Otto’s Rise-Up journey is a deeply personal one

Aug 25, 2020 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

By Michael Vlismas or Hennie Otto, the Sunshine Tour’s new Rise-Up Series is deeply personal. When the three-time European Tour champion tees it up at Glendower Golf Club on Wednesday for the start of this week’s African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship, he will do so...

A 66 for Loubser for a slender lead at State Mines

Aug 24, 2020 | Featured

Golf’s return continues this week and the IGT Tour’s Chase to #2 State Mines got off to a flying start, with Herman Loubser carding a near-perfect six-under-par 66 to take the first round’s lead at State Mines Country Club on Monday. Unlike his shaky start last week...

Fichardt cashes in at Betway Championship

Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

By Michael Vlismas It was akin to the kind of move made from Lockdown Level 5 to Level 2 in one sweep as Darren Fichardt surged through the field with a final round of 64 to win the Sunshine Tour’s Betway Championship by a single stroke at Killarney Country Club on...

Haindl likes his odds in Betway Championship

Aug 20, 2020 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

By Michael Vlismas The hours spent working on about the only thing a golfer can do during lockdown – putting – paid off for Alex Haindl as he signed for a 67 to take a one-stroke lead going into Friday’s final round of the Betway Championship on the Sunshine Tour’s...

Ellis-Cole goes wire-to-wire for maiden IGT win

Aug 19, 2020 | Featured

Angus Ellis-Cole’s final-round one-over-par 73 was enough to earn him a wire-to-wire maiden Big Easy IGT Tour victory after golf’s return to action following a six-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic that has struck the world. Having shot an eventful...

Mostert leads as Sunshine Tour returns

Aug 19, 2020 | Featured, Sunshine Tour

By Michael Vlismas Dylan Mostert opened with a three-under-par 67 for a one-stroke lead in Wednesday’s first round of the Betway Championship at Killarney Country Club, and in what was a generally cautious start by most of the field in the first Sunshine Tour...