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DURBAN

Country Club

D U R B A N C O U N T R Y C L U B

2018

SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR

CHAMPIONSHIP

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demands accuracy, course management and a full range

of shot-making skills in order to score well. I can think of

few courses better suited to match play golf, with some

superb risk-and-reward holes to tempt the players.

Our thanks go to Gary van Loggerenberg and his team

at Sanlam for their loyal support of the SA Amateur and

amateur golf in general. It is a strong partnership, and one

that we value and hope to continue to build on in the future.

I’d also like to thank Don Gammon and his team

at Durban CC, the club captain and the members for

allowing us to use the course this week. Congratulations

on getting the course into excellent shape.

To the competitors this week: I wish you the very best

of luck and I trust that you will enjoy the KwaZulu-Natal

hospitality as you look to etch your name in history,

alongside some of the greatest players in the game.

On behalf of the South African Golf Association,

I would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to

all tournament competitors, media, sponsors and

spectators to the 2018 Sanlam South African Amateur

Championship at Durban Country Club.

The SA Amateur is the flagship event on our South

African amateur circuit and, together with the recent

SA Stroke Play and African Amateur, makes up the

‘Big Three’ of our men’s amateur events. Having these

tournaments run in succession encourages a number

of top international players and teams to make the trip

out to South Africa and I’d like to thank all foreign players,

teams and federations for supporting our events.

The SA Amateur has a wonderful history that dates

back to 1892 and it is fitting that we should host the

event on one of the country’s most iconic traditional

courses. Durban Country Club is consistently rated

as one of South Africa’s best layouts and while it has

been a regular host to the SA Open, we need to go

back some 40 years, to 1978, to find the last time the

SA Amateur was played here.

Strategy will be key to scoring well on this layout that

H I S T O R Y B E C K O N S

On behalf of GolfRSA, it gives me great pleasure to

welcome you to the Sanlam South African Amateur

Championship, where I look forward to a week of

inspiring golf at one of the country’s most iconic layouts.

It has been a long time since Durban Country Club

has hosted our national amateur championship, but I

can assure all competitors that it is well worth the wait.

Having grown up just south of Durban, I have many fond

memories of playing the course and trying to solve its

endless mysteries. The opening stretch of holes must be

one of the finest (and toughest) in golf, while the closing

stretch is equally compelling.

I’ve always been a fan of match play golf, where two

competitors take on each other and the course – and the

scores of other competitors have no bearing.

There is no room for an off day this week, as to be

crowned SA Amateur champion, the winner will have to

beat six top-quality players. This is the reason the list

of champions on the famous trophy is so formidable.

I’d like to thank all players, officials, media and

spectators who have travelled far and made the effort

to come out and support our national championship.

Thanks too to Sanlam for being such a steady and

strong presence in amateur golf. We truly value working

with you across this and other golfing platforms. Finally,

to all the Durban CC and KZNGU representatives, a

massive thank you for the use of the course and the

hard work you have put in behind the scenes.

GRANT HEPBURNCEO | GOLFRSA

GEOFF TAYLORPRESIDENT | SAGA

O U R N AT I O N A L C H A M P I O N S H I P

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LANCE WHITEFORDCAPTAIN | DURBAN COUNTRYCLUB

W E L C O M E T O D U R B A N C O U N T R Y C L U BIt is my privilege, on behalf of golf operations, the golf

committee and the members of the Durban Country

Club to welcome the president of the South African

Golf Association, Mr Geoff Taylor, his executive and,

most importantly, all the players and their supporters

to the Durban Country Club for the playing of the

Sanlam South African Amateur Championship.

Durban Country Club has a proud history of hosting

major events and we welcome the opportunity to share

our fantastic facilities with both professional and amateur

golfers. The opportunity of hosting one of the oldest and

most prestigious tournaments on the amateur calendar

is an honour for Durban Country Club, whose own

history is shaped by competitve golf at the highest level.

We are very proud of the achievement of Chris

Woollam, the current DCC junior champion, who

won the Proudfoot Trophy in a thrilling playoff at

Humewood in 2017.

Durban Country Club in the past has hosted 17

South African Opens, nine South African Amateur

Championships, three South African Women’s Opens,

the Women’s SA Amateur, numerous winter tour

events and KZN Amateur events, the 2013 & 2014

Volvo Tournament of Champions, and the first Men’s

Inter-Provincial in 1960.

As a club we believe that as custodians of the golf

course it is our duty and privilege not only to care for

and protect the course but to ensure that this facility

is showcased in tournaments both nationally and

internationally and we will continue to do our best

to ensure that prestigious tournaments such as this

are held here.

