Sunshine Ladies Tour

20th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

A little bit of luck goes a long way for Alexander in Platinum Ladies Open

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng – Swopping out her regular white golf ball for a pink ball during her round made all the difference to multiple Sunshine Ladies Tour winner Casandra Alexander’s second round in the Platinum Ladies Open at the par-71 Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate course on Thursday.

Alexander shot a second consecutive five-under-par 66 to take the lead on 10 under par, dropping only one shot during her second round. She leads by one over South Africa’s Tandi McCallum and England’s Hayley Davis going into Friday’s final round.

“I had a really slow start to the front nine. I started with a drop and then made a hallelujah putt on the par-five fifth to bring it back. I then made a bunch of pars in a row and said to my caddie, let’s change our ball to a different colour – a little bit of superstition going on there, I guess. Maybe there are some birdies in my pink ball and yes, things started getting going from there. I started firing through the back nine after a very long and boring front nine,” she said.

Alexander has had an impressive season to date on this year’s Sunshine Ladies Tour, claiming a win at the Jabra Ladies Classic in February and posting two top-three performances in the Standard Bank Ladies Open and the SuperSport Ladies Challenge.

“I think generally as a team we’ve made some good improvements to be able to play courses that don’t suit me and to get the ball in the hole no matter what the situation.

“Today my back was a little sore, so I knew I was going to have to manage how I play. I wasn’t going to hit them as close and I was working with that, so I think just identifying when we are not in the firing zone or the golf course doesn’t suit us and how we manage that – my team and I have done a great job with that.”

McCallum maintained her second place position during Thursday’s second round with a score of four-under-par 67 and nine under par for the tournament.

SCORES

132 – Casandra Alexander 66 66
133 – Hayley Davis (ENG) 65 68, Tandi McCallum 66 67, Fernanda Lira (MEX) 70 63
135 – Karoline Lund (NOR) 64 71, Gabrielle Venter 67 68, Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 68 67
136 – Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) 66 70, Cara Gorlei 70 66, Emma Grechi (FRA) 69 67, Danielle du Toit 70 66, Lora Assad 67 69, Vidhatri Urs (IND) 69 67
137 – Kaiyuree Moodley 68 69, Nikki Hofstede (NED) 65 72, Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 72 65
138 – Rosie Belsham (ENG) 70 68, Kiera Floyd 71 67, Romy Meekers (NED) 68 70, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 70 68, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 70 68, Zethu Myeki 71 67, Mayka Hoogeboom (NED) 66 72, Demi Flanagan 69 69
139 – Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 69 70, Nadia van der Westhuizen 69 70
140 – Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 68 72, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 69 71, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 66 74, Ana Dawson (IMN) 71 69, Hanna Tauber (GER) 73 67, Selena Costabile (CAN) 70 70, Isabella van Rooyen 72 68, Esme Hamilton (ENG) 69 71
141 – Emma Falcher (FRA) 71 70, Lorna McClymont (SCO) 70 71, Chantal Dueringer (AUT) 70 71, Stacy Bregman 72 69, Laura Beveridge (SCO) 70 71, Lindi Coetzee 70 71, Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 70 71
Missed the cut:-
142 – Lenanda van der Watt 71 71, Lee-Anne Pace 73 69, Celina Sattelkau (GER) 69 73, Tiffany Arafi (SUI) 69 73, Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 72 70, Corinne Viden (SWE) 71 71
143 – Michelle Forsland (NOR) 72 71, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA) 71 72, Larissa Du Preez 71 72, Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 74 69, Symone Henriques 73 70, Cara Ford 69 74
144 – Nina Pegova (WHT) 73 71, Kelsey Nicholas 74 70, Bronwyn Doeg 73 71
145 – Ivanna Samu 74 71, Canice Screene (IRL) 74 71, Clara Pietri (SUI) 72 73, Thalia Martin (ENG) 72 73, Jane Turner (SCO) 72 73, Katherine Hollern (USA) 76 69, Jess Baker (BRI) 75 70
146 – Hannah Karg (GER) 72 74, Tiia Koivisto (FIN) 72 74
147 – Lucie Malchirand (FRA) 72 75, Jessica Bailey (ENG) 78 69
148 – Kajal Mistry 75 73, Rhea Purvi (IND) 76 72
149 – Chante van Zyl 75 74, Marta Sanz Barrio (ESP) 72 77, Ananya Garg (IND) 74 75
150 – Nayanika Sanga (IND) 77 73
151 – Paris Hilinski (USA) 77 74, Linn Wiberg (SWE) 79 72
152 – Karishma Govind (IND) 77 75, Shawnelle de Lange 78 74, Hannah Arnold (USA) 76 76
153 – Claire Minter (ZIM) 79 74
154 – Judith van der Voort (NED) 74 80
155 – Brittney-Fay Berger 79 76
156 – Leontine Petit (FRA) 77 79, Kim de Klerk 75 81
160 – Carey Dodds 78 82
161 – Molly Lumley (ENG) 78 83
168 – Amy Fletcher 88 80

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19th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Norway’s Lund says SA is ‘something else’ as she leads Platinum Ladies Open

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng – Norway’s Karoline Lund produced her lowest round as a professional in the first round of the Platinum Ladies Open with a seven-under-par 64 on the par-71 Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate course on Wednesday, earning herself a one-shot lead over Nikki Hofstede from The Netherlands and England’s Hayley Davis.

