Celina Sattelkau. Sunshine Ladies Tour Germany’s Celina Sattelkau overcame a late start due to fog in Wednesday’s opening round of the SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International at Humewood Golf Club, and posted a three-under-par 69 to lead by one stroke in the first Sunshine Ladies Tour event of the year. It was a tough opening round on the famous links course, with Sattelkau and her nearest challenger, Norwegian Tina Mazarino on two-under-par 70, the only tw

Professional golfer George Coetzee and former Miss World Rolene Strauss enjoying Royal Cape Golf Club during the official pro-am for this week’s CIRCA Cape Town Open. Sunshine Tour You would be surprised to know what professional golfers get up to off the fairways and during a week in a world-class city such as Cape Town, the host of this week’s CIRCA Cape Town Open on the Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour. And it’s far more normal than you think. The chance to play a tourn

LIV Golf is set to kick off the 2026 season at Riyadh Golf Club to play ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh. It is the first stop on the 14-event schedule, and the tournament will be played under the lights for a second consecutive season. Last year at Riyadh Golf Club, Adrian Meronk claimed his first LIV Golf individual victory and Legion XIII took the team title in dominant fashion. The course is a par 72 measuring 7 454-yards and will demand strong off the tee play and the ability

Casandra Alexander. Sunshine Ladies Tour South Africa’s Casandra Alexander believes the Sunshine Ladies Tour is fast becoming the main pathway onto the Ladies European Tour for the world’s women professionals as she continues to support the Tour in this week’s R1.3-million SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International at Humewood Golf Club. She headlines the field for the opening tournament on the 2026 Sunshine Ladies Tour, which tees off on Wednesday as the firs

BooYaa Golf, South Africa’s premier golf apparel brand, has never been just a clothing brand. It has always been a way to show up, back your mates and celebrate the moments that matter. As 2026 begins, BooYaa is giving that spirit a new home with the launch of the BooYaa Social Club, a dedicated community channel designed to bring fans closer to the brand, the people behind it and the stories on and off the course. Hosted on Instagram, the BooYaa Social Club will share new dr

MJ Viljoen (right) and the winning caddie Jeff Faku. Sunshine Tour South Africa’s MJ Viljoen claimed a dramatic play-off victory in the SDC Open at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on Sunday, securing his first title on the HotelPlanner Tour. Viljoen came from one shot behind at the start of the round and looked headed for a comfortable victory when he was at one point, three shots clear on the back nine. But a charging Deon Germishuys and a weather delay quickly changed that. Ge

Baard Skogen. Sunshine Tour Norway’s Baard Skogen and France’s Maxence Giboudot will head into the final round of the SDC Open tied for the lead on 15-under par after a thrilling third round of low scoring at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on Saturday. Skogen signed for a 64 to top the leaderboard and Giboudot birdied the last for a 68 to join him. “I’m over the moon. I made some long putts and couldn’t be more pleased,” said Skogen, who finished fifth in this tournament last y

Judd Sundelson won the 2026 South African Amateur Championship beating Germany’s Morris Schiefner 3&2 at Pretoria Country Club – exactly the same winning margin with which his grandfather Neville won the title at East London Golf Club in 1972. GolfRSA Judd Sundelson etched his name into South African amateur golf history with a memorable victory in the final of the South African Amateur Championship at Pretoria Country Club, completing a remarkable three-generation family leg

Maxence Giboudot. Sunshine Tour France’s Maxence Giboudot produced a sublime 64 to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend of the SDC Open but with Welshman Rhys Enoch as one of his nearest challengers as he seeks to make history in this event. Giboudot heads the field on 11-under par following a round which he said was “hot and tough and wild” at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on Friday. “That’s very welcome. It was hot and tough but everything I could control went well. I fel

Weather delays did little to deter Daniel Cronje as he marched to a dominant six-shot victory in the Betway Big Easy Tour Play-Off event held at Modderfontein Golf Club. Wednesday’s second round had to be suspended twice before play was eventually called for the day, no thanks to dangerous weather in the area. At 13-under par and with two holes to play in round two, Cronje was already ahead of the field at this point and had a healthy three-shot cushion. When the third round

