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| | | | WP Men’s Amateur Championship | |
| 18th April 2022 – 23rd April 2022 |
The Rondebosch Golf Club, founded in 1911, only ten minutes from Cape Town's Centre with spectacular views of Devil's Peak and Table Mountain, hosted one of the oldest amateur championships in South Africa, the WP Amateur Championship.
The tournament attracted 115 participants from around the country vying for the Dowie Dunn Memorial Trophy and Duncan Baxter Cup. The players were spoiled with implausible Cape Town autumn weather conditions that resulted in a ‘birdie frenzy’ the first three days.
The WP Golf Amateur Championship history speaks for itself, with some of our country's top golfers lifting up both trophies since its inception.
The first WP Amateur Match Play Championship was held in 1909, when Mr. H Stewart became its first winner. H. Stewart won the WP Amateur Match Play Championship an unprecedented eight times between 1909 and 1929.
The Championship has been played 97 times since its induction.
Renowned Strokeplay Champions:
1988: D. Gammon, 1989: R. Goosen, 1992: A. Mitchell, 1995: H. Otto, 1997: U van den Berg, 2002: T. Aiken, 2005: J. Harding, 2006: G. Coetzee, 2013 & 2014: C. Bezuidenhout and 2018: W. Nienaber.
Renowned Match Play Champions:
O. Hayes (1936, 1938), J. Hayes (1961, 1962), D. Hayes (1970), D. Frost (1979), J. Hugo (1998), T. Aiken (2001), C. Bezuidenhout (2013), J. Rebula (2016) and W. Nienaber (2018)
Yurav Premlall (Glendower Golf Club), currently ranked 5th on the GolfRSA Men's Open Rankings, is one of the names to remember for many years to come. He put up a flawless performance, shooting 66, 66, 63, 71 to finish 9 shots ahead of his nearest competitors. Yurav took full advantage of the perfect conditions raking in 21 birdies and 5 eagles. |
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| Watch our interview with Yurav below: |
| Simon du Plooy (Krugersdorp GC) placed second with rounds of 69, 65, 70, 71. Straight on his heels and in solo third place was Behn Heyns (Silver Lakes Country Club) with scores of 70, 67, 70, 74. |
| Match Play Finals - Southern Cape Dual |
Saturday, 23 April 2022 - Aldrich Potgieter and Ivan Verster (both Pinnacle Point members and Louis Oosthuizen Golf Academy students) had to endure four knockout stages before they were matched up in a thrilling 36-hole match play finale.
Early in the match, a strong South Easter blew through, causing both players to adjust their strategies. Potgieter, who has been in excellent form lately, pushed his opponent from the onset, putting immediate pressure on him.
Ivan wasn't able to continue the momentum he had gained up to the Finals, and racked up 5 bogeys in his first 20 holes to find himself 7 down. With the situation in Aldrich's favour, he added salt to his opponent's wounds by winning by 8 and 7, sealing his victory on the 29th hole.
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our title sponsor, PUMA Golf for sponsoring the prizes. We also thank our affiliated partners, Peninsula Beverages and Suptropico, who sponsored Powerade, water and fruit throughout the event. |
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| Watch the video below of Aldrich's winning shot: |
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The Premier Amateur Tour season kicked off with the 2022 Parow Open on Sunday, 3rd April 2022. The field consisted of 60 players of which 10 were ladies who took part. The ladies are taking full advantage of competing in the Open which is fantastic to see.
The course was in great condition and the weather was perfect on the day. This saw Jack Buchanan, Milnerton Golf Club, carding rounds of 71,67 to win the 2022 Parow Open, 3 shots clear of fellow Milnerton member Keegan-Slade Couch and fellow IPT player Sean Howell, Durbanville Golf Club, both finished tied for second on a gross of 141.
Our Mid-AM section was won by Karl Osche, Bellville Golf Club, with rounds of 71,71 with Wesley Du Plessis, Durbanville Golf Club, finishing 2 shots behind on a gross score of 144.
Leading the charge in the Ladies section was Vicki Traut, Erinvale Golf Club, carding rounds of 72,76 to win the ladies section, 6 shots clear of Erica Chen, Durbanville Golf club. |
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The 2022 Strand Open took place on Sunday, 10th April 2022. With it being a much smaller field we were able to do a shotgun start for 36 holes.
Once again the weather was perfect but we were able to provide the players with some tricky holes making for some excitement on the day.
Philip Taberer, Erinvale Golf Club, raised the Strand Open Trophy at the end of the day with rounds of 71,70 a mere 2-shot lead over Jack Buchanan, Milnerton Golf Club, finishing in second place on rounds 73,70.
Vicki Traut, Erinvale Golf Club, was on fire and burning up the course in the ladies section. Vicki won the ladies section 23 shots clear carding rounds of 71,69 with Kim Albertus, Atlantic Beach Links, coming in second place with scores 80,83.
Congratulations to our winners, may there be many more wins to come.
A big thank you to all participants and our sponsors Coca-Cola Beverages, Subtropico Market Agents and The Pro Shop for their continuous support. |
| | | | Senior and Super Senior IPT | |
Located along the banks of the Vaal River, Heron Banks River & Golf Estate was the host venue for the Senior & Super IPT 2022.
