Monday 14th December – After coming tantalisingly close to winning in 4 previous Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) Tour events, Travis Procter (Durbanville GC), secured a hard fought 2 shot victory at the BFMJS Tour/Aspire Atlantic event held at Bellville Golf Club. The initial ideal golfing conditions turned somewhat blustery and this made the…
Monday 2nd November – This past week has seen four qualifying events in the 2020/2021 Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS), this being the 4th edition of the BFMJS. During August two events were held locally, with Matthew Lotz (Atlantic Beach Links–a 66 gross) and Murray Boast (Royal Cape-a 68 gross) winning. This was followed…
This just in – GolfRSA Elite Squad member Kiera Floyd secured a spot in the #BridgeJuniorSeries finals for a 2nd time! Kiera fired 2 birdies & an eagle in a flawless performance at State Mines Country Club to win by 4 shots on 4-under 68 👏👏 For other results, visit https://juniorseries.bridgefm.co.za/ #golfrsa #squadwatch #girlpower #champion…
Sunday 18th October – Amilkar Bhana (Country Club Johannesburg) secured a comfortable 3 shot victory at the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) Tour event held at CMR Golf Club. The hot conditions, temperatures in the early 30s, did not deter Amilkar from playing truly outstanding golf. This was the 8th event in the current…
Sunday 4th October – Pretoria Country Club member, Christiaan Maas, spread-eagled the field with a superb finish at the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) Tour event held at Zwartkop Country Club. The warm windless day showed that the weather and Christiaan’s golf were both equally hot on the day. This was the 7th event…
Friday 25th September – Windless, 30 degree heat in Robertson and the next day sweeping torrential rain at Clovelly. This described the weather for the planned back-to-back Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) Tour events that took place at Robertson GC (Thursday 24th September) and Clovelly CC (Friday 25th September). Sadly the Clovelly event had…
20th September – Local Royal Durban Golf Club junior, James Jarvis, emerged from a tightly packed group to win the 4th event in the 2020/2021 Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) Tour. The players all experienced a beautiful windless Durban morning at a Royal Durban course that was in tip top condition. James had a…
20th September – Intermittent showers, strong cross winds and extremely cold conditions did not deter Megan Streicher (Swellendam) from winning the 3rd event in the 4th edition of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) that took place at the Strand Golf Club. 17 year old Megan Streicher showed everybody, in the large field, a…
Sunday 30th August – After some heavy rain during the week the 2nd event in the 4th edition of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) took place at a wet Royal Cape Golf Club. Notwithstanding the rain the course was in good condition with the usual immaculate putting surfaces. Royal Cape Golf Club, a…
Tuesday 18th August – Due to the Atlantic Beach Junior Open being oversubscribed, a separate Atlantic Beach Under 13 Junior Open was held on Tuesday, the 18th August. In contrast to the beautiful windless, sunny day of Sunday, the players were greeted with a cold, windy Cape winter’s day. In spite of the conditions there…
Sunday 16th August – The 4th edition of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series (BFMJS) started with a capacity field at the majestic Atlantic Beach Links in Melkbosstrand. With Table Mountain in the background and the benign weather experienced on the day, the course did not bear its ferocious teeth. A blistering 5 under 31…
Golf RSA’s decision to cancel all tournaments in response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic brought a premature end to a thrilling season 3 of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series, with the regional finals due to be played in April 2020. The unprecedented pandemic denied season 3 tournament winners the opportunity to play…
Unfortunately due to the uncontrolled spread of the Covid-19 virus, the organizers have been left with no option but to cancel the North Final on the 4th April 2020 as well as the South Final scheduled for the 5th April 2020. This decision was made after the national state of disaster speech by President Ramaphosa…
Top junior golfer Casey Jarvis added another title to his impressive resume by shooting 68 to pip Liam Vermaas by a single shot and win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at State Mines Country Club on Sunday 8 March 8 2020. Casey, who lives in Boksburg and attends the Homezone Edu Centre in…
Fabrizio de Abreu became one of the youngest winners, aged just 13, of a Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title when he shot a 2-under round at Wingate Park on Sunday 1 March 2020. In a closely contested affair Fabrizio, who lives at Woodhill Golf Estate, birdied the final hole to win by a single…
16-year-old Jere Brits of Paarl battled howling wind and lashing rain to win a playoff at Oubaai Golf Club on Sunday 26 January 2020 and qualify for the regional final of the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. “It was raining cats and dogs so I carried extra towels to try and keep my hands…
14-year-old Stephanie Barbaglia was in sizzling form as she beat a top-class field of golfers to become the first girl to win a Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title this season. Stephanie, a Benmore resident who attends the ESCA School Wanderers, won the title by beating Liam van Deventer in a playoff at Germiston GC…
Lyle Pedro began 2020 in style by shooting a 2-under-par round at Robertson Golf Club on Friday 3 January to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title. With the win 16-year-old South African Golf Development Board member, a pupil at Curro Kathu, qualifies for the regional final of the #BridgeJuniorSeries in April where…
Travis Procter began 2020 in style by shooting a 2-under-par round at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Friday 10 January to win his second Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season. 16-year-old Travis, who enters Grade 11 at Curro Durbanville this year, said the key to his win was playing “smart golf”….
