Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, Features, South Africans abroad
From Richard Winton from BBC.com Shaun Norris stepped on to the fourth tee at Royal Portrush one over for The Open. A run at the leaderboard was still within his sights. Twenty minutes later, the South African’s scorecard was wrecked and his brain scrambled as he...
Jul 18, 2025 | Featured, South Africans abroad
From HotelPlanner Tour JC Ritchie leads by one stroke heading into the weekend of the German Challenge powered by VcG after carding 10 birdies on day two on Friday at Wittelsbacher Golfclub. The South African mixed those 10 birdies with four bogeys to sign for a six...
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...