Houghton’s Judd Sundelson will go head-to-head in the 2026 South African Amateur Championship 36-hole final at Pretoria Country Club with Germany’s Morris Schiefner, who plays out of Fancourt, on Friday. GolfRSA Judd Sundelson and Morris Schiefner emerged from a gripping day of quarter-final and semi-final match play at Pretoria Country Club to secure their places in the final of the 2026 South African Amateur Championship. Sundelson continued the momentum he built on Wednesd

Martin Vorster. Sunshine Tour Martin Vorster went back to playing golf like a kid again and it resulted in a round of seven-under-par 65 to earn him the lead in Thursday’s first round of the SDC Open at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa. Vorster focused himself on the pure enjoyment of the game as he finished the day with a one-stroke lead over fellow South Africans Jaco Prinsloo and MJ Viljoen. “I think it just comes back to playing golf again. I got stuck in the technicalities o

JJ Senekal. Sunshine Tour It’s the start of something big in the bushveld this week. Bigger than the elephants that usually form part of the SDC Open prize giving at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa. Big in the sense of the opportunities that accompany this first week of six vital weeks on the Sunshine Tour. The SDC Open starts a run of four tournaments co-sanctioned with the HotelPlanner Tour and this is followed by two tournaments co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour. The four

Vuyisani Makama ignited the 2026 SA Amateur Championship match play stage with a champion-slaying upset, sealing a dramatic 1-up victory over Charl Barnard with a clutch chip-in eagle on the 18th hole at Pretoria Country Club. GolfRSA The first round of the knockout stages of the 2026 South African Amateur Championship concluded at Pretoria Country Club on Tuesday morning, delivering drama, upsets and emphatic victories as match play took centre stage. In a gripping opening r

Daniel Cronje. Dainel Cronje dazzled to an opening round of nine-under 63 on Tuesday, taking a two-stroke lead in the Betway Big Easy Tour Play-Off event played at Modderfontein Golf Club. A bogey-free front nine of 31 set the scene for what was to follow as Cronje launched his challenge for this week’s prestigious title. “Not often am I leading after the first round, so it’s quite nice to be in the front from the beginning and I’d like to keep it that way for the rest of the

A gathering of Commissioners. (From left to right) Keith Pelley, former Chief Executive of the DP World Tour; Tim Finchem, former Commissioner of the PGA TOUR; Selwyn Nathan, Executive Director of the Sunshine Tour; Deane Beman, former Commissioner of the PGA TOUR; Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA TOUR; and Thomas Abt, Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour. Selwyn Nathan has officially announced his retirement as Executive Director of the Sunshine Tour, prompting an outpourin

Calm under pressure, 18-year-old Dewan de Bruin from George produced a magnificent eagle in the sudden-death play-off of the 36-hole stroke play qualifier to lift the Proudfoot Trophy and claim the No 1 spot in the field for the 2026 South African Amateur Championship at Pretoria Country Club. GolfRSA Dewan de Bruin produced a moment of pure class to claim the Proudfoot Trophy in the South African Amateur Championship when he holed a superb 35-foot left-to-right downhill putt

Benjamin Follett-Smith with Gary Player. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Watched by Gary Player himself, Zimbabwe’s Benjamin Follett-Smith claimed his third Sunshine Tour title when he won the Cell C Challenge in Honour of Gary Player at Killarney Country Club on Sunday. Starting the final round three shots behind leader Haydn Porteous, Follett-Smith produced a magnificent charge and signed for a closing 66 to win by a single stroke on 15-under par. Matthew Crisswell, Follett-S

Haydn Porteous. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Haydn Porteous is hunting his first victory of the new year as he takes a three-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the Cell C Challenge in Honour of Gary Player at Killarney Country Club. Porteous, who has led from the first round, maintained his challenge with a third round of 68 on Saturday which lifted him to 14-under par overall. After waiting eight years between victories, Porteous could now win twice in just over four

Haydn Porteous. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Haydn Porteous held onto his top spot on the leaderboard in the Cell C Challenge in Honour of Gary Player and will take a three-stroke lead into the weekend at Killarney Country Club. Porteous shared the first-round lead with a 64 and then distanced himself from the pack with another 64 on Friday to climb to 12-under par overall. It was another flawless performance from Porteous who has yet to drop a shot in 36 holes. His nearest