The 26-year-old Lund, who said her practice round filled her with confidence for the challenge of this week, made five birdies and an eagle without dropping a single shot during the first round.

The field has been given an added incentive this week as the prize money has been increased by a further R200 000 to R1.2 million.

“I don’t want to say it’s easy, but today it felt easy. I hit a lot of fairways and greens and made a few putts as well, so it’s one of those good days. I went a little bit right of the green on the 13th hole and chipped in for eagle which was nice. The course is in great condition even though there has been a lot of rain. It just felt easy.”

Lund started playing golf with her father at the age of 11 at the golf course next to their vacation home in Sweden during family holidays. But she has been blown away by the quality of golf courses in South Africa.
“The courses in South Africa are a lot better for sure as we don’t really have the weather in Norway. We only have about six or seven months to play, so you can’t really compare the courses. South Africa is just something else.”

Lund said her strategy for the second round is “to just to play as aggressive as I did today and to stay in the process, taking one shot at a time and just have fun”.

South Africa’s Casandra Alexander, winner of this year’s Jabra Ladies Classic in February, and veteran golfer Tandi McCallum are two shots off the lead on five under par.

SCORES

64 – Karoline Lund (NOR)
65 – Nikki Hofstede (NED), Hayley Davis (ENG)
66 – Mayka Hoogeboom (NED), Tandi McCallum, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR), Elina Nummenpaa (FIN), Casandra Alexander
67 – Gabrielle Venter, Lora Assad
68 – Bonita Bredenhann (NAM), Madelene Stavnar (NOR), Romy Meekers (NED), Kaiyuree Moodley
69 – Tiffany Arafi (SUI), Vidhatri Urs (IND), Esme Hamilton (ENG), Demi Flanagan, Cara Ford, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL), Carolin Kauffmann (GER), Emma Grechi (FRA), Celina Sattelkau (GER), Nadia van der Westhuizen
70 – Selena Costabile (CAN), Laura Beveridge (SCO), Lindi Coetzee, Anais Meyssonnier (FRA), Fernanda Lira (MEX), Rosie Belsham (ENG), Cara Gorlei, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ), Lorna McClymont (SCO), Chantal Dueringer (AUT), Emie Peronnin (FRA), Danielle du Toit
71 – Zethu Myeki, Corinne Viden (SWE), Lenanda van der Watt, Emma Falcher (FRA), Kiera Floyd, Larissa Du Preez, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA), Ana Dawson (IMN)
72 – Jane Turner (SCO), Marta Sanz Barrio (ESP), Isabella van Rooyen, Tiia Koivisto (FIN), Olivia Mehaffey (NIR), Louisa Carlbom (SWE), Michelle Forsland (NOR), Hannah Karg (GER), Clara Pietri (SUI), Stacy Bregman, Thalia Martin (ENG), Lucie Malchirand (FRA)
73 – Hanna Tauber (GER), Symone Henriques, Bronwyn Doeg, Lee-Anne Pace, Nina Pegova (WHT)
74 – Judith van der Voort (NED), Kelsey Nicholas, Ananya Garg (IND), Pasqualle Coffa (NED), Canice Screene (IRL), Ivanna Samu
75 – Chante van Zyl, Kim de Klerk, Jess Baker (BRI), Kajal Mistry
76 – Rhea Purvi (IND), Hannah Arnold (USA), Katherine Hollern (USA)
77 – Leontine Petit (FRA), Karishma Govind (IND), Paris Hilinski (USA), Nayanika Sanga (IND)
78 – Carey Dodds, Molly Lumley (ENG), Shawnelle de Lange, Jessica Bailey (ENG)
79 – Claire Minter (ZIM), Brittney-Fay Berger, Linn Wiberg (SWE)
88 – Amy Fletcher

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18th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Moodley leads SA chase for Rookie honours at Platinum Ladies Open

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng – Kaiyuree Moodley is leading the South African charge for The R&A Rookie of the Year award on the Sunshine Ladies Tour this year as she heads into this week’s Platinum Ladies Open in second place on the standings after an impressive start to her professional career.

Moodley is making only her fourth professional start on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in this week’s 54-hole Platinum Ladies Open at the Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate from Wednesday to Friday, with prize money totalling R1 000 000.

The 23-year old golfer blazed through the last two events on the Sunshine Ladies Tour, finishing second in the SuperSport Ladies Challenge in early March and tying for third place in the Jabra Ladies Classic at the end of February. She led the first round of the Jabra Ladies Classic while posting her lowest professional score of six-under-par 66.

“It was only my third event as a professional so it felt really good to shoot my lowest professional score. Everything in my game was fantastic,” she said.

With the remaining half of this year’s eight tournaments on the Sunshine Ladies Tour to be played over the next four weeks, various international players are also in contention for The R&A Rookie of the Year award.
France’s Lucie Malchirand, the winner of the Standard Bank Ladies Open, is currently first on The R&A Rookie of the Year standings with Scotland’s Lorna McClymont rounding out the top three.

