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As of the 1st February 2018 we are merging the WGSA (Womens Golf South Africa) and the SAGA pages into one Golf RSA page.

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29 January 2018: In line with Golf RSA's mandate to unify amateur golf in South Africa, we are merging the SAGA and WGSA (Womens Golf South Africa) pages into one Golf RSA page.

The WGSA page will remain in the interim, while we migrate the WGSA posts and photographs/albums and videos across. But as of 1st February 2018 all posts and photos will appear on the Golf RSA page only.

If you would like to get ahead of the merge - please go to the Golf RSA page and LIKE the page.

Thank you to all our Facebook fans and friends and we look forward to having you following all the women's golf action on the Golf RSA page.

Don't miss the chance to compete in the new Women's Mid-Amateur Championship Series!!
The next event - the Southern Cape Mid-Amateur & Senior Championships at Goose Valley - is only in June, so you have plenty of time to enter!!
View the full schedule below and visit www.golfrsa.com for more details!

In line with GolfRSA's mandate to unify amateur golf in South Africa, we are merging the SAGA and WGSA (Womens Golf South Africa) pages into one GolfRSA page.

The WGSA page will remain in the interim, whilst we move the WGSA articles and photographs/albums and videos across.

However, as of 1st February 2018 all posts and photos will be appear on the GolfRSA page only.

If you would like to get ahead of the merge - please go to the GolfRSA page and LIKE the page.

Thank you to our Facebook fans and friends and we look forward to having you follow all the women's golf action on the GolfRSA page.

In line with Golf RSA's mandate to unify amateur golf in South Africa, we are merging the SAGA and WGSA (Womens Golf South Africa) pages into one Golf RSA page.

The WGSA page will remain in the interim, while we migrate the WGSA posts and photographs/albums and videos across. But as of 1st February 2018 all posts and photos will appear on the Golf RSA page only.

If you would like to get ahead of the merge - please go to the Golf RSA page and LIKE the page.

Thank you to all our Facebook fans and friends and we look forward to having you following all the women's golf action on the Golf RSA page.

A picture is worth a 1000 words.. PURE JOY for 5-time Sunshine Ladies Tour champion Stacy Bregman after a four shot triumph in the season-opening 2018 at Pretoria Country Club.
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Sunshine Ladies Tour | Bregman banks Canon Ladies Tshwane Open title Stacy Bregman claimed her fifth Sunshine Ladies Tour title with a dominant wire-to-wire performance in the Canon Ladies Tshwane Open at Pretoria Country Club on Thursday.

Amateurs enjoy Sunshine Ladies Tour start

PRETORIA, 24 January 2018 – Pretoria amateur Danielle du Toit and 13-year-olds Kiera Floyd from Benoni and Bloemfontein’s Gabbi Venter had a great time starting the 2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour season in the Canon Ladies Tshwane Open at Pretoria Country Club on Tuesday.
Like most of the field on opening day, top ranked Du Toit found the going very tough.
However, the 18-year-old was reasonably chuffed with a two-over-par 74 return after learning that just one player in the 78-strong international field broke par at her home course.
Du Toit will start the second round in a tie for 11th with big-hitting Bonita Bredenhann from Namibia, England’s Rachael Goodall, local pro Francesca Cuturi and fellow amateurs Casandra Hall from Ekurhuleni and Brittney-Fay Berger from KwaZulu-Natal.
“It’s such a privilege to have this tournament right here on my doorstep and to have the chance to play with top international professionals,” she said.
“This course is always very tight and the greens are a lot faster than normal. It’s not the kind of course where you can just let rip with the driver. You have to keep it in play and avoid the 80-plus pot-bunkers.”
Du Toit won the 2017 All India Ladies Amateur Championship at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore in December barely three weeks after she sat her matric exams at Menlo Park High School.
With five distinctions to her name, Du Toit will be heading to Indiana in the United States later this year where she will be taking up a golf scholarship at the University of Perdue. But first, she has some lofty goals to pursue here at home.
“I would like to win a one or two of our provincial events to build up for the Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play, so it’s “It’s such a great opportunity to play on the Sunshine Ladies Tour to gain experience that I can take into the amateur events before I leave,” said Du Toit
Floyd, who currently sits in sixth on the WGSA Junior Rankings, was three under through six holes, but turned one-under after a trio of bogeys from the 15th. Two bad holes on her back nine saw the Ekurhuleni golfer home in 78 strokes.
“I was a little mad with myself for letting it slip, but this is all new to me and it’s a steep learning curve,” said the Grant Veentra Academy player. “I had a double at the first and tripled the last and without those two holes, it could have been a 73.
“This course punishes bad course management, so I’ll try to take a more conservative approach in the second round and plan my shots better. Hopefully I’ll improve enough to make the cut.”
Gabbi Venter, the cousin of Springbok centre Francois Venter, is the second youngest starter in the field and just five months older than Floyd.
The teenager opened with a 10-over 82 at the tree-lined Waterkloof layout in her Sunshine Ladies Tour debu.
Dad Kosie, a former top Free State cricketer, was on the bag and give Venter a lot of positive reinforcement. Not surprisingly, the grade eight UNISI Girls High School scholar was not in the least disappointed.
“For me this week is all about gaining experience and improving my course management skills,” said the Quintin Williams Golf Academy player. “It was really cool to play with Francesca (Cuturi), because she handles herself really well on the course. It was an eye-opener to see how the pros approach the greens and plan their way around this course. The pins were tucked and the greens are small, so they tee shot was really important.”
Four-time Sunshine Ladies Tour winner Stacey Bregman shot one-under-par 71 and will start today’s second round with a one shot lead over defending champion Kiran Matharu from England, Spain’s Maria Beautell and Swedish pair Alexandra Lennartsson and Sofia Gronberg-Whitmore.

PHOTOS – Danielle du Toit and 13-year-olds Kiera Floyd and Gabbi Venter enjoyed their first Sunshine Ladies Tour experience of the season at the Canon Ladies Tshwane Open; credit Sunshine Ladies Tour.

Written and released by Lali Stander on behalf of GolfRSA, a SAGA and WGSA Not-For-Profit company.

In line with its mandate to unify amateur golf in South Africa, Golf RSA will soon be merging the SAGA and WGSA pages.
In the near future, you will be redirected to the GolfRSA page, where we look forward to presenting one page for all amateur golf in South Africa.
Note: There may be some timeline confusion on the GolfRSA page over the next few days as we will be copying over our important archived posts and photos.
Thank you all for your support.

Womens Golf South Africa hosted their first bootcamp for the 2018 GolfRSA Elite Squad at Bryanston Country Club this January.
The squad consists of Kajal Mistry, Woo-Ju Son and Symone Henriques from Gauteng, Zethu Myeki from Border, Kaylah Williams from Western Province and Ekurhuleni's Caitlyn Macnab.
The girls were put through their paces by National Coach Val Holland and assistant coach Anna Becker-Frankel, physiotherapist Sandra Winter and renowned sport psychologist Maretha Claasen.

GOLFRSA ELITE SQUAD ALERT
There is a fantastic vibe at GolfRSA Elite Squad boot-camp at Bryanston Country Club!
SA's top ranked senior trio Kajal Mistry, Woo-Ju Son and Zethu Myeki and top ranked juniors Symone Henriques, Caitlyn Macnad and Kaylah Williams in attendance with sessions being presented by National Coach Val Holland, Assistant Coach Anna Becker Franckel, specialist physiotherapist Sandra Winter and renowned sport psychologist Maretha Claasen.