Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Rankings
Last week, Ockie Strydom was ranked by the Official World Golf Ranking as South Africa’s 18th best golfer. After his superb win in Singapore at the weekend, he is inside the top 10 at seventh, and inside the top 150 in the world. Strydom’s closing 63 not only took him...
Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Rankings
Paula Reto found herself up two places in the latest Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings after the weekend, and is sitting pretty inside the world’s top 50 at 27th. And, as if to show that the women’s ranking processes are as opaque and inexplicable as the men’s, South...
Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Features
It’s kind of tough to overlook a candidate for Golfer of the Week when someone closes with a nine-under-par 63 to come from behind and take a second DP World Tour title in six starts, and we haven’t overlooked Ockie Strydom. There probably could be a case made for...
Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Dylan Frittelli carded a closing one-under-par 70 on Sunday to finish in a share of 14th in the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open one eight-under-par for the week. After battling with an opening three-over-par 74, Frittelli fought back really well with rounds of 65 and 67...
Feb 12, 2023 | Featured, Sunshine Tour
It was something of a victory lap for Oliver Bekker as he carded a four-under-par 68 on Sunday to win the Dimension Data Pro-Am at Fancourt by four shots and get greeted by his twins in the 18th green of the Montagu course. In fact, it was five-and-a-half years since...
Feb 12, 2023 | Featured, Sunshine Ladies Tour
It took a special round to win it, and Moa Folke of Sweden provided just that with a brilliant bogey-free eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to take the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am at Fancourt. The 27-year-old with one professional win on the Swedish...
