Skip to main content

Van der Merwe caps breakout season with Freddie Tait Cup win

2023 Investec South African Open champion Dean Burmester and Leading Amateur Altin van der Merwe celebrate at Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate; credit GolfRSA. BLAIR ATHOLL, Lanseria, 3 November 2023 – Altin van der Merwe proudly took his place alongside 2023 champion Dean Burmester during the presentation ceremony, excited to receive the prestigious Freddie Tait Cup as the Leading Amateur in the 113th Investec South African Open Championship. The 27-year-old had already wrapped up the award by Friday evening, emerging as the sole amateur to make the 36-hole cut at Blair Atholl Golf and...

SA Golf | Hat trick heaven for Van Kan

24 February 2024 – Kyra van Kan’s month of love continued as she made it a hat trick of February wins with a commanding nine-stroke victory in the inaugural Africa Amateur Women’s Invitational. Having swept to runaway victories in the South African Stroke Play Championship and the inaugural GolfRSA International Amateur Championship on the GolfRSA South African Swing earlier in the month, Van Kan sealed her third title in three weeks with a wire-to-wire victory over 54 holes at Leopard Creek Country Club. “I'm seriously overwhelmed, it’s such an amazing feeling,” the 18-year-old Van Kan said...