McClymont finished second in the Jabra Ladies Classic in only her third tournament since joining the professional ranks earlier this year, and after following her brother into the game.

“I got into golf when I was younger and my brother played. He was getting lessons at the time. So my mom and dad thought, let’s get Lorna lessons as well and that is kind of my story. My grandparents played as well so it has just been in the family,” said the 24-year-old.

A strong field has assembled for this week’s event including Nadia van der Westhuizen, winner of the SuperSport Ladies Challenge; Casandra Alexander, who won the Jabra Ladies Classic; and Danielle du Toit, who claimed her maiden victory at the NTT DATA Ladies Pro-Am.

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7th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Gutsy Van Der Westhuizen wins SuperSport Ladies Challenge

SUN CITY, North West – It wasn’t easy, but Nadia van der Westhuizen’s two-over-par 74 in the final round was still enough to earn her a one-shot victory in the SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International at Sun City’s Gary Player Country Club course on Friday.

Van Der Westhuizen claimed her second Sunshine Ladies Tour title on a total of three under par, with Kaiyuree Moodley finishing second on two under with a closing 69. Casandra Alexander took third place on one under with a final round of 73.

Van Der Westhuizen had a steady start to her round and was level par through her opening five holes. The sixth, seventh and eighth holes however produced two bogeys and a birdie, with van der Westhuizen turning in one over.

“It was very steady in the beginning. I hit the ball well. Then on the last couple of holes on the front nine I started to miss with my driver a little bit, and missed the fairways. If that happens on this course you are basically dead,” she said.

A birdie followed on the 11th, but Van Der Westhuizen found trouble again on the 15th with a double bogey.

“It was the driver again on the 15th. I think it was a little bit of nerves as well. But I tried to stay calm and collected for the rest of the round. I’m very happy with the result.”

The Gary Player course was a relentless challenge this week, with only three golfers managing to finish the tournament under par.

“I have to say the course was absolutely brutal. It is in beautiful condition but it is tough. If you miss the fairways, you are losing a shot or two and the greens are also quite quick. It was a tough challenge this week.”

This victory meant something special for Van Der Westhuizen.

“This one is absolutely so special for me. It’s not only in a golf aspect but definitely a personal one. I went to Q-School last year and missed my Ladies European Tour card by three shots. So, winning this one means so much in bringing some confidence back.”

Rookie Moodley had another good performance after finishing tied third in last week’s Jabra Ladies Classic.

SCORES

213 – Nadia van der Westhuizen 71 68 74
214 – Kaiyuree Moodley 74 71 69
215 – Casandra Alexander 73 69 73
216 – Chloe Salort (FRA) 76 70 70
217 – Lee-Anne Pace 75 72 70, Kiera Floyd 70 75 72
218 – Karoline Lund (NOR) 71 78 69, Harang Lee (ESP) 70 76 72, Sofie Kibsgaard (DEN) 71 73 74, Danielle du Toit 70 70 78
219 – Emie Peronnin (FRA) 72 74 73, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 76 69 74, Emma Falcher (FRA) 71 72 76
221 – Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 75 73 73, Lucie Malchirand (FRA) 75 72 74, Kajal Mistry 73 72 76
222 – Celina Sattelkau (GER) 76 73 73, Andrea Lignell (SWE) 78 73 71
223 – Nina Pegova (WHT) 77 71 75, Thalia Martin (ENG) 76 71 76, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 73 78 72, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA) 74 72 77, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 76 75 72, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) 77 75 71
224 – Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 71 79 74, Vidhatri Urs (IND) 70 75 79
225 – Gabrielle Venter 73 77 75, Lorna McClymont (SCO) 73 75 77, Bobbi Brown (a) 76 70 79, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 75 76 74, Lisa Coetzer (a) 75 76 74, Ivanna Samu 77 75 73
226 – Stacy Bregman 73 76 77
227 – Isabella Deilert (SWE) 77 73 77, Nikki Hofstede (NED) 78 73 76
229 – Brittney-Fay Berger 75 74 80, Abigail O’Riordan (IRL) 78 73 78
230 – Hannah Karg (GER) 75 77 78
231 – Symone Henriques 76 75 80
232 – Tiia Koivisto (FIN) 76 76 80
233 – Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 73 76 84, Lora Assad 80 72 81
237 – Jane Turner (SCO) 76 76 85
238 – Chantal Dueringer (AUT) 72 78 88
240 – Clara Pietri (SUI) 76 76 88
Missed the cut:-
153 – Rosie Belsham (ENG) 78 75
154 – Romy Meekers (NED) 77 77, Laura Beveridge (SCO) 79 75, Isabella van Rooyen 79 75, Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 79 75
155 – Tiffany Arafi (SUI) 78 77
156 – Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 78 78, Cara Gorlei 81 75, Tandi McCallum 79 77, Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 76 80
157 – Bronwyn Doeg 82 75, Kelsey Nicholas 78 79, Hannah Arnold (USA) 75 82, Selena Costabile (CAN) 80 77
158 – Natasha Fear (ESP) 83 75, Katherine Hollern (USA) 76 82, Nayanika Sanga (IND) 76 82, Lenanda van der Watt 79 79
159 – Cara Ford 82 77, Hanna Tauber (GER) 86 73, Isabella Holpfer (AUT) 81 78, Claire Minter (ZIM) 75 84, Ananya Garg (IND) 79 80
160 – Linn Wiberg (SWE) 81 79, Charlotte Millard (a) 78 82, Zethu Myeki 77 83
161 – Marta Perez Sanmartin (ESP) 84 77, Jahaanvie Walia (ZAM) 84 77, Lindi Coetzee 82 79
162 – Katrina Gillum (ENG) 79 83
163 – Shannon O’Dwyer (ENG) 79 84, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 84 79
164 – Judith van der Voort (NED) 82 82
165 – Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 84 81, Shawnelle de Lange 81 84
167 – Kim de Klerk 80 87
168 – Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 85 83
169 – Yolanda Duma 82 87, Leontine Petit (FRA) 80 89
170 – Chante van Zyl 88 82
171 – Crizelda Terblanche 87 84
177 – Molly Lumley (ENG) 86 91
181 – Chante de Lange 89 92
185 – Michelle Swanepoel 95 90
WDN – Ellie Vorster (CAN) 83 WDN, Vanessa Knecht (SUI) 82 RTD

