Golf Award Winners Honoured
Laurette Maritz (left) and Ashleigh Simon were honoured at the 2007 Women’s Golf Awards, Maritz receiving a recognition award for her achievements as South Africa’s leading professional over the past four years, and Simon as the season’s Leading Amateur. South African women’s golf paid tribute to its leading campaigners at the annual Women’s Golf Awards […]
Ashleigh and Laurette Team SA
Laurette MAritz tees off on the par 4 9th hole during the second round of the LET’s Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, Llanelli, Wales, UK. CREDIT: Tristan Jones/LET The fourth Women’s World Cup of Golf has again attracted a world-class field, headlined by the return of defending champions Paraguay and the […]
Sponsor Exchange Unveiled
gsport receives many requests for assistance of one form or another from our readers, and we’re glad to have been able to help on the odd occasion. But the one burning issue which painfully goes unsatisfied, is that of requests for sponsorship of women’s sports athletes and events, and gsport is about to make a […]
Clovelly GC Hosts 2007 IPT
Defending champions Gauteng will be up against tough competition in the A Section of the Pick ‘n Pay Inter-Provincial Golf Championship, which takes place at Clovelly Golf Club in Cape Town from 4-7 September.
SA Girls Struggle in Sweden
Ashleigh Simon set out with fellow South Africans Laurette Maritz and Stacy Lee Bregman at the Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika at the Barsebäck Golf and Country Club, in Malmo, Sweden on Thursday, but all three found the going difficult.
Ochoa Wins British Open
World No 1 Lorena Ochoa etched her name into the history books by becoming the first woman to win a professional event at the home of golf, at the Ricoh Women’s British Open on the Old Course, St Andrews.
Simon Bows out of British Open
South Africa’s sole representative in the Women’s British Open, Ashleigh Simon, has missed the cut, and won’t contest the remainder of the historic first women’s professional event at the home of golf, the Old Course at St Andrews.
Ash Struggles on the Old Course
South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon found the going tough on day one of the Women’s British Open, and suffered a double-bogey on each nine to go with four bogies for the day to finish the day four over-par, and 10 shots behind overnight leader, the world number one Lorena Ochoa.
Simon Tees Up at St. Andrews
The co-sanctioned 2007 Ricoh Women’s British Open takes women where they have never played before, as the tournament breaks new ground this week when it is played over the revered Old Course at St Andrews, from August 2nd –5th.
gsport’s 2007 Winning Ladies
Women’s Month got off to a sparkling start in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, when a host of top women in sport, business, and media gathered at the Westcliff Hotel for the 2007 gsport Awards, hosted by popular online women’s sports initiative, gsport … for Girls!
Ashleigh Finishes Well in Evian
Ashleigh Simon finished a credible tied-24th spot in the Evian Masters at Evian-les-Bains, in Evian, France on Sunday, when she carded a final-round 74 for a tournament score of 292, six off the pace of America’s Natalie Gulbis, who won in a play-off when she and South Korean Jeong Jang finished top of the […]
Weather Hampers Evian Masters
Ashleigh Simon struggled on day three of the Evian Masters at Evian-les-Bains in France, which saw her slip down the LPGA and LET co-sanctioned event leaderboard with three bogeys in each nine, setoff by a single birdie in each leg.