Golf Digest South Africa — January 2018

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ajal Mistry, 17, retained her

No 1 ranking in women’s

golf, but it was a closely-

fought contest during

the long season between

the Randpark member and 16-year-old

rival Woo-Ju Son from Country Club

Johannesburg.

They were the two standout players,

enjoying 16 wins between them at both

senior and junior level. Interestingly, Son

finished No 1, fractionally ahead of Mistry,

in the WGSA junior rankings.

The two of them competed in most

of the WGSA ranking tournaments, and

each won four of those. However, the

decisive victory for Mistry was the one

MISTRY IS NO 1

Keeps ranking ahead of rival Woo-Ju Son

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she claimed over Son in the SA Strokeplay

Championship at the Wanderers, which

carried the most points.

Mistry opened 69-69 for a 5-shot lead

over Son and Symone Henriques going

into the final round, and with a closing

74 she held on to win by one from

Henriques, with Son three shots further

back in third.

Mistry’s other wins came in the end-

of-season 54-hole Ackerman Champs

in Cape Town, the Boland Open, and

Gauteng Champs. She also claimed the

Gauteng North and Western Province

matchplay titles, but those did not count

for ranking points.

Mistry played in 20 events, Son in 18,

and their stroke averages were almost

identical for the year, Mistry 73.61 and

Son 73.58.

In January, Son had been the leading

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Kajal Mistry with

the SA Strokeplay

trophy.

Woo-Ju Son won

more trophies than

anyone else in 2017.

Zethu Myeki.