Defending champion Nash de Klerk recorded 6 birdies at The Wanderers Golf Club to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on Sunday 3 November 2019. A bogey at the 1st was not an ideal way to start but Nash, a member of Pecanwood Golf & Country Club, bounced back immediately with a birdie at the 2nd followed…
17-year-old Ernest Ludick of Centurion birdied the first play-off hole to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Waterkloof GC on Sunday 27 October 2019. Ernest, of Mooinooi GC, won the play-off against Kieron van Wyk of Ruimsig CC and Rorisang Nkosi of Pecanwood GC, who had earlier matched his 18-hole score of…
On a day when a lightning storm delayed play by 45 minutes, teen Ryan van Velzen produced some electricity of his own with 7 birdies and 2 eagles to shoot 66 and win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at ERPM on Saturday 26 October 2019. “Earlier this year I won the EGU Closed at…
Ayden Senger bounced back from the heartache of losing in a play-off at Clovelly last month to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season at Royal Cape Golf Club on Sunday 13 October 2019. By shooting a 2-under 70 in challenging conditions at Royal Cape, 18-year-old Ayden qualified for the…
Jordan Duminy of Mossel Bay, who will represent the International team in the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia in December, produced a spectacular shot from deep in the trees to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Clovelly Country Club on Friday 27 September 2019. Having pushed his second shot right of the…
Nikhil Rama, an 18-year-old member of Bryanston Country Club, produced exceptional and error free play to win his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on a picture perfect yet scorching day at Milnerton Golf Club on Thursday 26 September 2019. Having never played the links course which has Table Mountain providing a dramatic backdrop,…
Louis Loubser Jnr, a 17-year-old member of Durbanville GC, secured the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title at Strand GC on Sunday 15 September 2019. A Grade 11 pupil at The Golf School of Excellence in Tygervalley where he is coached by Paul McKenzie, Louis birdied the 15th and the 16th holes to end the…
17-year-old Ethan Gough of Hillcrest romped to a comprehensive 3-shot victory at Royal Durban GC on Sunday 8 September 2019 to win the opening tournament of Season 3 of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. The Maritzburg College pupil, coached by Sean Coetzee at the SCIEG academy, shot level par 73 with Matthew Kruger and…
The iconic Royal Durban GC hosts the opening tournament of Season 3 of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Sunday 8 September 2019, as the country’s best young boy and girl golfers set their sights on the ultimate prize – an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the Junior North and South Championship at…
PINEHURST, North Carolina (4 July 2019) – GolfRSA and Bridge Fund Managers celebrated a big win on Wednesday as Western Province junior Tyran Snyders became the first South African champion in the 41st North and South Junior Championship in the United States. The 18-year-old Paarl teenager fired a flawless four-under-par 68 on Pinehurst No 8…
Cape Town, South Africa (April 2019) – Talented teenage golfer Tyran Snyders was in sublime form shooting 65 and 72 to win the 36-hole South Final of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at King David Mowbray Golf Club on Sunday 7 April 2019. By claiming the title Tyran, in matric at Paarl Boys High,…
Germiston, South Africa (March 2019) – Sean Paxton, a 17 year old Maritzburg College pupil, fired a pair of eagles to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series 2019 tournament at Germiston Golf Club on Sunday 17 March 2019. Sean, who lives in Pietermaritzburg, travelled up from KwaZulu-Natal to compete in the event, and his…
Robertson, South Africa (March 2019) – Tyran Snyders finally made it to the winner’s podium after 2 runners-up finishes in the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series 2019, after shooting a sparkling 8-birdie 66 to win at a cold, wet and windy Robertson Golf Club on Sunday 10 March 2019. By winning the title Tyran,…
Johannesburg, South Africa (March 2019) – Kiera Floyd became the second girl winner in the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Juniors Series 2019, having survived a potentially disastrous two shot penalty on the 10th hole when she played the wrong ball on the Rocklands course at Country Club Johannesburg on Sunday 24 February 2019. Despite the…
Pretoria, South Africa (February 2019) – Dean Wilken, a 15-year-old Grade 10 at Tyger Valley College in Pretoria East, eagled two par 5s on the back 9 to win the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Wingate Park Country Club on Sunday 17 February 2019. By winning the title Dean qualifies for the…
29 January 2019 – Calvin Maia shot 67 to win the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Oubaai on Sunday. By winning the title, the 18-year-old Kenako Golf Academy boarder qualifies for the South Regional Final of the #BridgeJuniorSeries in April, where the ultimate prize is an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the…
