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Aug 16, 2022
SA juniors named for Reply Italian U-16 challenge Janko van der Merwe, Fabrizio de Abreu, Marno Lange and Johndre Ludick will fly the flag for GolfRSA in the 15th Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship in Italy; credit GolfRSA. 16 August 2022 – Reigning Nomads SA Boys U-17 champion Janko van der Merwe and compatriots Fabrizio de Abreu, Marno Lange and Johndre Ludick have received a tremendous opportunity to gain international experience in the upcoming Reply Italian International Under-16 Championship. The GolfRSA National Squad trio and Ludick – a member of the South African Gol…

Aug 12, 2022
We would like to wish all our ladies a Happy Women's Day for Tuesday and we hope that the joy continues throughout the month and the rest of the year. This week, our Women’s Month focus is shining the spotlight on Carmen Taljaard, a young lady who has truly embraced her love for the game of golf and is applying all the practical and theoretical knowledge that she gained during her three years at BSI, through studying the PGA Diploma, in her everyday life. We had the opportunity to catch up and interview Carmen, who graduated in 2019 and is now the Internal Sales Manager at Dunlop Srixon Golf…

Aug 10, 2022
The Blue Label Development Tour is a significant expansion of playing opportunities The Sunshine Tour has announced another major step towards its development objectives with the launch of the new Blue Label Development Tour, a series of 10 18-hole tournaments to be played in Gauteng and teeing off this August. The Blue Label Development Tour is a significant expansion of playing opportunities for recognised development professionals and will draw players from the Altron Big Easy Tour, the Sunshine Tour Qualifying Schools, the Altron Vusi Ngubeni Tournament and the Sunshine Tour Luno Order o…

Aug 8, 2022
Buhai wins ‘life-changing’ major with AIG Women’s Open title   GULLANE, SCOTLAND – AUGUST 07: Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa acknowledges the crowd upon victory on Day Four of the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield on August 07, 2022 in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Oisin Keniry/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)  8 August 2022 – Ashleigh Buhai is a Major champion! The South African No 1 made par on the fourth play-off hole late on Sunday to win the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Muirfield and become just the second South African woman to win a major. And it was fitting that it took a s…

Jul 29, 2022
Fearless Venter crowned Nomads SA Girls champion 2022 Nomads SA Girls champion Gabbi Venter at the Gary Player Country Club A perfect draw. That’s the shot Gabbi Venter needed to gain the advantage on Sam Whateley at the first play-off hole. And that’s the shot she executed. So well, in fact, that the Free State junior nearly won the Nomads SA Girls Championship with an albatross. Everyone who has competed at the Gary Player Country Club knows the course demands respect and, for 54 holes, GolfRSA No 1 Venter paid her dues. Her go-to club barely came out of the bag. Instead of pulling ou…

Jul 21, 2022
RIGOROUS ASSESSMENTS TO BENCHMARK EACH PLAYER’S CURRENT ABILITY With this week being the start of Cycle 3 in our Academy, we are conducting rigorous assessments to benchmark each player’s current ability, and to provide evidence of improvements. We test all our players for their golf-specific physical conditioning with the TPI screening and check their clubhead speed, ball speed and other full swing ball flight data with the Flightscope launch monitor.  We also measure their body motion data with the K-Motion 3D system, and test their pitching skills with the Flightscope again. We take t…

Jun 28, 2022
GolfRSA announces 2022 WATC Teams South Africa’s top-ranked amateurs, Christiaan Maas and Caitlyn Macnab, will spearhead the country’s challenge in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship in France from 24 August to 3 September. 28 June 2022 – GolfRSA today announced two strong teams to represent South Africa in the Eisenhower and Espirito Santo Trophies at the 2022 World Amateur Team Championships. Hosted by the French Golf Federation, the Espirito Santo Trophy (women’s championship) will be played from Wednesday 24 August to Saturday 27 August, and the Eisenhower Trophy (men’s championsh…