Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, Features, South Africans abroad
Dean Burmester finished his second round in the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush with his second consecutive level-par 71 on Friday, and is almost certain to make the cut. For Burmester, the challenge of the Open is one he always relishes, as it plays into...
Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, South Africans abroad
In the first round of the modified stableford format of the PGA Tour’s Barracuda Championship in Truckee, California, Erik van Rooyen turned his fast start into a share of 14th on Thursday. Van Rooyen made a birdie on the second for two points and an eagle on the...
Jul 17, 2025 | Featured, South Africans abroad
The 18th at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland was a microcosm of Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s first round of the 153rd Open Championship on Thursday – a stellar approach, but a narrow miss on the birdie putt. Former SA Open champion Bezuidenhout was the best-placed...
Jul 17, 2025 | Featured, South Africans abroad
An eagle and five birdies on Thursday saw JC Ritchie into a share of eighth after the first round of the HotelPlanner Tour’s German Challenge at Wittelsbacher Golfclub in Neuburg an der Donau. Ritchie also made two bogeys as he reached five-under-par 67. That put him...
Jul 16, 2025 | Featured, Features, South Africans abroad
Major championship 17-20 July The Open Championship, Royal Portrush, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland Louis Oosthuizen Daniel van Tonder Justin Walters Bryan Newman (a) Aldrich Potgieter Dylan Naidoo Darren Fichardt Dean Burmester Shaun Norris Christiaan Bezuidenhout...
Jul 14, 2025 | Featured, Features, South Africans abroad
Casandra Alexander bumped headfirst into the reality check that hope and expectation bring on Sunday in a major championship when she signed off for the Amundi Evian Championship with a two-over-par 73. With hopes cultivated by three great rounds to start with, and...