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Major winner Louis Oosthuizen has confirmed that he will tee it up in this year’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open and compete against a strong Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour field on La Réserve Golf Links, which he co-designed.
Pieter Moolman’s strategy on the final day of the Vodacom Origins of Golf KwaZulu-Natal event at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on Sunday was to try and create as many opportunities for himself to net birdies, and the Benoni Lake golfer succeeded admirably as he fired a sensational 64 to get into a playoff with Ethan Smith, which Moolman won. (more…)
The strong winds along the seaside were a real pest for most of the golfers at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on Saturday, but Hennie O’Kennedy managed to get the better of them as he went to the top of the leaderboard on the second day of the Vodacom Origins of Golf KwaZulu-Natal event.
A solid ball-striking day in the relentless wind saw Jbe’ Kruger shoot a two-under-par 68 as he established a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Vodacom Origins of Golf KwaZulu-Natal event at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on Friday.
Bafana Bafana legend Mark Fish always played with great pride when representing South Africa, and the 49-year-old said on Wednesday that the Springboks have laid down a marker for all sporting codes in this country with their performances at the Rugby World Cup.
Making birdies is usually the name of the game in the modified scoring system used by the Blue Label Challenge, but making 15 pars was at the centre of Luca Filippi’s success on Saturday as he claimed the title by two points at the Gary Player Country Club.
Luca Filippi clung on to the lead after a tough third round of the Blue Label Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club on Friday and said he will employ the services of the same game-plan in the final round as he looks to improve on his runners-up finish in last year’s tournament.
Luca Filippi has returned from his northern hemisphere visit energised and boosted in confidence, and he showed the strides he has made as a Sunshine Tour golfer on Thursday as he opened a handy gap for himself at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Blue Label Challenge at Sun City.
Rassie Erasmus will join a stellar field of former sports stars, celebrities, professional golfers and business leaders at this year’s Gary and Vivienne Player Invitational at The Lost City Golf Course from 18-19 November, with corporate South Africa and other large multinationals also throwing their weight behind the drive to raise funds for the work of the Gary and Vivienne Player Foundation.
It was an eventful and remarkable day for Yurav Premlall on Wednesday as he flew back from the UK, landing in Johannesburg at 3am, driving immediately to Sun City, sleeping in his car and then getting up to play the first round of the Blue Label Challenge, finishing his round with an eagle on the last hole at the Lost City Golf Course to soar to the top of the leaderboard.