It is part of the illustrious history of the Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship that this tournament changes lives. It shapes careers. It builds legends. It’s one of those enduring icons of South African professional golf. And on this Sunday at St Francis Links, Deon Germishuys became a part of this great story. With a final round of 69, Germishuys won South Africa’s second oldest professional golf tournament on 14-under par – one stroke clear of Samuel Simpson and Hennie du Ple

Luke Jerling. Carl Fourie/Sunshine Tour Luke Jerling had to endure it all on a challenging Saturday of the Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship at St Francis Links and ended it with a two-shot lead on 13-under par. After Friday’s weather interruption left the second round incomplete, Jerling finished his second round on Saturday morning with a 66 and a share of the lead with Deon Germishuys (65) on nine-under par. Jerling then endured a tricky third round in which he fought hard f

Samuel Simpson. Carl Fourie/Sunshine Tour Samuel Simpson retained his lead in the Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship at St Francis Links but with lightning having forced a suspension of Friday’s second round. Simpson climbed to 10-under par overall through 12 holes of his second round when play was suspended shortly after 3pm because of lightning. The round will resume at 7am on Saturday. He is currently one stroke clear of Deon Germishuys, who had also completed 12 holes when p

Dylan Naidoo. After making history with a win in his own national Open, South Africa’s Dylan Naidoo is hoping to end a breakthrough year with a victory in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at La Réserve Golf Links this December. Naidoo has confirmed his place in this Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour event from 18-21 December, which played a key role in him securing a DP World Tour card this past season. The South African finished tied second in last year’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius

Samuel Simpson. Carl Fourie/Sunshine Tour Samuel Simpson took an early tee-off time and used it to his advantage as he signed for an eight-under par 64 to lead the Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship at St Francis Links on Thursday. “I’m really happy with today’s round. I think any time you step on St Francis Links, no matter what the weather is, you’ll take that score. Teeing off early this morning was a big advantage and according to early weather forecasts it was definitely a

Christo Lamprecht. Sunshine Tour Rising South African star Christo Lamprecht has received a personal invitation from Gary Player to compete in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from 4-7 December. In his invitation to Lamprecht, Player wrote, “It gives me so much pleasure to personally invite you to participate in this year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge. It’s been an absolute delight to watch your progress this year and how hard you’ve worked to earn a place on the PGA TOUR. I

After a groundbreaking 2025, the 2026 Sunshine Ladies Tour is set to build on the growth of women’s golf with a strengthened schedule and a range of other local and global incentives. The season will run from February to May 2026 and will again feature two tournaments co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour (LET). Anchoring the 2026 schedule will be the co-sanctioned events: the Joburg Ladies Open (Randpark Golf Club Firethorn Course from 16-19 April) and the Investec Sou

Casey Jarvis and his caddie Conrad Loubser. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Casey Jarvis claimed his second victory in three weeks on the Sunshine Tour when he won the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final in arguably the most thrilling finish on the Sunshine Tour this season at the Pezula Golf Estate on Sunday. Jarvis signed for a final round of 65 to finish regulation play tied for the lead with Barend Botha, who carded a 64, on 24-under par. Both golfers had already thrown everythin

Christiaan Burke. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Christiaan Burke fought against a difficult front nine and gusting winds to retain his place at the top of the leaderboard in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at the Pezula Golf Estate on Saturday but with Albert Venter joining him. Burke held the sole lead going into the third round but was two over par on the front nine. Then he rediscovered the form that has seen him lead since day one and played the back nine in five-under

Christiaan Burke. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour There is probably no better example of the confidence with which Christiaan Burke is currently playing than the eagle he made at the last to retain his place at the top of the leaderboard in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at Pezula Golf Estate on Friday. Burke’s second round of 66 on Friday lifted him to 15-under par and still well on track towards claiming a maiden Sunshine Tour title. He is one stroke clear of Tyran Snyders