Upon entering, the teams were met by a well-manicured golf course, with amusing surprises such as game viewing in between holes. |
| “The 2022 SA Senior Inter-Provincial had all the ingredients of a Hollywood blockbuster – weather issues, matches going down to the wire, victory and promotion battles perched on a knife’s edge – but in the end, Central Gauteng, Free State, Southern Cape and Ekurhuleni were crowned the victors.” | | - Golf RSA |
| Leading up to the tournament, both Seniors and Super Seniors were confident of repeating their success from 2021. | | |  | | |
The Super Seniors suffered an early loss on Day 1 against Boland (2 - 4), but bounced back with victories against KZN (5 - 1) on Day 2 and overall winners Southern Cape (5 - 1) on Day 3.
After a stellar performance in 2021, the Seniors continued with resounding victories over North West (7.5 - 4.5) and Boland (9.5 - 2.5) on Day 1. Day 2 saw victories over Eastern Province (9.5 - 2.5) and KZN (10 - 2). The Seniors faced a tough challenge against Gauteng North, but came out on top, winning 7-5 on Day 3.
With the final day rapidly approaching, both WP Teams were in full control and leading their respective logs. |
“With a massive thunderstorm forecast to hit Heron Banks shortly after lunch time on the final day, we changed the format and played the Singles first to give every team opportunity to score the maximum points.
The storm arrived as predicted just as the first foursomes got underway, and very quickly lightning forced us to suspend play. After about two hours of non-stop rain and lightning, it became clear that play would not resume, and we had to call a result," explained GolfRSA Tournament Director David Younge. |
| “Under the format of the tournament, the score of a game through nine holes stood as the result when play was suspended, while any game that had not gone through nine holes was halved.” |
Unfortunately, both WP teams failed to capitalise on the single matches on the final day, and their hopes of defending their titles were blown.
See final log standing:
A-SECTION SENIOR LOG
1. Central Gauteng (14 pts | 59.5 game points)
2. Western Province (12 pts | 55.5 game points)
3. KwaZulu-Natal (7 pts | 41.5 game points)
4. Boland (7 pts | 34 game points)
5. Southern Cape (6 pts | 41 game points)
6. Gauteng North (5 pts | 40.5 game points)
7. Eastern Province (5 pts | 34.5 game points)
8. North West (0 pts | 29.5 game points)
A-SECTION SUPER SENIOR LOG
1. Southern Cape (7 pts | 17.5 game points)
2. Gauteng North (7 pts | 16.5 game points)
3. Western Province (5 pts | 15.5 game points)
4. Boland (5 pts | 15.5 game points)
5. KwaZulu-Natal (3 pts | 12 game points)
6. Central Gauteng (3 pts | 11 game points)
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| | | | GolfRSA announcement | | | Jack Buchanan inducted into 2022 GolfRSA National Squad | |
| “Western Province’s Jack Buchanan not only represented the union with great success last year as a member of the victorious teams in the Premier SA and SA U-19 Inter-Provincials, but the Milnerton golfer racked up two third-place finishes at national junior level this season and has climbed to No 3 in the GolfRSA Under-19 Rankings.” |
- Aldrich Potgieter (Pinnacle Point Golf Club)
- Amilkar Bhana (County Club Johannesburg)
- Daniel Bennett (Royal Durban Golf Club)
- Dylan Kayne (Pearl Valley Golf Estate)
- Fabrizio de Abreu (Woodhill Country Club)
- Jack Buchanan (Milnerton Golf Club)
- Jaden Deltel (Bryanston Country Club)
- Janko van der Merwe (Magaliespark Golf Club)
- Jordan Wessels (Mooinooi Golf Club)
- Marno Lange (Serengeti Estates)
- Pascal Gunther (Bryanston Country Club)
- Vuyisane Makama (Country Club Johannesburg)
- Zinan Maimane (Silver Lakes Country Club)
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| | | | Juniors | | | James Boustead wins close contest at Erinvale | |
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1st May 2022 - James Boustead, 18 years old, won a close fight in the Erinvale Junior Championship on a glorious autumn day. The course was presented in pristine condition by Erinvale Golf Club.
The Erinvale Junior Championship was the 6th in a series of 14 local junior competitions, known as the "Championship Tour 2022", in which qualifiers competed in a 36-hole final in October.
The other qualifiers at this stage are Jack Buchanan (at Parow), Craig Jacobs (at Kuils River), Jan Stals van Rooyen (at Bellville), Jungwi Lee (at KD Mowbray), and Pearce Lewin (at Durbanville).
Bobbi Brown (Steenberg) and James Boustead were both on level par as they walked to the final green at Erinvale Golf Club. James separated himself from his closest challenger with a 3-metre birdie putt on the final green. James started out well with two early birdies, but a double drop at the par-4 6th was a hiccup - his five birdies were offset by the double drop and two bogeys.
Bobby Brown's start was sluggish with a double drop on the first hole. This was followed by four birdies in the middle of the round, which was offset by another double drop at the par 5 13th.
