Bertine Takes Up Amateur Lead
16-Year old amateur Bertine Strauss leads the South African charge at the LAT’s Women’s SA Open in Durban. Sixteen-year old amateur Rustenberg Bertine Strauss, lying three shots off the pace with a 4-under para 68 score, leads South Africans at the Acer Women’s SA Open being played at the Durban Country Club on Thursday.
Stacey and Gina in SA Open Chase
Lee-Anne Pace will be looking to build on her first-round advantage at last week’s WPGA, in the Acer Women’s SA Open. Picture courtesy LAT SA Open Ashleigh Simon won’t be defending her due to a clash with the LPGA’s HSBC Women’s Champion that also starts on Thursday in Singapore, after making South African golf history […]
Brilliant Gina Leads on Round 2
Local amateur Gina Switala carded a brilliant second-round 66 to tie for the lead at -7 under par with England’s Rebecca Hudson and Norwegian Marianne Skarpnord, after the second round of the WPGA Masters at Parkview Golf Course on Thursday.
Amateur Gina Places Best in SA
Neither of South Africa’s first-round or second-round amateur WPGA Masters leaders, Morgana Robbertze and Gina Switala, were able to push through to victory at the Parkview Golf Club in Johannesburg on Friday, where it was England’s Rebecca Hudson who emerged a triumphant play-off winner over the USA’s Anna Temple in the first of the four […]
Africans Ladies Control Day One
2007 Pam Golding Ladies International Champ South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace is one of two South Africans at the top of the 2008 WPGA Masters Day 1 leaderboard. South Africa’s Morgana Robbertze leads the first round in the Ladies African Tour’s first event with Uganda’s Nora Kagonyera, after both scored a 4 under-par opening round of […]
Algarve Tough Going for SA Girls
Three South African golfers past the cut of this year’s Ladies Open de Portugal on the Algarve in Portugal are all within two shots of each other, with the experience of Laurette Maritz leading the pack, improving by one shot for a 36-hole total three-over par 147, ten shots off the lead.
Maritz Leads SA Charge
Four South Africans teed off in Friday’s start of the Ladies European Tour’s Ladies Open de Portugal on the Algarve in Portugal, and Laurette Maritz used her experience for a solid 2-over par finish, six shots off the leading three.
Laurette Climbs the Leaderboard
Of the four South African golfers participating in the Northern Ireland Ladies Open at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club, Lee-Anne Pace and Laurette Maritz improved their games, while Ashleigh Simon and Morgana Robbertze struggled amid rainy and gusting day two conditions.
SA Four Tee Off in Ireland
The Ladies European Tour last visited Northern Ireland in 2003, but four South Africans are in the run for the Northern Ireland Ladies Open at the Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club, starting on Friday.
Ash’s 1st Pro Tour Letdown
Nerves got the better of South Africa’s sparkling golf talent Ashleigh Simon, as she failed to make the cut at the halfway mark of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the opening tournament of her rookie year as a pro.
Elosegui Wins, Bregman’s Honours
Spain’s Tania Elosegui survived a bogey five at the 54th hole to claim her maiden Ladies African Tour title – the Telkom Women’s Classic at Benoni Lakes Country Club.
Ashleigh Storms to SA Open Win
Amateur Ashleigh Simon made South African golf history by winning the Acer Women’s South African Open for the second time in her career, becoming the first amateur to ever achieve this and the youngest at the age of 17.