Strydom returns to scene of emotional Sishen victory

Aug 25, 2021 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

Playing a tournament at Sishen Golf Club is something all Sunshine Tour professionals look forward to, and the tour returns there this week with Ockie Strydom in the field. He is the last man to have won there. The 54-hole event with a purse of R1-million tees off on...

Who’s playing where: 26-29 August 2021

Aug 25, 2021 | Featured, South Africans abroad

European Tour 26-29 August Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Switzerland Wilco NienaberBrandon StoneJustin HardingDean BurmesterDaniel van TonderGeorge CoetzeeJacques KruyswijkZander LombardJustin WaltersHaydn PorteousDarren...

Pickering takes 1-shot lead into last round at Centurion

Aug 24, 2021 | Featured

Amateur Slade Pickering signed for a four-under-par 68 on Tuesday as he moved into a one-stroke lead in the Big Easy IGT Tour’s Road to the Sunshine Tour #13 at Centurion Country Club. He started his round on the 10th, and picked up birdies on 11 and 12, before making...

Viljoen inspired by boyhood memories of Vodacom Origins at Sishen

Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

By Michael Vlismas/Sunshine Tour When MJ Viljoen (pictured here at Sishen in 2017) tees it up in this week’s Vodacom Origins of Golf tournament at Sishen Golf Club, it will take him back to memories of being a young boy and watching the Sunshine Tour professionals in...

Top-10 in Northern Trust for Van Rooyen after quadruple bogey

Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, South Africans abroad

Erik van Rooyen held on for a good top-10 finish on Monday in the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust, as his closing round of one-over-par 72 saw him finish in seventh place. The tournament was won by Tony Finau of the United States in a play-off with Australian Cameron Smith...

Van Wyk one of five leading at Centurion on five-under

Aug 23, 2021 | Featured

Keelan van Wyk was one of five players on five-under-par 67 on Monday after the first round of the Big Easy IGT Challenge Tour’s Road to the Sunshine Tour #13 at Centurion Country Club. Van Wyk was one of three players in a share of the lead who didn’t drop a shot. He...