Recent Stories by South African Golf Association

South African Open: Altin van der Merwe is low amateur
Dec 3, 2023Winning the Freddie Tait Cup caps a strong season for the 27-year-old
Martin Couvra makes history by winning the South African Amateur
Feb 27, 2023Frenchman becomes the first European to win all three of South Africa's major amateur titles in the same season
Martin Couvra cruises to South African Stroke Play title
Feb 17, 2023Couvra closes with a 6-under 66 to become the third Frenchman to win the title
Rise to stardom: Masters-bound Aldrich Potgieter wins African Amateur
Feb 9, 2023“It’s been a year beyond my wildest dreams,” South African-born Potgieter, who plays The Masters in April & the U.S. Open in June
Christiaan Maas makes some history as low amateur at South African Open
Dec 4, 2022The 19-year-old University of Texas freshman becomes only the third amateur to win the Brabazon Trophy and the Freddie Tait Cup
De Beer, Legentil and Smit win South African Amateur titles
Feb 12, 2022A GolfRSA National Squad member, an unheralded underdog and a mother who got the best of her daughter highlight title matches
Maas, Macnab win South African Amateur titles
Feb 19, 2021Rising star Christiaan Maas takes his biggest title while South Africa's #1 ranked Caitlyn Macnab successfully defends her title
With African Amateur title, Jarvis first to complete Triple Crown
Feb 11, 20212020 AmateurGolf.com Player-of-the-Year Casey Jarvis makes more history with an eight-shot romp at Glendower GC in South Africa
Martin Vorster goes 23 under to win South African Stroke Play
Feb 4, 2021In a first, a player thanks his biokineticist after a win; but after missing over 5 months due to injury, he had good reason
South African Amateur: Jarvis gets the double, 4th win of 2020
Feb 21, 202016-year-old Casey Jarvis add the S.A. Amateur to the S.A. Stroke Play he won last week, the 10th ever to do so
South African Match Play: Samuel Simpson is medalist
Feb 17, 2020Simpson nailed a decisive two iron, leading to an eagle and being qualifying medalist at the South African Match Play
16 years old and 25 under: Jarvis takes South African Stroke Play
Feb 13, 2020Casey Jarvis breaks a 51-year-old record and announces himself as the next big thing in South African golf
22 birdies lift Jarvis at the South African Stroke Play
Feb 12, 2020South Africa's top junior has a four-shot lead at Randpark Golf Club
Vorster goes overtime to win the African Amateur Stroke Play
Feb 6, 2020South Africa's Martin Vorster forces a playoff in dramatic fashion, then overcomes a weather delay and England's Olly Huggins
Tournament leader shoots 83, still leads Africa's biggest tourney
Feb 5, 2020Ryan van Velzen does a Tin Cup routine in the wind, but somehow still leads the African Amateur Stroke Play