, Scotland (14 August 2019) – GolfRSA Elite Squad trio Kiera Floyd, Jordan Rothman and Caitlyn Macnab made a superb start in The R&A Girls Amateur Championship in Scotland on Tuesday. Western Province’s Rothman led the South African charge at Panmure Golf Club with an opening round of one-over-par 72. Floyd posted the same number…
Read More Rebula leads SA charge at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, North Carolina (13 August 2019) – GolfRSA National Squad member Jovan Rebula was one of only 27 players who broke par in Monday’s opening round of the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The Auburn University senior made a great recovery after a stumbling start to post a one-under-par 69…
Read More SA trio line up in U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, North Carolina (12 August 2019) – A trio of South Africans made the 312-strong player field that takes to the No 2 and No 4 courses today for the 36-hole stroke play qualifier of the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. GolfRSA National Squad member and 2018 Amateur champion Jovan Rebula…
Read More De Beer drives to new heights
7 August 2019 – The sun has risen dramatically over Kyle de Beer’s golf career in the last 12 months and his emergent dominance was punctuated by a seven-shot stroke victory in the Border Stroke Play in July that shot the Port Elizabeth golfer to fourth in the GolfRSA Open Amateur Rankings. A little digging into…
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