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Hennie Otto added his name to one of the most historic trophies in golf when he won the South African Open at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on Sunday.
Pretoria amateur Brandon Stone ended a remarkable year by winning the Freddie Tait trophy for finishing as the leading amateur in the South African Open at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on Sunday.
With a three-stroke lead heading into Sunday's final round of the South African Open, Hennie Otto knows a victory would be life-changing for him. But it wouldn't come close to the life-changing moment that got him to this point.
In the true spirit of giving back, the Gauteng Provincial Government hosted a golf development clinic as part of a legacy project linked to the South African Open Championship at Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on Saturday.
The more Retief Goosen spoke about how difficult the Serengeti course could play on the weekend, the more he smiled. At only one stroke off the lead going into the final 36 holes of his national Open, Goosen is not only ready for a challenge. He's quite looking forward to it.
For the second week running, Jbe Kruger leads the first round of a major tournament. And he’s determined not to let it slip this time.
The 101st South African Open teed off at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on Thursday, with the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Councillor Mondli Gungubele, hitting the ceremonial first tee shot.
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen are relishing the prospect of another battle between the two of them in this year’s South African Open, which tees off at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on Thursday.
The greens at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate are already the major talking point ahead of this week’s South African Open, with most of the professionals agreeing that this is where the greatest test will lie.
Former South African Open champions Denis Hutchinson and Dale Hayes anticipate a fierce battle when this year’s national championship tees off at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate from 24-27 November 2011.
England’s Simon Dyson has set his sights on becoming only the eighth foreign winner of the South African Open when he tees it up at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate from 24-27 November.
Retief Goosen will resume his South African Open rivalry with Ernie Els with the news that the double Major champion will tee it up at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate from 24-27 November.
13 October 2011
Although it's still one month away, Ernie Els says he is already turning his thoughts towards a possible sixth South African Open Championship.
13 October 2011
Since opening in June 2009, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Masai Mara championship course at Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate has garnered immense interest.
12 September 2011
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has thrown its full support behind this year's South African Open as it prepares to host the first major golf tournament in its history.
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The South African Open Championship will move back to Gauteng for the first time in over a decade with the announcement that the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate will host the championship in 2011.
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Ernie Els held off countryman Retief Goosen to capture the South African Open Championship for the fifth time in his career on a thrilling final day at Durban Country Club in 2010.
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There was rain, there was a controversial hole-in-one, and there was even a hole that disappeared from the course completely. About the only familiar aspect of the 100th South African Open at Durban Country Club was its eventual champion.
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Dean O'Riley claimed the Freddie Tait Cup as the leading amateur at the South African Open at Durban Country Club on Sunday, confirming his status as one of South Africa's most promising young golf talents.
The SA Amateur Strokeplay winner beat his nearest rival Dylan Frittelli by one shot after posting a final round of even-par 70 for a winning total of six-under-par. The 20-year-old was expectedly excited about the feat, saying that he regards this as as the highlight of his amateur career.
2010-12-18
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen will lead the battle for the 100th South African Open at Durban Country Club on Sunday.
Els heads the field on 14 under par, with Goosen his nearest challenger on 12 under. Behind them lies the unknown quantity of young French rookie Romain Wattel on 11 under, followed by the far more familiar duo of Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen on 10 under.
The possibility of a 36-hole finale on Sunday, weather permitting, adds to what should be a thrilling finish to this championship.
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The joy of driving pleasure was one of the highlights of the 100th South African Open at Durban Country Club.
Apart from an array of top-of-the-range BMW courtesy vehicles for players and officials, a new BMW X3 valued at R615 000 was also on offer as the hole-in-one prize on the par-three 15th hole.
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Retief Goosen is perfectly placed to claim a third South African Open title and a first victory worldwide this year.
The double US Open champion's first round eight-under-par 64 has set a low-scoring benchmark in a championship that was dogged by rain on the first day, and then came alive under blue skies on the second.
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Denis Hutchinson hit the ceremonial drive opening the 100th South African Open in what he described as "swinging in the rain" on Thursday, and a little over two hours later he was still one of the few to have played any golf at this year’s championship.
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The South African Open tees off its 100th playing at Durban Country Club on Thursday, with Ernie Els declaring he is treating this one as he would a Major.
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The golfers' parade was well and truly rained on in round one of the South African Open Championship at Durban Country Club, but the grey day did end with a silver lining for South Africa's flagship event.
2010-12-14
Tim Clark returns to a Durban Country Club where he won the last two South African Opens held here and chasing a record held by Gary Player.
But he's doing his best not to think about any of it.
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The South African Open Championship is a hugely attractive proposition at all times. Blend in an intoxicating cocktail of Major champions, international winners and some of the world's top golfers chasing a purse of €1-million at the 100th playing of the country's flagship event and it is easy to understand why the SA Open remains a Holy Grail for every Sunshine Tour player.
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Double Major winner Retief Goosen is more determined than ever to end his year with a victory in the South African Open Championship at Durban Country Club, where he would love to claim the victory that escaped him there a few years ago.
