ROOKIE WINNERS
Rookies winning in their first season were
Doug McCabe (Rustenburg), in his first
outing in his home North West Open, and
Pieter Cooper (Wingate Park), who sealed a
maiden win in his third outing, at Cotswold
Downs in KZN. Both McCabe, and Ferdie
van der Merwe (Wellington) played just the
once all year.
Former Sunshine Tour pro Craig Kamps
(Bryanston) finished second in his Senior
debut at the Ekurhuleni Open.
Older players performed creditably as
usual. Ian Smith (Houghton) won the
Northern Cape Open at age 69; Steve
Cullen (Mount Edgecombe) the KZN
Open at 63; Adrian Kriel (Wingate Park)
the Winelands Open at 62; and Lynton
Beckett (Royal Durban) the Limpopo title
at 61. Smith and 66-year-old Wellington
(Kyalami) each played in
21 of the 25 tournaments.
Attie Burger (Uitenhage), 52, was one
of the most improved players on the
(^)
rankings, climbing to No 6 with two wins,
his first, in his native Eastern Cape, while
Brian Mampies (Parow), Richard Bruyns
(River Club) and Colin Mavuso (Royal
Port Alfred) made significant rises. Mavuso
was also a first-time winner at the Border
Open, as was Ludwig Albutt (Kroonstad) at
the Free State Open.
Sadly, 2017 saw the passing of Eastern
Cape star Zola Konzani, 56, who won the
2015 SA Senior Amateur at Humewood.
The top 50 players on the rankings
have qualified for the 7th Senior Players
Championship at Sun City on February
11-12. The event has a new main sponsor
in PwC, with Super Group Dealerships the
supporting sponsor.
In 50th spot was the former Springbok
and 1980 SA Amateur champion Etienne
Groenewald (Centurion). Central Gauteng
had the most representatives in the top 50,
with 11, followed by Gauteng North with
nine, and Ekurhuleni six.
Free State Ludwig Albutt 147
Gauteng North Greg Gleeson 144
Players Andre van Dyk 152
Central Gauteng Greg Gleeson 142
W Province Francois le Roux 144
Winelands Adrian Kriel 143
KZ-Natal Steve Cullen 145
Boland Francois le Roux 139
WP Masters Steve Williams 139
Vaal Steve Williams 141
Fancourt Steve Williams 144
Southern Cape Francois le Roux 142
Border Colin Mavuso 150
East Cape Attie Burger 147
Eastern Province Attie Burger 144
Northern Cape Ian Smith 146
Mpumalanga Ramon Rahme 145
KZN Spring Morgan Phillips 151
KZN Classic Pieter Cooper 148
Lowveld Steve Williams 143
North West Doug McCabe 144
SA Champs Ferdie vd Merwe 222
Ekurhuleni Steve Williams 141
Limpopo Lynton Beckett 142
Otway Hayes Francois le Roux 139
- Steve Williams CG 88.9 (11)
- Francois le Roux Bol 77.2 (10)
- Andre van Dyk Bol 74.5 (9)
- Rurik Gobel CG 61.9 (12)
- Graeme Watson EK 57.4 (6)
- Attie Burger EP 54.0 (9)
- Morgan Phillips KZN 53.2 (8)
- Mzuyanda Zingela EP 52.3 (12)
- Brian Mamples WP 50.1 (8)
- Greg Gleeson CG 50.0 (12)
- Richard Bruyns CG 48.0 (16)
- Colin Mavuso EP 47.7 (6)
- Stephen Johnston CG 45.3 (10)
- Schalk Naude CG 42.1 (9)
- Gordon Wessels GN 41.1 (12)
- Gerhard Strydom GN 41.0 (7)
- Steve Cullen KZN 40.6 (7)
- William Skinner GN 35.8 (13)
- Pieter Cooper GN 35.3 (7)
- Jock Wellington CG 34.2 (12)
- Stanley de Beer SC 34.3 (7)
- Derek Piek GN 34.2 (12)
- Henry Trevena WP 32.6 (10)
- Christo Reyneke NW 31.0 (12)
- Adrian Kriel GN 30.9 (12)
2017 SENIOR WINNERS 2017 SENIOR RANKINGS