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6th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Experienced Van Der Westhuizen leads into final round of SuperSport Ladies Challenge

SUN CITY, North West – Nadia van der Westhuizen used all of her experience on another challenging day at the Gary Player Country Club to claim a one-shot lead in the SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International.

Van Der Westhuizen, a winner on the Sunshine Ladies Tour and also a winner in the women’s competition of the Vodacom Origins of Golf on the Sunshine Tour, signed for the lowest round of the tournament thus far with a four-under-par 68 to lead on five under par overall.

“It was a wonderful day. It started off a bit shaky with the first hole but I had a good up-and-down for par there, and then just kept it steady from there. Then I just tried to keep it together on the back nine. I’m very happy with the round,” she said.

Her nearest challenger is Danielle de Toit on four under after her round of 70, while 2023 champion and last week’s Jabra Ladies Classic winner, Casandra Alexander, is currently third on two under after a second round of 69.

After turning in two under par for her round, Van Der Westhuizen made a further three birdies on the back nine and just one bogey.

“The first birdie on the back nine (on the 10th) was good, but I think I got a little bit ahead of myself and was too excited and made a drop on the 11th. My caddie told me to keep calm, just slow it down a bit, and stick to the process,” she said.

But she admits she had to draw on all of her experience to navigate a tough Gary Player Country Club course, with only eight players in the field able to shoot under par on day two.

“I must say the course is really playing tough. What I’ve learned in the past is that I don’t have to shoot lights out. Boring golf actually does it. For me it’s just about playing steady golf.”

The South African has her strategy worked out for Friday’s final day.

“I’ll definitely just stick to the same thing, do my processes well and just try and keep it in play.”

The second round also produced an ace, with South African Symone Henriques scoring a hole-in-one on the par-three 13th hole on her way to a total of seven over for the tournament.

SCORES

139 – Nadia van der Westhuizen 71 68
140 – Danielle du Toit 70 70
142 – Casandra Alexander 73 69
143 – Emma Falcher (FRA) 71 72
144 – Sofie Kibsgaard (DEN) 71 73
145 – Kiera Floyd 70 75, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 76 69, Kajal Mistry 73 72, Kaiyuree Moodley 74 71, Vidhatri Urs (IND) 70 75
146 – Emie Peronnin (FRA) 72 74, Harang Lee (ESP) 70 76, Chloe Salort (FRA) 76 70, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA) 74 72, Bobbi Brown (a) 76 70
147 – Lee-Anne Pace 75 72, Lucie Malchirand (FRA) 75 72, Thalia Martin (ENG) 76 71
148 – Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 75 73, Lorna McClymont (SCO) 73 75, Nina Pegova (WHT) 77 71
149 – Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 73 76, Celina Sattelkau (GER) 76 73, Brittney-Fay Berger 75 74, Karoline Lund (NOR) 71 78, Stacy Bregman 73 76
150 – Gabrielle Venter 73 77, Isabella Deilert (SWE) 77 73, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 71 79, Chantal Dueringer (AUT) 72 78
151 – Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 73 78, Symone Henriques 76 75, Nikki Hofstede (NED) 78 73, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 76 75, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 75 76, Andrea Lignell (SWE) 78 73, Abigail O’Riordan (IRL) 78 73, Lisa Coetzer (a) 75 76, Clara Pietri (SUI) 76 75
152 – Ivanna Samu 77 75, Tiia Koivisto (FIN) 76 76, Hannah Karg (GER) 75 77, Jane Turner (SCO) 76 76, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) 77 75, Lora Assad 80 72
Missed the cut:-
153 – Rosie Belsham (ENG) 78 75
154 – Romy Meekers (NED) 77 77, Laura Beveridge (SCO) 79 75, Isabella van Rooyen 79 75, Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 79 75
155 – Tiffany Arafi (SUI) 78 77
156 – Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 78 78, Cara Gorlei 81 75, Tandi McCallum 79 77, Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 76 80
157 – Bronwyn Doeg 82 75, Kelsey Nicholas 78 79, Hannah Arnold (USA) 75 82, Selena Costabile (CAN) 80 77
158 – Natasha Fear (ESP) 83 75, Katherine Hollern (USA) 76 82, Nayanika Sanga (IND) 76 82, Lenanda van der Watt 79 79
159 – Cara Ford 82 77, Hanna Tauber (GER) 86 73, Isabella Holpfer (AUT) 81 78, Claire Minter (ZIM) 75 84, Ananya Garg (IND) 79 80
160 – Linn Wiberg (SWE) 81 79, Charlotte Millard (a) 78 82, Zethu Myeki 77 83
161 – Marta Perez Sanmartin (ESP) 84 77, Jahaanvie Walia (ZAM) 84 77, Lindi Coetzee 82 79
162 – Katrina Gillum (ENG) 79 83
163 – Shannon O’Dwyer (ENG) 79 84, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 84 79
164 – Judith van der Voort (NED) 82 82
165 – Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 84 81, Shawnelle de Lange 81 84
167 – Kim de Klerk 80 87
168 – Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 85 83
169 – Yolanda Duma 82 87, Leontine Petit (FRA) 80 89
170 – Chante van Zyl 88 82
171 – Crizelda Terblanche 87 84
177 – Molly Lumley (ENG) 86 91
181 – Chante de Lange 89 92
185 – Michelle Swanepoel 95 90
WDN – Ellie Vorster (CAN) 83 WDN, Vanessa Knecht (SUI) 82 RTD