2010-11-08
The South African Open Championship will celebrate its 100th playing with a field led by Major winners Retief Goosen and Louis Oosthuizen, as well as PGA Tour star Tim Clark this December.
2009-12-20 19:00:00
The South African Open will return to Durban Country Club for the centenary edition of the championship in 2010.
2009-12-20 16:45:00
Scotland´s Richie Ramsay held his nerve in a sudden-death play-off with Shiv Kapur from India to win the 99th South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates on Sunday.
2009-12-20 16:30:00
India´s Shiv Kapur and Richie Ramsay from Scotland will face each other in a sudden-death play-off for the 99th South African Open Championship title after both players tied on 13-under-par 275.
2009-12-19 17:40:00
The golfing gods continued to smile on Pablo Martin, who maintained his grip on the 99th South African Open Championship with a birdie at the last at Pearl Valley Golf Estates near Paarl in the Western Cape on Saturday.
2009-12-19 13:00:00
Spain´s Pablo Martin has already withstood a few strong charges on his lead early in the third round of the South African Open at Pearl Valley Golf Estates on Saturday.
2009-12-19 11:00:00
The honour of being crowned the leading amateur at the 99th South African Open Championship will be a battle between Dylan Frittelli, JG Claassen and Ryan Dreyer.
2009-12-18 18:00:00
Pablo Martin tried hard to convince those who watched him claim the halfway lead in the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates on Friday that he was not the next great Spanish golfer.
2009-12-18 15:30:00
Louis Oosthuizen heads into the weekend of the South African Open only four strokes off the lead. But with his wife expected to go into labour at any moment, Oosthuizen declared that he would not think twice about walking off the golf course to be with her.
2009-12-18 11:30:00
The voice of golf was finally lost for words at the 99th South African Open Championship this week.
2009-12-17 18:30:00
Dawie van der Walt positioned himself as the lone South African near the top of a South African Open leaderboard dominated by the foreigners after Thursday´s first round at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
2009-12-17 13:50:00
Swedish golfer Martin Erlandsson produced a sublime back nine for a
bogey-free eight-under-par 64 to set the clubhouse lead in the opening round
of the 2009 South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates on
Thursday.
2009-12-17 07:30:00
The 99th South African Open Championship has teed off with the first round at Pearl Valley Golf Estates this morning.
2009-12-16 18:30:00
Two-time European Tour winner Michael Jonzon led his team to victory in the South African Open Championship´s official pro-am at Pearl Valley Golf Estates on Wednesday.
2009-12-16 14:00:00
Richard Sterne is back at the scene of his memorable triumph in last year´s South African Open, and is more determined than ever to take his game to the next level when he defends his title at Pearl Valley Golf Estates this week.
2009-12-16 10:30:00
Former Springbok captain and manager, Morne du Plessis, joins fellow rugby legends Schalk Burger Snr and Jnr in an illustrious field for today´s official pro-am of the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
2009-12-15 15:20:00
In the true spirit of giving back, defending champion Richard Sterne and four Sunshine Tour professionals hosted a golf development clinic today ahead of this week's South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
2009-12-15 15:20:00
Charl Schwartzel arrived at Pearl Valley Golf Estates for this week's South African Open with one clear thought in his mind: "The year is not finished yet".
2009-12-09 12:20:00
Thomas Aiken, one of the rising stars of South African golf, has made a strong call for the public to show more support for the country’s next generation of golfers at this year’s South African Open.
2009-11-27 11:20:00
Welcome to the 99th edition of the South Africa Open Championship, which returns to Pearl Valley for the third consecutive year.
2009-11-18 09:20:00
Three of South Africa’s most dominant young players will make the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates this December their next major focus, with each seeking to cap a solid season with a victory in the second oldest Open in golf.
2009-11-02 09:00:00
Richard Sterne has set his sights on becoming the first back-to-back winner of the South African Open Championship since Trevor Immelman in 2003/04 when he defends his title in the 99 th edition of the second oldest national Open at Pearl Valley Golf Estates from 17-20 December 2009.
2009-10-29 09:45:00
With just over a month remaining before the 99th South African Open Championship, Pearl Valley Golf Estates is being primed to perfection for its hosting of this co-sanctioned European Tour and Sunshine Tour event.
2009-10-14 18:00:00
The 99th South African Open Championship will tee off at Pearl Valley Golf Estates near Paarl in the Western Cape from 17 20 December, with the next generation of global young golf stars seeking to take their place alongside the greats in the second oldest national Open in the game.
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THE VENUE
Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate
Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate will host the South African Open Championship in 2011 and 2012. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Serengeti is the first 27-hole golf course in Gauteng and was recently named “Best New Golf Course” by Golf Digest.
The 18-hole course called Masai Mara, which means “wide open plains” in the language of the Masai, has a rugged grassland and dune-scape look. One of the unique features on the course is the par-five eighth hole with its island green. The nine-hole course called Whistling Thorn has a more classic feel.
The courses were constructed in accordance with USGA specifications, with cool season grass that provides green vistas all year round. Designed as a strategic and technical masterpiece that will test today’s best players, the sunken design of the course with its wide corridors is ideal for tournament purposes and provides optimal spectator value on almost every hole.
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