The names of the 120 men and women who will create golf history in Rio de Janeiro next month have been ratified today with the publication of confirmed places for the Olympic Games competition at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course between August 11 and 20. The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have now entered the athletes […]
On the very day that Paula Reto was named to the 2016 South African Olympic Team heading to Rio in August, the Strand native justified her selection with a strong opening performance in the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic in Ohio. Reto bookended a superb 68 with birdies at the opening and closing holes at the […]
The two-year qualification process for golf’s return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years has been completed with the publication today of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings. Below are the top 15 qualifiers for the Women’s Competition, who could be lining it up with South Africa’s Paula Reto and Ashleigh Simon […]
American Brittany Lang won her first major title at the US Women’s Open in a play-off with Anna Nordqvist after the Swede was given a two-stroke penalty. Nordqvist was penalised for touching sand in a bunker with her club on the second hole of a three-hole aggregate play-off with Lang, 30, at CordeValle. USGA officials […]
South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon opened with a two-over-par 74, but Lee-Anne Pace had a much tougher time in the blustery afternoon conditions and carded an uninspiring first round 78 at the US Women’s Open in California on Thursday. Pace was in good company though, as none of the players in the marquee group that featured […]
South Africa’s top ranked Lee-Anne Pace has withdrawn herself from consideration for the South African Olympic Golf Team for this year’s Games in Rio. Herewith her statement from Lee-Anne Pace regarding 2016 Olympics “I have advised South African Golf Association, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, Mr Gary Player and Sunshine Ladies Tour that I […]
South Africa’s Ashleigh Simon capitalized on a resurgence in form to grab a share of fourth on day one of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Washington, Seattle. Simon fired a one-under-par 70 at the Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish to finish three off the pace in Thursday’s first round. The 27-year-old Johannesburg golfer trails by […]