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5th March 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

South African duo in the hunt at SuperSport Ladies Challenge

SUN CITY, North West – South Africa’s Danielle du Toit and Kiera Floyd joined a four-way tie for the lead after a tough first round of the SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International at Sun City on Wednesday.

The Gary Player Country Club course showed its teeth as Du Toit and Floyd as well as India’s Vidhatri Urs and Spain’s Harang Lee all posted opening rounds of two-under-par 70 to lead by one stroke.

The challenge posed by the Gary Player Country Club course was evident, with only nine players managing to shoot a score under par on day one of this Sunshine Ladies Tour event.

Du Toit found some trouble on the front nine, including a double-bogey on the par-four sixth hole.

“I think I played the golf course scared. I was very tentative on every shot I hit and that snowballed. You can’t do that ever. On the sixth I was in the bunker, and then I somehow could not get it on the green. It was just a mess,” she said.

But she managed to find some rhythm on her way back to the clubhouse, rolling in four birdies for a share of the lead.

“I just looked at my caddie and said I am playing scared golf, now I am just going to line it up, hit it well and have some faith in it. After that I started swinging freely and the momentum just rolled and a couple of putts fell.”

But Du Toit is not about to get ahead of herself on a golf course set up to punish anything hit offline.

“If you hit it in the rough here you are dead. I have my game plan to take out all the trouble and swing freely. Basically the same way I played back nine today.”

Casandra Alexander, the 2023 champion and last week’s Jabra Ladies Classic winner, fell victim to an unforgiving par-five 18th hole (the traditional ninth, but with the nines swopped for this tournament) as she carded an eight here on her way to a one-over-par 73.

SCORES

70 – Vidhatri Urs (IND), Kiera Floyd, Danielle du Toit, Harang Lee (ESP)
71 – Emma Falcher (FRA), Karoline Lund (NOR), Nadia van der Westhuizen, Sofie Kibsgaard (DEN), Elina Nummenpaa (FIN)
72 – Chantal Dueringer (AUT), Emie Peronnin (FRA)
73 – Stacy Bregman, Gabrielle Venter, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ), Pasqualle Coffa (NED), Casandra Alexander, Kajal Mistry, Lorna McClymont (SCO)
74 – Kaiyuree Moodley, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA)
75 – Lisa Coetzer (a), Claire Minter (ZIM), Hannah Arnold (USA), Lee-Anne Pace, Hannah Karg (GER), Brittney-Fay Berger, Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL), Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL), Lucie Malchirand (FRA)
76 – Bobbi Brown (a), Katherine Hollern (USA), Nayanika Sanga (IND), Jane Turner (SCO), Thalia Martin (ENG), Bonita Bredenhann (NAM), Clara Pietri (SUI), Carolin Kauffmann (GER), Tiia Koivisto (FIN), Symone Henriques, Celina Sattelkau (GER), Chloe Salort (FRA), Madelene Stavnar (NOR)
77 – Zethu Myeki, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR), Nina Pegova (WHT), Ivanna Samu, Romy Meekers (NED), Isabella Deilert (SWE)
78 – Charlotte Millard (a), Rosie Belsham (ENG), Tiffany Arafi (SUI), Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA), Kelsey Nicholas, Nikki Hofstede (NED), Andrea Lignell (SWE), Abigail O’Riordan (IRL)
79 – Katrina Gillum (ENG), Ananya Garg (IND), Isabella van Rooyen, Olivia Mehaffey (NIR), Tandi McCallum, Lenanda van der Watt, Laura Beveridge (SCO), Shannon O’Dwyer (ENG)
80 – Kim de Klerk, Selena Costabile (CAN), Leontine Petit (FRA), Lora Assad
81 – Isabella Holpfer (AUT), Shawnelle de Lange, Cara Gorlei, Linn Wiberg (SWE)
82 – Yolanda Duma, Judith van der Voort (NED), Lindi Coetzee, Vanessa Knecht (SUI), Bronwyn Doeg, Cara Ford
83 – Natasha Fear (ESP), Ellie Vorster (CAN)
84 – Jahaanvie Walia (ZAM), Michelle Forsland (NOR), Marta Perez Sanmartin (ESP), Louisa Carlbom (SWE)
85 – Anais Meyssonnier (FRA)
86 – Molly Lumley (ENG), Hanna Tauber (GER)
87 – Crizelda Terblanche
88 – Chante van Zyl
89 – Chante de Lange
95 – Michelle Swanepoel

