South Africa’s team of teenagers topped the Canadians to get scores on the board at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club today at the third day of the Acer 5 Nations Commonwealth Tournament.
Duo Kelli Shean and Ashleigh Simon won their foursomes match against Canadian’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc and Sue Kim, putting
South Africa’s first points on the log and a putting a foundation in place for the afternoons singles matches.
South Africa’s other foursome match, Iliska Verwey and Gina Switala, needed two extra birdies and one less drop to have ensured a win against Canadian Hall of Famer Mary Ann Lapointe and teammate Meaghan Leblanc.
The afternoon’s singles saw
South Africa win three and a half of their five matches. Notable wins coming from Switala and Shean. Shean played a focussed and consistent round, having shot two birdies on an otherwise bogey free front nine, compared to a troubled Lindsay Knowlton who dropped too many shots to even have a chance at a win.
Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc ensured her win with a back nine score of 33, against local Ashleigh Simon, who seemed to struggle with her driver throughout the day.
After today’s play South Africa still believe they are in with a fighting chance “ It was a close match today, we know we can still do it, and take every game every match and do the best we can do”, says SA’s team captain Sandra Winter, “We need to go all out against New Zealand tomorrow, and the big one on Friday against Great Britain.”
Log leaders
Britain dominated the fairways today in all of their matches against
New Zealand, winning all of their five singles matches and one and half of their foursome matches.
After the first seven holes the British seem to come out of their blocks. Reluctant to single out any of her players,
Great Britain’s team captain Sue Turner was clearly impressed with her team’s great performance, “We don’t rely on individuals, as we play as a complete team. We may be top of the log but we believe we still have a long way to go”.
Great Britain has a bye tomorrow, and will look to recharging their batteries before they play in their final match on Friday against
South Africa.
Tomorrow the top amateurs in women’s golf from South African take on New Zealand, whilst Australia have a chance to build on their points to catch Great Britain when they meet Canada.
Official pairings are known 30mins prior to tee off. Foursomes off from 08h00; Singles off from 12h00 daily.
Current Overall log (Points)
Australia 1 point
Canada 1 point
South Africa 1 point
New Zealand 0 points
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