Sunday 13th January Yurav Premlall produced a near flawless 65 at the State Mines course. A total of 6 birdies, an eagle at the par 5 15th and a solitary drop at the par 4 5th produced one of the rounds of this edition of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series. Casey Jarvis was a…
Saturday 12th January Jayden Schaper recorded an outstanding 66 at the ERPM course. His round consisted of 6 birdies, an eagle at the par 5 2nd and two drops. This qualifies Jayden to participate in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series regional final to compete in the USA. Ryan van Velzen finished a close 2nd…
Teenager Jordan Rothman won an exciting playoff in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at her home club, Durbanville Golf Club. Rothman, the reigning Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Champion, had to overcome a strong field of boys including plus handicappers Ayden Senger, Louis Loubser Jnr, Francois Cilliers, Justin Behrens, Calin Sanderson and Matthew McCarthy,…
It was a proud day for the Galant family of Belhar as teen brothers Tristan and Jaydon dominated the u19 and u13 divisions respectively of the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Rondebosch Golf Club on Tuesday 11 December 2018. Tristan, who recently turned 17, bookended his round with a birdie on the…
Nash de Klerk claimed the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title after chipping in for birdie to see off the challenge of his good friend and interprovincial team mate Rorisang Nkosi, as two of South Africa’s brightest young golfing talents shot matching 69s and then produced a thrilling four hole play-off at the Wanderers Golf…
Johannesburg, South Africa (October 2018) – Carl Mwale of Eagle Canyon Golf Estate in Honeydew scored one of the biggest wins of his young career when the teen shot a 67 to lift his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on a day of exceptional scoring at Waterkloof Golf Club, Pretoria on Sunday 28…
The BFMJS ERPM tournament postponed from the 13th October 2018 will now be played on Saturday the 12th January 2019 at the same venue. All players registered will automatically be included but will receive notification thereof.
5th October 2018 A day after completing his Grade 12 exams, Southern Cape junior Ben van Wyk shot one of the rounds of his life to win the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series event at Clovelly with a round of 67 that included two bogeys in the final three holes. “I guess I just took…
Cape Town, South Africa (October 2018) – 14-year-old Jeré Brits scored the biggest victory of his young career when he defeated Western Province Interprovincial player Tyran Snyders in a playoff at Rondebosch GC to lift his first Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title on Tuesday 2 October 2018. “I don’t usually play as well as…
Cape Town, South Africa (September 2018) – 17-year-old Sean Cronje took a giant step towards realizing a dream of competing in the USA after excelling in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at a windy Strand Golf Club on Sunday 16 September 2018. Cronje lost a thrilling play-off against reigning WP Junior Matchplay Champion…
Cape Town, South Africa (September 2018) – 17-year-old Francois Cilliers won his second Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series title of the season in a thrilling play-off over Sean Cronje at a windy Strand Golf Club on Sunday 16 September 2018. Cilliers, a pupil at Paarl Boys High, won the title at his home club after…
20 August 2018 – Durbanville junior Louis Loubser Jnr defeated Keegan-Slade Couch from Milnerton in extra time to win the second event in the prestigious Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at Boschenmeer Golf Estate on Sunday. Francois Cilliers, who won the season-opening event at Royal Cape Golf Club in July, looked on course for back-to-back…
Francois Cillers took scant notice of the cold and wet weather as he blitzed Royal Cape’s back nine en route to a round of 69 and a two-shot victory in the season-opening Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Friday. Three birdies and a chip-in eagle on the par-five 16th saw the Western Province Junior Matchplay…
PINEHURST, North Carolina (5 July 2018) – GolfRSA National Squad player Deon Germishuys tied for fourth in the 40th Junior North and South Championship and fellow Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series finalist Nikhil Gopal signed off with a top 20 finish in North Carolina on Wednesday. Germishuys enjoyed his first success on American soil in…
24 April 2018 – A birdie at the closing hole for victory in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series North final made the two trips to Gauteng worthwhile for KwaZulu-Natal junior Nikhil Gopal. The KwaZulu-Natal junior fired rounds of 70 and 71 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington’s East Course to edge out Ryan van Velzen…
