Ashleigh Strong at Halfway Mark
South Africa’s sole representative in the Evian Masters, in Evian-les-Bains, France, returned an even-par card for the second round, good enough to stay within five shots of the half-way leaders, Diana D’Alessio and Jin Joo Hong.
Solid Start for Simon
The LPGA opened its 2007 European leg in Evian-les-Bains, France, yesterday for the Evian Masters, and South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon started with a solid 2-under par, four off the overnight leaders with fierce competition in the 90-player field vying for the $450,000 pay check.
gsport Awards Judges Revealed
It’s been exciting watching gsport’s readers voting for your favourite Leading Ladies since the beginning of June but, now that Internet voting is officially closed, its time for our esteemed four-woman judging panel to take over.
Bertine Shows Her Worth
Bertine Strauss has proved she is made of stern stuff after winning the 36-hole junior event of the year, the Nomads SA Girls Junior Championship.
Only 5 More Days of Voting
There are five days (including today) remaining for you to vote for your favourite Leading Lady, as gsport gears up for the 2007 gsport Awards on 1 August, 2007 at the Westcliff Hotel, in Johannesburg.
Young Guns Middelburg Shootout
The 2007 Nomads SA Girls Championship trophy is likely to be hotly contested by a number of juniors including Monique Smit, Bertine Strauss, Dominique Jacobs and Gina Switala, in Middelburg from Sunday 1 to Tuesday 3 July.
Lesley Leads Awards Voting
South Africa’s top women’s golf coach is leading the votes for gsport’s Woman of the Year Award.
Zorzi Eyes French Triple
As last week’s Catalonia Ladies Masters champion Ashleigh Simon travels to America, Laurette Maritz, Lee-Anne Pace and Stacy Lee Bregman champion South Africa’s cause at this weekend’s Ladies European Toure event, the Vediorbis Ladies French Open, at Le Golf D’Arras.
Ashleigh in Sight of 1st Victory
Paired with the overnight Catalonia Ladies Masters leader England’s Kirsty Taylor on Saturday, South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon played well enough to have shared the overnight lead, had it not been for a two stroke penalty.
Ash Youngest Pro Tour Champ Ever
South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon has become the youngest ever professional winner of a Ladies European Tour event at the Catalonia Ladies Masters in Spain.
Ash Right Up There
South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon has carded a two-under par 70 at the Catalonia Ladies Masters in Barcelona, Spain, for an overnight second place with Australia’s Karen Lunn and Whelsh Becky Brewerton, two shots of the pace of England’s Kirsty Taylor after the first round.
Stacey Rejoins Ash & Laurette
Stacey Bregman rejoins Ashleigh Simon and Laurette Maritz on the Ladies European Tour, where the Catalonia Ladies Masters brings nine of the Ladies’ European Tour’s top ten players to Club de Golf Masia Bach.