Team South Africa’s Christiaan Maas, Daniel Bennett and Charl Barnard carved their names into golfing history on Saturday, capturing the nation’s first-ever Eisenhower Trophy with a resounding eight-shot triumph at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. It was a week of dominance, composure, and teamwork as Maas and Bennett produced a performance for the ages,…

Charl Barnard produced the best performance of his career and played his way into the Investec South African Open when he defeated Cameron Mukherjee of Great Britain 5&3 in an enthralling the 36-hole match play final in the South African Amateur Championship at Humewood Golf Club. It was a shaky start for the 16-year-old South…

Frenchman Noa Auch-Roy almost lapped the field in the gruelling 36-hole finale to the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Mossel Bay Golf Club. Play was delayed by an hour in the morning after torrential rain, and the first games in the morning field from both the first and 10th tees went off in light…

South Africa’s Bryan Newman captured R&A Africa Amateur Championship in fine style, relying on a conversative approach to hold off the challenge of Zimbabwe’s Keegan Shutt to emerge victorious at Leopard Creek. Newman also had to deal with high temperatures and fast greens, but the 17-year-old overcame every obstacle to produce a closing 74 to…

Reigning SA Women’s Amateur champion Gia Raad kept her cool after an early double-bogey, and carded a one-under-par 71 at Leopard Creek to close out a two-stroke victory in the R&A Amateur Africa Women’s Invitational. That calmness not only gained her the title, but also invitations to compete in the Women’s Amateur Championship, Final Qualifying…

Astin Arthur and Bobbi Brown won the respective men’s and women’s singles titles at the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship at Royal Johannesburg Golf Club’s East Course. It took a gritty birdie on the first extra-hole of a sudden-death play-off on Friday for Arthur to overcome the challenge of Charl Barnard. In the final round, the pair…

The Proteas Men and Women scooped both Team Competition titles at the GolfRSA International Amateur Championships, Charl Barnard fired a career-best 63 to top the men’s leaderboard and Bobbi Brown extended her lead in the women’s tournament, all at Royal Johannesburg’s East Course. Team South Africa Men posted a nine-under 207 to put an exclamation…

Astin Arthur produced an almost perfect final six holes in the first round of the GolfRSA International Amateur Championship played on the Royal Johannesburg East Course as he carded a seven-under-par 65 to take the 18-hole lead. Arthur, who turned 21 on 15th January, took on the intimidating championship layout rated one of the toughest tests…

The first Monday of 2025 also brings the first official men’s golf rankings of the year and there are three South Africans listed in the top 100. The trio are headed by Thriston Lawrence, who closed off last year at a career high No45 and is this week at No46. He is followed by the…