First for Southern Cape golfers
The Southern Cape claimed their first Super Senior prize at St Francis Links last Friday.
The Southern Cape edged out Gauteng North, Ekurhuleni, Central Gauteng, Western Province and KwaZulu-Natal for victory in the Super Senior competition of the 2018 SA Senior A Inter-Provincial.
They managed to beat Gauteng North 4-2 and then handed Ekurhuleni a 5-1 drubbing in the final round for their first title.
Neil Abrahamse and Solly Rautenbach lost both their foursomes, but Abrahamse carved out a narrow 1-up victory over Vaughan Sammons from Ekurhuleni for a valuable point. Rautenbach mowed down Ekurhuleni's William Berry 8 & 7 and routed Rinus van Niekerk from Gauteng North
2 & 1.
Johnny Millar and Bertus Smit won 5 & 3 against Berry and David de Noroonha from Ekurhuleni and they downed Gauteng North pair Adrian Kriel and Etienne Groenewald 2 & 1.
Millar beat Kriel 3 & 2 and defeated Michael Lekhuleni 1-up, while Smit drove the final nails in their opponents' coffins when he knocked out Groenewald and De Noroonha 5 & 4.
Southern Cape topped the log with nine points. Gauteng North was second with eight and Central Gauteng third with seven points. KwaZulu-Natal accumulated three points to take fourth, Western Province was fifth with two points and, like their teammates in the Senior Division, Ekurhuleni finished at the bottom of the barrel with one point.