Aug 8, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Deon Germishuys and Peter Launer Baek shared a one-stroke lead after posting six-under-par rounds of 65 on day one on Thursday of the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A. South African Germishuys overcame an opening bogey to fire five birdies on the...
Aug 7, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Ashleigh Buhai birdied her first hole in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday on her way to an opening four-under-par 68 and second place after the first round of the women’s competition at Le Golf National. She bogeyed the fourth, but after that she was flawless with two...
Aug 7, 2024 | Big Easy Tour, Featured
Warwick Purchase’s first-ever win – both as a professional and as an amateur – came in some dramatic fashion at Glenvista Country Club on Wednesday. On a tournament total of seven-under-par 209, Purchase, Ulrich van den Berg and Leon Vorster tied for the top spot,...
Aug 6, 2024 | Big Easy Tour, Featured
Vaughn van Deventer shrugged off pain from a spider bite and soldiered to a four-under-par 68 in round two of the Betway Big Easy Tour’s third tournament this season, taking a one-shot lead on six-under in the process. Bitten by a spider in Ballito a few days before...
Aug 6, 2024 | Featured, Features, Rankings
Barend Botha might not be a familiar name to South African golf fans, but his second win in as many starts on the PGA Tour Americas last week secured him a spectacular 334-place rise on the latest Official World Golf Ranking list. Botha made his debut at the Bromont...