Yurav Premlall. Sunshine Tour Gary Player has extended a personal invitation to Sunshine Tour professional Yurav Premlall to make his dream debut in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from 4-7 December. In writing to the 22-year-old professional, Player said: “I am delighted to personally invite you to participate in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City this year. It has been an absolute pleasure to watch the development of your career as you’ve gone from being one of G

Christiaan Burke. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Christiaan Burke took the confidence of several weeks of good golf and turned it into the first-round lead in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at Pezula Golf Estate on Thursday. On a Pezula course that is in immaculate condition, Burke signed for a nine-under-par 63 to lead by one over Keenan Davidse, CJ du Plessis and Alexander Knappe. Teeing off the first, Burke turned in four under before his first and only bogey of the day

The 2025 Cape Town Disabled Open brought the All Abilities Golf Tour season to a powerful close. Golfers with physical disabilities and deaf golfers from across South Africa, together with international competitors, took on firm greens and some of the strongest winds of the year at King David Mowbray Golf Club. As the final AAGT event of 2025, the tournament carried extra significance with season-long honours on the line and the crowning of our season’s Order of Merit champio

Herman Loubser. It’s rare that two brothers find themselves as winners on the Sunshine Tour in the same season. But that was the case this year for the Loubser brothers – albeit in different areas of the game. In August, Herman Loubser won the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys Golf & Country Estate. Then in November, younger brother Conrad Loubser caddied for Casey Jarvis when he won The Hyundai Open at the Ebotse Links. And both brothers are in action again this week in the V

BooYaa Golf, South Africa’s premier golf apparel brand, has launched its first Lifestyle T-shirt range featuring six fresh tees that take the BooYaa feeling off the fairway and into everyday life. Each shirt carries that confident BooYaa identity, cut from a soft cotton blend (95% cotton, 5% elastane) and finished with clean, high-impact prints. The shirts retail at R599 per tee. “This isn’t just golf. This is BooYaa,” says Chantelle van Greune, Head of Marketing at BooYaa Go

Marco Penge. Getty Marco Penge, the only three-time winner on the DP World Tour in the 2025 season, has added his name to the field for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, with the Englishman set to make his debut in “Africa’s Major” at the end of his breakthrough year. With his three wins in China, Denmark and Spain, Penge finished the season in second place on the Race to Dubai Rankings, 30th on the Official World Golf Ranking and earned dual membership on

JC Ritchie. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour JC Ritchie continued his rich vein of form by winning the Stella Artois Players Championship on the Sunshine Tour by two shots on 17-under par, after a marathon day at Randpark Golf Club on Saturday. In order to avoid the predicted adverse weather on Sunday, it was decided to play both the third and fourth rounds in a single day on Saturday which led to a marathon of 36 holes for the Sunshine Tour professionals. Ritchie finished the t

Deon Germishuys. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Deon Germishuys will take a one-shot lead into a Saturday at the Stella Artois Players Championship at Randpark Golf Club that will test the resolve of every professional in the field. Germishuys signed for a 66 on Friday to lead on 12-under par, despite a double-bogey on his card. His nearest challenger is Karabo Mokoena who posted a 69 to end the day on 11-under. Oliver Bekker and Pieter Moolman are both well-placed on 10-under

Karabo Mokoena. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Karabo Mokoena was so focused during his 62 in Thursday’s opening round of the Stella Artois Players Championship at Randpark Golf Club that it took some time for his incredible performance to sink in. Mokoena's round of eight birdies, an eagle and one bogey earned him a two-stroke lead over a group of five players. “I’m only realising now that it was a good round. I checked the leaderboard and no-one has managed to match the scor

Jacques Van der Merwe secured his Sunshine Tour card for this season in spectacular fashion after he claimed a come-from-behind victory in the ninth Betway Big Easy Tour event of the season, held at Krugersdorp Golf Club. Thursday’s triumph was the third of the current campaign for Van der Merwe and thus, as Tour regulations stipulate, a direct pathway to the main Tour of which the Betway Big Easy Tour is the feeder. Van der Merwe started the final round at nine-under par and