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The number of bogeys Jacques Kruyswijk recorded on the weekend he won his first DP World Tour title, the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa. Kruyswijk’s impressive final round of 67 included four birdies, and he is now the second South
African winner of the event since it became part of the DP World Tour’s Global Schedule.
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The number of bogeys Jacques
Kruyswijk recorded on the weekend he won his first DP World Tour title, the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa. Kruyswijk’s impressive final round of 67 included four birdies, and he is now the second South African winner of the event since it became part of the DP World Tour’s Global Schedule.
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Aldrich Potgieter (20) became the fourth-youngest golfer to shoot 61 or lower on the PGA Tour since 1983, behind Nick Dunlap, Patrick Cantlay and Tom Kim, when he had a 61 in the second round of the Mexico Open at Vidanta Vallarta. Potgieter shot 65, 61, 67 and 71 for 20-under 264 before losing in a playoff.
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Measured in yards (328.8), it converts to 300 metres, which Potgieter averages per drive to place him at the top of the Korn Ferry Tour rankings for this season. Last season he was also the longest driver on that Tour, with an average of 307m.
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Gia Raad went back-to-back at the South African Women’s Amateur Championship when she outlasted Lisa Coetzer 7 & 6 in the 36-hole final, while England’s Tess Samuels edged Isabella Orray 1 up for the Flight Division title at PE Golf Club – The Hill in Gqeberha.
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Gia Raad went back-to-back at the South African Women’s Amateur Championship when she
outlasted Lisa Coetzer 7 & 6 in the 36-hole final, while England’s Tess Samuels edged Isabella Orray 1 up for the Flight Division title at PE Golf Club – The Hill in Gqeberha.
The age of the 2025 South African Amateur champion, Charl Barnard. He overcame tough conditions to secure a 5 & 3 victory in the final over Britain’s Cameron Mukherjee
at Humewood Golf Club. The win also earned him a spot at the Investec SA Open at Durban Country Club.
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The age of the 2025 South African Amateur champion, Charl Barnard.
He overcame tough conditions to secure a 5 & 3 victory in the final over Britain’s Cameron Mukherjee at Humewood Golf Club. The win also earned him a spot at the Investec SA Open at Durban Country Club.
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Casandra Alexander held her nerve to lift the Jabra Ladies Classic trophy for the second time in her career, and became the first multiple winner of this Sunshine Ladies Tour title since 2019. Alexander went into the final day with a two-shot lead after she had signed for a course-record eight-under-par 64 in the second round, and closed with a 67 to win by four shots on 14 under par.
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Kesha Louw cemented her status as GolfRSA’s No 1 amateur with a come-from-behind playoff victory at the South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship, while Mogomotsi Sebata lifted the B-Division title at a rainy and windy PE Golf Club – The Hill.
JP van der Watt shot rounds of 65 and 67 for a 12-under-par total, to win the prestigious Proudfoot Trophy. The 36-hole strokeplay qualifier for the SA Amateur was played on his home course of Humewood Golf Club, which the youngster was able to use to his advantage after starting the final round one shot back.
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