Cape Town, South Africa (April 2018) – A perfectly executed chip shot earned reigning Sanlam SA Amateur champion Deon Germishuys a coveted spot in the prestigious Junior North and South Championship at Pinehurst in July. The 18-year-old Strand junior was among the eight winners and finalists who qualified for the South Final of the popular…
19 February 2018 – Shaun Jones is a step closer to a tee time at Pinehurst after he swept to victory in the 12th event on the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Sunday. Murad Hoosen from The Els Club Copperleaf and Victoria Golf Club’s Sean Paxton both birdied the par-five closing hole at…
Cape Town, South Africa (January 2018) – Jordan Rothman, a 15-year-old pupil at Curro Durbanville, has become the first girl to qualify for the finals of the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series, a national series of 18 events sanctioned by GolfRSA. In the finals in April 2018, Jordan will compete against some of the country’s…
JOHANNESBURG, 16 October 2017 – Kian Rose from Bedfordview won the eighth event in the popular Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series in a play-off on Sunday. Rose set the clubhouse target at the Wanderers Golf Club at four-under-par 67, but Cole Stevens from Parkview reeled in a pair of birdies on the back nine to…
BOKSBURG, 15 October 2017 – South Africa’s top junior Jayden Schaper lived up to his top billing with a superior performance in the seventh Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Saturday. All 18 winners in the Under-19 A-Division of the nationwide series will challenge in two regional finals for two coveted spots in the field…
CAPE TOWN, 7 October 2017 – Ayden Senger strongly believes that a positive mind-set helped him to a Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series breakthrough at Clovelly Country Club and the Western Province standout is taking that same attitude into the Lion of Africa Junior Open on Sunday. The Sunshine Tour Junior Series event tees off…
GEORGE, 1 November 2017 – Nothing builds confidence more than victories, and Western Province duo Deon Germishuys and Connor de Groote gained a double dose of self-assurance in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series in George last Friday. At the end of the 18-event nationwide series, all the Under-19 A-Section winners will compete for two…
DURBAN, 17 September 2017 – Jonothan Broomhead gave himself an excellent chance to win a coveted spot in the 2018 Junior North and South Championship when he won the fourth Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series event on Sunday. When the nationwide series wraps up in March next year, all 18 of the A-Division winners will…
STRAND, 12 September 2017 – A well-executed strategy at the closing hole at Strand Golf Club paid handsome dividends for Bellville junior Sam Simpson, who emerged victorious in the third Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Sunday. Simpson beat South African Golf Development Board member Hilmi Mallick in sudden-death play-off after the pair tied on…
PAARL, 22 August 2017 – Paarl Boys High scholar Tyran Snyders is one step closer to a possible start in a prestigious junior championship in the United States next year after he clinched a one shot victory in the second Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series, while Western Province junior Caden Chuang collected his second straight…
CAPE TOWN, 4 July 2017 – Western Province junior Deon Germishuys secured his chance to compete for a spot in the prestigious North and South Junior in the USA next year when he won the first Under-19 A-Division title in the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series on Monday. Ranked eighth in the country, the former…
CAPE TOWN, 30 June 2017 – Former Nomads SA Boys U-19 Stroke Play champion Deon Germishuys will spearhead the A-Division field when the exciting new Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series launches at Royal Cape Golf Club on Monday, 3 July. Currently ranked eighth in the country, the rising star from Western Province is the highest…
Opened in 1907, Pinehurst No.2 was designed by Donald Ross, who called it ‘the fairest test of championship golf I have ever designed’. Ross was associated with the course for nearly 50 years, improving the course continually until his death in 1948. Pinehurst No. 2 is best known for its crowned, undulating greens, which are…
Deon Germishuys will be participating in the inaugural Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series tournament at Royal Cape Golf Club Player Profile: Deon Germishuys Date of birth: 22/10/1999 (17) Golf Club: Strand Handicap: +3 Union: Western Province Earliest golfing highlight: Winning US Kids European Championship in 2011 Biggest golfing achievement: Winning SA Boys U19 Stroke play…
Junior golf in South Africa has received a timely lift with the announcement of a brand new national series of events that will culminate in two players qualifying to take part in the North and South Junior at Pinehurst, North Carolina in the United States of America next year. The Bridge Fund Manager Junior Series…
