Praise for back nine champ Erwee Botha, and Firethorn’s par-3 17th hole!
When Branden Grace won the South African Open at Randpark in January his aggregate was 21-under-par 263 with both Bushwillow and Firethorn used for the tournament and both reduced from par-72s to par-71 …
Rambo’s birdie bonanza earning him big money
Christiaan Bezuidenhout the birdie putts are dropping at such a fast and furious pace that it’s resulted in him not only enjoying a rapid rise in the world rankings, but a bank balance that is soaring to heady heights and will further climb in Mexico this week …
Record-breaking Jarvis triumphs in SA Stroke Play
Casey Jarvis etched his name into the record books as the youngest winner in South African Stroke Play Championship history when he claimed the prestigious title in dominant fashion at Randpark Golf Club on Thursday …
Jarvis powers to commanding lead in SA Stroke Play
Casey Jarvis continued his love affair with the Firethorn Course at Randpark Golf Club as he carded a second-round 65 to surge into a two-shot lead on day two of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday …
Jarvis on song at SA Stroke Play Champs
Casey Jarvis continued his love affair with the Firethorn Course at Randpark Golf Club as he carded a second-round 65 to surge into a two-shot lead on day two of the South African Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday …
Wilson leads logjam at SA Stroke Play
Scotsman James Wilson fired some exceptional approach shots and yielded a hot putter to fire a stunning eight-under-par 64 for the first round lead in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Golf Club on Monday …
Not so bright start, then no load-shedding from Els
Ernie Els didn’t get off to a great start in his first round as a rookie on the PGA Tour Champions, shooting a level par 72 …
Extended Tournament Highlights | 2020 South African Open
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Amazing Grace wins SA Open
Amazing Grace. There are no other words to describe Branden Grace’s remarkable come-from-behind victory in the South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg at Randpark Sunday …
Freddie Tait winner Schaper ready to chase more records
Not since Ernie Els in 1989 has an amateur finished in the top six of the world’s second oldest championship, but 18-year-old Jayden Schaper did just that on Sunday in the South African Open, hosted by the City of Joburg, at Randpark Golf Club …
Can Oosthuizen dodge a ‘Bullet’ and win second straight SA Open?
LOUIS Oosthuizen, in hot pursuit of his second straight South African Open, hit the ball as well as he ever has in rounds one and two at Randpark. And he’s widely known as one of the world’s best ball-strikers …
‘Ancient history’ beckons at Randpark
JOHANNESBURG: History beckons at Randpark Club this weekend for the final two rounds of the R17,5-million South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg. Actually, in terms of the way golf has developed over the decades, make that “ancient history” beckoning. By way of explanation: It has been 61 long years since an amateur won the SA Open, and that honour belonged to Denis Hutchinson way back in 1959 …
If Louis can win SA Open so can I – Charl
THE golf careers of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel have almost mirrored each other’s ever since they first met in junior competition in 1996 aged 14 and 12 respectively. Louis would win a tournament and Charl would follow suit, and vice-versa …
City of Joburg drives growth of golf through South African Open
The South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg has this year reached deep into the heart of an entire generation of children hungry to learn the game of golf, and it’s something the tournament’s Player-Host Louis Oosthuizen is equally passionate about …
No par-5s for the pros in SA Open
TO THE Randpark members there are, as everybody at the club knows, eight par-fives – four on each of the Firethorn and Bushwillow courses. But for the professionals playing in this week’s South African Open hosted by the City of Joburg there are effectively no par-fives. How so? “Well,” explains big-hitting Jacques Kruyswijk,” it’s just that most of the guys can hit every par-five in two so we really are treating them like par-4s.”