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Alexander ‘amped’ for SuperSport Ladies Challenge

SUN CITY, North West – Casandra Alexander is looking to entrench her position at the top of the Investec Order of Merit as she tees it up in this week’s SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International as a previous winner of this event and on a Gary Player Country Club course that always brings the best out of her game.

Alexander is already a winner on the Sunshine Ladies Tour this season following her victory in last week’s Jabra Ladies Classic, and before that she finished tied second in the Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by the City of Cape Town. She returns to a tournament that she won in 2023 and also finished second in in 2022.

“I absolutely love the Gary Player Country Club. I’ve won there a few times before. I love the layout of the golf course. I know it like the back of my hand so I’m definitely going in there with a nice positive and confident attitude,” she said ahead of Wednesday’s first round.

“We do know it’s golf and anything can happen but I’m really looking forward to Sun City. I have missed it in the past because of Ladies European Tour events taking place over that time, so I’m really amped for this year’s event.”

Coming from Cape Town where the last two Sunshine Ladies Tournaments took place in dry and often windy conditions, Alexander says she’ll adjust her game to suit this week’s challenges.

“I’m sure Sun City is pretty wet from all the rain they’ve had so I think this week the course is going to allow nice and aggressive play. My team and I are really good at adapting to the changes as every week we are in a different country. So maybe this is an advantage I have over some of the South African players who don’t travel as much.”

Scotland’s Lorna McClymont, who finished second last week in only her third tournament since turning professional at the beginning of the year, is hoping to continue her good form.

“Last week I was good mentally, and I just kept myself in the moment enjoying every shot rather than thinking too much about everything. I’m just really enjoying playing in South Africa. The golf courses are amazing. The last two we played were in great condition. Everyone here does an amazing job. This week I have no expectations. I’m just going to take it all in and enjoy it,” she said.

France’s Lucie Malchirand, who claimed her first Sunshine Ladies Tour title in the Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by the City of Cape Town, as well as Danielle du Toit, who lifted the trophy at this year’s NTT DATA Ladies Pro-Am, will join South African rookie Kaiyuree Moodley at Sun City.

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28th February 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Alexander wins her second Jabra Ladies Classic title

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – South Africa’s Casandra Alexander held her nerve to lift the Jabra Ladies Classic trophy for the second time in her career, and becoming the first multiple winner of this Sunshine Ladies Tour title since 2019.

Alexander went into the final day with a two-shot lead after bettering the women’s course record during the second round, and closed with a 67 to win by four shots on 14 under par.

Scotland’s Lorna McClymont finished second on 10 under par with a final round of 68.

Alexander birdied the first but then made back-to-back bogeys on holes three and four, which opened the door for Scotland’s McClymont.

Alexander added two more birdies on the front nine to turn one under for the day. And then she shut the door with four birdies on the back nine.

“It really wasn’t a nervous start. I mean I started with a birdie on the first. After those bogeys, my caddie and I said let’s just hit some fairways and greens, and not into positions that make extra work for us, and steady the ship a little. The back nine I knew I had to fire because Lorna was coming in hot.”

With her two birdies on the par-four 12th and par-five 13th things started to look good for Alexander on the back nine, although an eagle on the 13th from McClymont kept the pressure on her.

“She just wouldn’t quit. She chipped in for eagle and I was in the bunker. Luckily, I still made birdie to keep everything tight, but she definitely wasn’t giving up.”

With back-to-back birdies on the par-five 16th and par-three 17th for Alexander, and a bogey for McClymont on the 16th, the South African could almost smell victory.

“I said to myself just stay patient, they’ll come when they need to, and then on the 16th she was chipping just off the green for birdie and I hit it on with a three wood and had an eagle putt. She didn’t up-and-down and I secured the birdie. Going into the 17th the wind pushed it a little. It almost landed in the hole and I had a three-foot putt for birdie, and that was the end of it.”

First round leader Kaiyuree Moodley and France’s Anne-Charlotte Mora finished joint third on six-under-par, both shooting 68 on the final day.

