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

Dean Burmester. Sunshine Tour Dean Burmester will return to South African fairways in December in search of the one title he still desperately wants to win – the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Burmester has won every one of the current Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournaments in South Africa, except for the Alfred Dunhill Championship, and he will compete at Royal Johannesburg from 11-14 December with a firm goal to win and complete his own co-sanctioned sweep

Andre Van Zyl weaved together a brilliant six-under-par 66 on day two of the Betway Big Easy Tour’s ninth event, getting his overall total to 10-under while pulling a shot clear of the field at Krugersdorp Golf Club. Wednesday’s second round produced some exciting golf, with players jostling for positions ahead of Thursday’s final round. Among those players was Van Zyl, who seemed to have found something he liked around this parkland layout. Following a solid start of four-un

Heinrich Bruiners. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour When Heinrich Bruiners sees his name on the Stella Artois Players Championship trophy as the defending champion at Randpark Golf Club this week, it’s going to remind him of something he’s spent the past year and seven months trying to rediscover. Bruiners’ victory in this event last year when it was played at Dainfern was the second of his Sunshine Tour career but his first over 72 holes. That alone was a huge mental breakthrou

Joe Sullivan continued to ride his good form in the first round of the ninth Betway Big Easy Tour event at Krugersdorp Golf Club where his opening 67 left him in a four-way share of the lead on Tuesday. Fresh from his second Blu Label Invitational triumph of the season at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate just last week, the Englishman showed no signs of slowing down in Krugersdorp. Along with Vaughn Van Deventer, Dillon Germishuys and Jacques van der Merwe, Sullivan card

Casey Jarvis and his caddie, Conrad Loubser, who received a Sunshine Tour medallion for the winning caddie. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Casey Jarvis won his maiden Sunshine Tour title in The Hyundai Open at the Ebotse Links on Sunday and after beating close friend Ryan van Velzen on a tough final day. “Winning is not easy and Ryan didn’t make it very easy for me. It’s hard beating a friend and he’s a close friend of mine. But I am very happy with my win today” said Jarvis,

Casey Jarvis. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour With the sun breaking through the clouds after two days of rain interruptions, Casey Jarvis made his intensions clear with a stunning 63 to earn him the lead in The Hyundai Open at the Ebotse Links. Jarvis closed off the second round, which had been suspended because of the weather, at the top of the leaderboard on 14-under par on Saturday, one stroke clear of Nikhil Rama who signed for a 64. Warwick Purchase was two shots off the l

Rowan Lester. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Haydn Porteous hadn’t even teed off his second round and still held the lead in The Hyundai Open as another wave of weather resulted in a suspension of play at the Ebotse Links on Friday. After the suspended first round was completed on Friday morning, the second round was also suspended because of weather and will resume at 7am on Saturday. Porteous, who held the overnight lead, was unable to tee off his second round and leads by o

Bakehouse Silver Lakes has stepped back onto the scene with a fresh relaunch and a fresh uniform to match. The neighbourhood favourite’s team has officially chosen BooYaa Golf apparel as their day-to-day gear, bringing a little fairway swagger to the pastry pass. “We love seeing local businesses back themselves with a look that feels as good as it works,” says Chantelle van Greune, Global Marketing Manager at BooYaa Golf. “BooYaa is proudly South African and built for premium

Haydn Porteous. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Haydn Porteous is chasing his second title this season on the Sunshine Tour after opening with a 64 to lead Thursday’s incomplete first round of The Hyundai Open by two strokes at the Ebotse Links. After losing nearly five hours of play to a typical highveld thunderstorm, Porteous, the winner of the recent Vodacom Origins of Golf Gowrie Farm tournament, managed to finish his round with an eagle, eight birdies and two dropped shots

JC Ritchie. Sunshine Tour JC Ritchie and Daniel van Tonder will tee it up in Thursday’s first round of The Hyundai Open at the Ebotse Links still revelling in having secured their DP World Tour playing privileges for next season. Ritchie and Van Tonder are back on home fairways this week for The Hyundai Open, a new tournament on the Sunshine Tour schedule. They return home after an emotional Grand Final on the HotelPlanner Tour in Spain last week where they both took the oppo

As part of Disability Awareness Month which runs from 3 November to 3 December, the City of Cape Town will once again host one of South Africa’s premier events in golf for people with disabilities. The Cape Town Disabled Open will be played over 36 holes at King David Mowbray Golf Club on 16-17 November. Presented by the South African Disabled Golf Association (SADGA), the championship forms part of the All Abilities Golf Tour (AAGT) and brings together golfers who show that

The Gary Player Country Club golf course will feature several changes to this iconic layout when it welcomes this year’s field of professionals for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player. As part of the ongoing drive to enhance the player and spectator experience at “Africa’s Major”, Gary Player has personally overseen key strategic and aesthetic changes for the 4-7 December showpiece. “When it comes to the Nedbank Golf Challenge we’re synonymous with providing b

Brandon Pieters. England’s Miles Gray and local veteran campaigner, Brandon Pieters will take a slim one-shot lead into the second round of the fifth and final Big Easy Blu Label Invitational after both players carded rounds of four-under 68 at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate on Monday. Gray’s round of 68 featured three birdies, an eagle and a solitary drop while Pieters went round the Silver Lakes layout unblemished in the first round. “I’m really happy with my round,”

Christo Lamprecht, South Africa’s latest PGA TOUR member, has confirmed his place in this December’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open as he looks to go one better than his runner-up finish here last year. Lamprecht will compete at the spectacular La Réserve Golf Links, Heritage Resorts, from 18-21 December having just secured his PGA TOUR playing privileges for the new season. The 24-year-old heads to Mauritius on the back of a groundbreaking debut season on the Korn Ferry Tour wh

BooYaa Golf, South Africa’s premier golf apparel brand, is coming in hot for year-end. First up is Black Friday on 28 November. For one day only, BooYaa is rolling out a Bargain Bin with selected shirts at R100 and R200. No gimmicks, just serious value for golfers who want premium style without the premium tag. “This year we wanted to give our community a proper win,” says Chantelle van Greune, Global Marketing Manager at BooYaa Golf. “The Bargain Bin is our way of saying tha

From left to right: Sunshine Tour professional Luke Brown, businessman Surinder Arora, Gary Player, businessman Darren Roos and Irish musician Brian McFadden. GVPI It came down to the final hole for Irish musician Brian McFadden to lead his team to a thrilling victory in the Gary & Vivienne Player Invitational at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday. After two days of golf at the Gary Player Country Club and Lost City Golf Club against the backdrop of Gary Player’s 90th bir