Aug 5, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Barend Botha claimed his second professional victory in back-to-back weeks at the BioSteel Championship after carding a final round seven-under 63. Botha moves up to number four in the Fortinet Cup points list after the victory, after sitting at T219 prior to the...
Aug 5, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
While Erik van Rooyen was ‘bummed’ by a couple of mistakes on Sunday, he relished his first Olympic experience in Paris and, with his 17th place finish, said he was eagerly awaiting the 2028 Games set for Los Angeles. Van Rooyen had no sooner corrected things from his...
Aug 4, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Wilco Nienaber rounded out a solid week on the Challenge Tour with his third three-under-par 69 of the week in the Irish Challenge at the K Club in Palmer South, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland, giving him a share of sixth. Nienaber finished the week on...
Aug 3, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Wilco Nienaber carded a three-under-par 69 on Saturday to edge towards the top 10 after the third round of the Challenge Tour’s Irish Challenge at the K Club in Palmer South, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. The lanky South African made four birdies on the front...
Aug 3, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout carded a bogey-free seven-under par 64 in the third round of the Paris Olympic Games golf competition on Saturday to give him a slim chance of a medal. Bezuidenhout and Team SA teammate Erik van Rooyen are on eight-under par...
Aug 2, 2024 | Featured, South Africans abroad
Erik van Rooyen kept himself in touch on Friday with a second round of two-under-par 69 at Le Golf National in Paris, which took him to a share of 10th ahead of the weekend action in the Olympic Games. Van Rooyen made five birdies and three bogeys and was in a share...