This performance was a continuation of her recent good form, winning the NOMADS SA Junior International Girls by a convincing 6 shots at Rondebosch Golf Club in March.
With gross scores of 74, Jungwi Lee (Royal Cape) and Gabriel Firer (KD Mowbray) finished third and fourth respectively. Mateo Rossi (Atlantic Beach) won the B division by a count-out on 89, whereas Taedi Hansraj (KD Mowbray) won the C division on 39 points.
The Under 13B division was won by 9-year-old Alwyn Rossouw (Bellville), who scored 36 points off of a handicap of 23.
The Under 13As saw a fierce battle between Clovelly members Evan Marais and Kaitlyn van de Vyver. The two 12-year-olds tied on a gross 77 as Evan Marais won the count-out. Evan played a steady round, making only 5 bogeys, while Kaitlyn made 5 birdies interspersed with 6 bogeys and two doubles.
The 92 junior golfers enjoyed an exciting day of golf. |
| | | Junior Triangular Tournament | |
| Western Province Juniors performs well in Robertson |
The annual junior triangular between Boland, Southern Cape, and Western Province took place at the picturesque Robertson Golf Club.
Four age groups from each of the three unions, U13, U15, U17 and U19, competed against each other.
In spite of a bit of a chill in the mornings, the event was played in ideal golfing conditions.
The Triangular matchup consisted of a 9-hole individual match play (over 5 rounds).
The Western Province comfortably defended their title from last year with the final accumulated points of Western Province 144, Southern Cape 112, Boland 104. This is the 4th consecutive year the Western Province has won the overall event after moving to Robertson Golf Club (from Riversdale GC) - no event was held in 2020 due to Covid.
Western Province, in the individual age categories, avenged its loss from last year to Boland by comfortably beating the other two unions (age group results are listed below).
Jude Samuels (Royal Cape) was the top performing WP U13 player with a total of 8 points out of a possible 10. Vincent Venter (Erinvale) was next with 7.5 points.
The Western Province U15 team dominated the U15 division, with Boston Franks (Steenberg) accumulating 7.5 out of a possible 10 points. Andries van der Vyver (Strand), the U15 captain, led the team with 7 points, together with his brother, Nicolas van der Vyver (Strand), and Bjorn Nord (Milnerton).
It was one-way traffic for Southern Cape in the U17 age group, which they completely dominated, winning by a margin of 14 games. The Western Province team, who finished second, had Gabriel Firer (KD Mowbray) win 7 of 10 games.
The U19s were a tightly contested match, with Western Province coming out on top by 4.5 games over the final 9 holes. Captain of the U19 team and member of the GolfRSA national squad, Jack Buchanan (Milnerton), finished with 8.5 games out of a possible 10. The impressive form of Jack Brugman (Strand) continued in this round with an equal 8 games.
All the matches were played in a good spirit, and everybody enjoyed the good camaraderie and great hospitality.
The final scores were:
- U13 Western Province 38, Boland 27.5, Southern Cape 24.5
- U15 Western Province 40.5, Boland 25, Southern Cape 24.5
- U17 Southern Cape 42.5, Western Province 28.5, Boland 19
- U19 Western Province 37, Boland 32.5, Southern Cape 20.
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Western Province Golf Referees' Association is looking for passionate golfers to serve as golf referees at local WP Golf Tournaments.
The minimum requirement is R&A Level 2 (preferably Level 3). Nevertheless, we can help you get started at Level 1 if necessary.
All candidates will be trained and mentored to eventually perform the duties of a qualified referee. In addition, we aim to have one qualified referee at each club in the Western Province.
Get in touch with us to get started as a referee. You can reach us at: - Cynthia Rayner (082) 416-6356
- Helene Marais (083) 785-8254
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Masters League Logs - View here.
Masters League Semi-Final Results - View here.
Saturday Ladies Scratch League Results - View here.
Saturday Ladies Handicap League Results - View here.
Saturday Ladies Scratch League Logsheet - View here.
Saturday ladies Handicap League Logsheet - View here. |
- Harry Solomon League Round 1: Saturday, 14 May 2022 & Sunday, 15 May 2022
- Masters League Final: Sunday, 15 May 2022
- Harry Solomon League Round 2: Saturday, 21 May 2022 & Sunday, 22 May 2022.
- PAT Tour Event – Rondebosch Open: Sunday, 22 May 2022.
- Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championships (Mbombela Golf Club): Sunday, 22 May 2022 – 25 May 2022 (follow progress on our Social Media Platforms).
- Senior Series – Parow Golf Club: Friday, 27th May 2022. To enter please visit our website.
- PAT – Kuilsriver Open: Sunday, 5th June 2022. To enter please visit our website.
- Wilkinson Greensomes: Monday, 6th June 2022. Download the entry form. View poster.
- Senior Series – Somerset West. To enter please visit our website.
- PAT – Royal Cape Open. To enter please visit our website.
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| | | | Upcoming Affiliated Clubs' events | |
| Metropolitan Open Mixed: Sunday, 22nd May 2022. View poster. |
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