South African number one Lisa Coetzer leads the field after the first round of the Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational, holding on to a two-stroke lead at two-under-par 70 despite making a double-bogey seven on the 18th at Leopard Creek on Wednesday, 5 February, 2025.
It rather spoiled a great back nine during which she had made three birdies up until that final hole. On the front nine, the 14-year-old had also made three birdies but dropped shots on the fourth and the tough par-three, the seventh.
“I’m really proud of myself for how I managed myself out there because it’s really hot and you can really quickly lose your head.”
SA #1 Lisa Coetzer leads the Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational field after Round 1
“Probably one key to this golf course is to stay cool and then just miss it in the right spots, which I did really well,” said the reigning Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Champion.
She had made birdie on 17, after hitting a big drive down the left side of the fairway, and she hit a delightful approach over the bunker just short of the flag for a kick-in birdie from just over a foot.
“I hit a beautiful drive down 18, and I had 168 in to the flag. I was trying to protect my score, and I laid up to the bottom of the hill short of the water,” said Coetzer after Wednesday’s Round 1. “It was still lying on the slope, however, and I had 80 in.”
“I had to grip down for that shot. I tried to control the bounce, but I lost control of the distance, and it spun back into the water. I played my shot from the drop zone slightly long, chipped back and had a short putt left for the double-bogey.”
Last week’s GolfRSA International Championship winner at Royal Johannesburg, Bobbi Brown, also only had one really bad hole on her scorecard, with a triple-bogey seven on the eighth. She made an eagle-two on the short par-four 11th and also had three birdies and two bogeys.
opening round.
Brown shared second with Gia Raad, who had a double-bogey six on the first, but then made four birdies and two bogeys for her level-par total.
One shot back in fourth was Kenya’s Chanelle Mwangi, with compatriot Bianca Ngecu three shots further adrift on four-under in fifth.
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Main Photo Caption: South African number one Lisa Coetzer leads the field in the Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational after an opening 70 at Leopard Creek, on Wednesday, 5 February, 2025. All Photos: GolfRSA
Photo 2 Caption: GolfRSA International Championship winner at Royal Johannesburg, Bobbi Brown, lay 2 shots behind Coetzer after Wednesday’s opening round.
Photo 3 Caption: Three shots off the pace in fourth place was Kenya’s Chanelle Mwangi, the first of three non-South African golfers in the clubhouse top 10 on Wednesday.
Photo 2 Caption: Brown shared second place with Gia Raad, who had a double-bogey six on the first, but then made four birdies and two bogeys for her level-par total
Photo 3 Caption: Mwangi led compatriot Bianca Ngecu by three shots, after carding 76 for the tournament’s opening round.
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