Alexander is now looking forward to the next tournament on the Sunshine Ladies Tour, the SuperSport Ladies Challenge that will take place from 5-7 March at Cun City.

“I’ve won there a few times before. I know the course like the back of my hand, so I’m definitely going in there with a nice positive and confident attitude. I’m really looking forward to Sun City.”

SCORES

202 – Casandra Alexander 71 64 67
206 – Lorna McClymont (SCO) 67 71 68
210 – Kaiyuree Moodley 66 76 68, Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA) 71 71 68
211 – Sofie Kibsgaard (DEN) 69 70 72
212 – Kajal Mistry 71 73 68
213 – Harang Lee (ESP) 73 70 70, Gabrielle Venter 67 74 72, Kylie Henry (SCO) 73 67 73, Lucie Malchirand (FRA) 72 67 74
214 – Ivanna Samu 73 70 71
215 – Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 71 74 70, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 71 71, Lora Assad 67 70 78
216 – Tereza Melecka (CZE) 73 71 72
217 – Andrea Lignell (SWE) 69 76 72, Thalia Martin (ENG) 74 72 71, Ellie Vorster (CAN) 71 72 74, Demi Flanagan 72 70 75, Bronwyn Doeg 72 70 75
218 – Hannah Karg (GER) 73 72 73, Tandi McCallum 74 72 72, Kiera Floyd 73 74 71
219 – Lee-Anne Pace 74 70 75, Lindi Coetzee 74 73 72, Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 74 74 71
220 – Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 75 72 73, Stacy Bregman 72 76 72
221 – Emma Grechi (FRA) 74 73 74, Cara Gorlei 74 74 73, Cara Ford 72 76 73
222 – Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 72 76 74, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 73 75 74
223 – Lenanda van der Watt 71 75 77, Karoline Lund (NOR) 73 74 76, Chloe Salort (FRA) 72 75 76, Nina Pegova (WHT) 75 73 75, Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 73 75 75
226 – Jane Turner (SCO) 76 72 78
228 – Nadia van der Westhuizen 76 72 80
Missed the cut:-
149 – Corinne Viden (SWE) 75 74, Zethu Myeki 78 71, Emily Penttila (FIN) 79 70, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 74 75, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 76 73, Danielle du Toit 74 75, Vidhatri Urs (IND) 72 77
150 – Sara Kjellker (SWE) 77 73, Lauren Taylor (ENG) 77 73, Ana Dawson (IMN) 77 73, Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 72 78, Chante van Zyl 75 75
151 – Brittney-Fay Berger 74 77, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) 76 75, Tara Griebenow 75 76, Marta Perez Sanmartin (ESP) 76 75, Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 75 76, Isabella Deilert (SWE) 73 78, Ananya Garg (IND) 74 77
152 – Louise Duncan (SCO) 77 75, Vanessa Knecht (SUI) 77 75, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 78 74, Helen Kreuzer (GER) 77 75, Abigail O’Riordan (IRL) 75 77, Isabella Holpfer (AUT) 76 76, Nikki Hofstede (NED) 76 76, Shawnelle de Lange 76 76
153 – Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 76 77, Hannah Arnold (USA) 75 78, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 77 76, Tiia Koivisto (FIN) 73 80
154 – Hayley Davis (ENG) 77 77, Isabella van Rooyen 80 74, Romy Meekers (NED) 78 76, Nayanika Sanga (IND) 76 78, Hanna Tauber (GER) 79 75, Symone Henriques 81 73, Rosie Belsham (ENG) 75 79
155 – Clara Pietri (SUI) 77 78, Emma Falcher (FRA) 79 76, Celina Sattelkau (GER) 77 78, Laura Beveridge (SCO) 76 79
156 – Jessica Bailey (ENG) 78 78
157 – Lize-Mari Prinsloo 80 77
158 – Eloise Healey (ENG) 82 76, Katherine Hollern (USA) 81 77, Jahaanvie Walia (ZAM) 82 76, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 76 82
159 – Chantal Dueringer (AUT) 81 78, Natasha Fear (ESP) 77 82
160 – Carey Dodds 80 80, Shannon O’Dwyer (ENG) 79 81, Paris Hilinski (USA) 82 78
161 – Sophie Witt (GER) 80 81, Tijana Kraljevic 80 81, Selena Costabile (CAN) 84 77, Kim de Klerk 77 84, Linn Wiberg (SWE) 77 84
163 – Kelsey Nicholas 83 80, Chante de Lange 81 82, Claire Minter (ZIM) 81 82
165 – Leontine Petit (FRA) 86 79, Judith van der Voort (NED) 84 81
168 – Katrina Gillum (ENG) 84 84
173 – Vicki Traut (a) 85 88
175 – Amy Fletcher 84 91

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27th February 2025 | Sunshine Ladies Tour

Course record gives Alexander Jabra Ladies Classic lead

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – South African professional Casandra Alexander signed for a course record eight-under-par 64 to lead the second round of the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Jabra Ladies Classic at Westlake Golf Club on Thursday.

Alexander, the winner of the 2023 Jabra Ladies Classic, bettered the previous women’s course record of 66 and took the lead in this tournament on nine under par overall.

