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March 5, 2017

Svelte Smit leads Joburg Ladies Open logjam

Monique Smit claimed the first round lead in the Joburg Ladies Open with a superb five-under-par 67, while Lejan Lewthwaite’s campaign to make field for the Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies Final began with a solid four under 68 at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club on Sunday. Smit – a three time […]


March 4, 2017

Buhai mounting charge for the top

Ashleigh Buhai hopes her intimate knowledge of the challenging East Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club will play to her advantage in the Joburg Ladies Open as she bids to seal the top spot in the 2017 Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies Rankings from 5-7 March. The 27-year-old Edenvale golfer currently […]


March 2, 2017

Brilliant Buhai comes up trumps at Sun City

Ashleigh Buhai sealed the her sixth Sunshine Ladies Tour title – and second this season – with a great par-save at the 54th hole of the Sun International Ladies Challenge at Sun City on Thursday. The Edenvale golfer chipped out of the sticky rough to the back of the green at the last hole of the […]


Sunshine Ladies Tour set for climax at Ladies Joburg Open

 The Sunshine Tour and Sunshine Ladies Tour sponsors and partners have set the cat among the pigeons with a momentous prize money hike for the Ladies Joburg Open, which tees off at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club from 5-7 March. The dust barely settled on Darren Fichardt’s tremendous triumph in the Joburg Open when […]


March 1, 2017

Lewthwaite gives chase at Sun City

Bonita Bredenhann from Namibia continued to shine in the Sun International Ladies Challenge, but Serengeti golfer Lejan Lewthwaite stayed in her shadow as action wrapped up Tuesday’s second round at the Sun City Resort. Bredenhann and Cecilie Lundgreen from Norway led the first round at six under, but the big-hitting Namibian was the only one […]


February 28, 2017

Lost City serves up a birdie banquet

The Sun International Ladies Challenge saw a fantastically high standard of golf as no less than 15 players dipped into red figures during the opening round of the R200 000 championship at Sun City. An abundance of more than 200mm of rain over the last week rendered the Gary Player-designed layout pretty defenceless and offered the […]


February 27, 2017

Strauss wary of daunting defence at Sun City

Bertine Strauss expects a tough title defence when she starts the R200 000 Sun International Ladies Challenge at Sun City on Tuesday. The Investec Property player admits that she is not enjoying the kind of form that helped her to three successive victories in her rookie season last year. However, vivid memories of last year’s come-from-behind […]