After making the turn in three-under, Alexander rolled in a birdie on the 10thfollowed by an eagle on the 13th, and then further birdies on the 14th and 16th holes for an impressive round.

“It was pretty slow because I just made a few birdies here and there, and then when I made the eagle things started to change a little” she said.

She was also delighted to come through her round bogey free. “It all adds up. Being bogey-free helps that your birdies mean something.”

Fellow South African Lora Assad is well placed just a shot behind Alexander following her second round of 70, with Scotland’s Lorna McClymont on six under after her round of 71.

Defending champion Cara Gorlei had a tough day starting her second round with two bogeys and a double bogey on the front nine. She fought back on the back nine, rolling in birdies on the 13th and 17thfor a 74 and a total of four over par, which was enough to make the cut for the final round.

The current Investec Order of Merit leader, Danielle du Toit, did not make the cut after a 75 for a total of five over par.

SCORES

135 – Casandra Alexander 71 64
137 – Lora Assad 67 70
138 – Lorna McClymont (SCO) 67 71
139 – Lucie Malchirand (FRA) 72 67, Sofie Kibsgaard (DEN) 69 70
140 – Kylie Henry (SCO) 73 67
141 – Gabrielle Venter 67 74
142 – Anne-Charlotte Mora (FRA) 71 71, Bronwyn Doeg 72 70, Demi Flanagan 72 70, Kaiyuree Moodley 66 76
143 – Ivanna Samu 73 70, Harang Lee (ESP) 73 70, Ellie Vorster (CAN) 71 72
144 – Tereza Melecka (CZE) 73 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 71, Lee-Anne Pace 74 70, Kajal Mistry 71 73
145 – Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 71 74, Hannah Karg (GER) 73 72, Andrea Lignell (SWE) 69 76
146 – Thalia Martin (ENG) 74 72, Tandi McCallum 74 72, Lenanda van der Watt 71 75
147 – Emma Grechi (FRA) 74 73, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 75 72, Kiera Floyd 73 74, Lindi Coetzee 74 73, Karoline Lund (NOR) 73 74, Chloe Salort (FRA) 72 75
148 – Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 74 74, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 72 76, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 73 75, Cara Gorlei 74 74, Jane Turner (SCO) 76 72, Nadia van der Westhuizen 76 72, Nina Pegova (WHT) 75 73, Stacy Bregman 72 76, Cara Ford 72 76, Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 73 75
Missed the cut:-
149 – Corinne Viden (SWE) 75 74, Zethu Myeki 78 71, Emily Penttila (FIN) 79 70, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 74 75, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 76 73, Danielle du Toit 74 75, Vidhatri Urs (IND) 72 77
150 – Sara Kjellker (SWE) 77 73, Lauren Taylor (ENG) 77 73, Ana Dawson (IMN) 77 73, Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 72 78, Chante van Zyl 75 75
151 – Brittney-Fay Berger 74 77, Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) 76 75, Tara Griebenow 75 76, Marta Perez Sanmartin (ESP) 76 75, Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 75 76, Isabella Deilert (SWE) 73 78, Ananya Garg (IND) 74 77
152 – Louise Duncan (SCO) 77 75, Vanessa Knecht (SUI) 77 75, Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 78 74, Helen Kreuzer (GER) 77 75, Abigail O’Riordan (IRL) 75 77, Isabella Holpfer (AUT) 76 76, Nikki Hofstede (NED) 76 76, Shawnelle de Lange 76 76
153 – Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 76 77, Hannah Arnold (USA) 75 78, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 77 76, Tiia Koivisto (FIN) 73 80
154 – Hayley Davis (ENG) 77 77, Isabella van Rooyen 80 74, Romy Meekers (NED) 78 76, Nayanika Sanga (IND) 76 78, Hanna Tauber (GER) 79 75, Symone Henriques 81 73, Rosie Belsham (ENG) 75 79
155 – Clara Pietri (SUI) 77 78, Emma Falcher (FRA) 79 76, Celina Sattelkau (GER) 77 78, Laura Beveridge (SCO) 76 79
156 – Jessica Bailey (ENG) 78 78
157 – Lize-Mari Prinsloo 80 77
158 – Eloise Healey (ENG) 82 76, Katherine Hollern (USA) 81 77, Jahaanvie Walia (ZAM) 82 76, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 76 82
159 – Chantal Dueringer (AUT) 81 78, Natasha Fear (ESP) 77 82
160 – Carey Dodds 80 80, Shannon O’Dwyer (ENG) 79 81, Paris Hilinski (USA) 82 78
161 – Sophie Witt (GER) 80 81, Tijana Kraljevic 80 81, Selena Costabile (CAN) 84 77, Kim de Klerk 77 84, Linn Wiberg (SWE) 77 84
163 – Kelsey Nicholas 83 80, Chante de Lange 81 82, Claire Minter (ZIM) 81 82
165 – Leontine Petit (FRA) 86 79, Judith van der Voort (NED) 84 81
168 – Katrina Gillum (ENG) 84 84
173 – Vicki Traut (a) 85 88
175 – Amy Fletcher 84 91

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