The Durban Country Club was opened in 1922

and has been rated as one of the world’s top courses

ever since. The classic layout has stood the test of

time and the design has hardly changed. Despite its

apparent lack of length, it provides a stern test to any

golfer’s ability. Good golf is rewarded, but bad golf is

severely punished.

A lot of work has gone into the preparation

for the SA Amateur, and at this point I would like

to thank Mike Wallington, Peter Matkovich, Don

Gammon and all their staff for getting the course

into the great condition that we see today.

In closing, I would like to wish all the golfers from

KZN, and in particular those from Durban Country

Club, the very best over the week. DCC has had

four previous winners: WS Bryant in 1962, Eric

Dalton in 1950, Murray Grindrod in 1960 and David

Suddards in 1981.

It is about time this list was extended!

We are proud of our course and we sincerely hope

that all of you enjoy your week playing the “Grand

Old Lady” as much as our members do and hope that

you leave with good memories of the Durban Country

Club and its hospitality.

DURBAN

Country Club

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A T R U E C L A S S I C

T H E L A Y O U T

A course steeped in history and tradition, Durban Country Club boasts the unique claim of

being the only course on the African continent to be rated in the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World by

Golf Magazine USA. It is also rated in the Top 5 golf courses in South Africa by Golf Digest South Africa.

A combination of lush coastal vegetation, sand dunes and stunning views of the Indian Ocean make this course one of the most unique, and challenging,

in the world. One of the defining characteristics of Durban Country Club are the massive undulations on the fairways, especially noticeable on the 5th, 8th and 17th holes. Offering a typical links layout,

the coastal sand dunes on which the course is built, offer an interesting and sometimes difficult round to

both the amateur and pro golfer alike.Durban Country Club is a shot makers’ course

that you have to think your way around. Most golfers don’t make use of their driver until well into their

round due to the narrowness of the opening holes.The course, overlooking the Blue Lagoon estuary

and the Indian Ocean, has hosted the South African Open 17 times, including the centenary SA Open in 2010, more than any other club in South Africa.

It was also home to the co-sanctioned Volvo Championships in 2013 and 2014.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT

Length 354 172 468 165 420 322 340 458 397 3096

Par 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 36

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOTAL

512 439 143 310 482 177 381 367 250 3061 6157

5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 36 72

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DURBAN

Country Club

13th

HOLE

17th

HOLE

8th

HOLE

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Louis Oosthuizen Junior Academy prodigy

Christo Lamprecht produced a career-

defining performance at Humewood Golf

Club to become the youngest Sanlam

South African Amateur champion in the 110 year history of

premier international championship.

At 16 years and 25 days, the Southern Cape teenager

surpassed the record set by Thriston Lawrence in 2013 (16 years,

two months and 23 days old) when he defeated fellow George

golfer Caylum Boon 7 & 6 in the 36-hole final.

“This is all a little unreal right now,” gushed the delighted

Pinnacle Point golfer.

“I got knocked out in the first round in my first SA Amateur

last year and I just wanted to try and go further this week. Now I am

the winner and the youngest champion, too. I didn’t know about the

record. I can’t even describe how I feel; it’s like shock and joy and a

whole bunch of stuff mixed up. This is huge, really huge.”

Lamprecht showed maturity beyond his years and the

composure of a true champion as he plotted his way into the

final, never trailing in a single match after he qualified for the

match play stage.

He knocked out Loris Schuepbach from Switzerland in round

one, Andre Nel in the second round and Garrick Higgo in round

three. He then dispatched Indian Yashas Chandra in the quarters

and Dylan Kok in the semi-final.

The final against Boon was no different, as he executed his

game plan to take control. “My game plan in all my matches

was to keep the ball in play and to try to take the lead as early

as possible,” said Lamprecht, who opened with six straight pars.

“I wanted to put my opponent on the back foot so they

wouldn’t get comfortable. That strategy worked well for me right

throughout the match play, so I stuck to my game plan against

Caylum. If you can keep the ball in play at Humewood, you give

yourself chances to score.”

Aside from the 9th hole in the 18 holes and the 7th during the

final loop, Lamprecht hit every fairway and used a red-hot putter

to protect his advantage.

He went 1-up when Boon dropped at the second hole and

went 3-up with back-to-back birdies at seven and eight. He

paid the penalty for a wayward tee shot at nine, but a birdie at

11 and four successive gains from 16 took him to into the final

RECORD SETTER

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18 holes with a 4-up lead.

“Caylum matched my birdies at 16, 17 and 18

and he was playing really well,” said the GolfRSA

National Squad player. “I knew I would have to keep

up the pressure when we started the last 18 holes.

I went 5-up with a birdie at three (21st hole) and

I was 6-up when Caylum bogeyed the next hole.

Then I hit my tee shot into the bushes on the right

at seven and that cost me a shot.”

Boon found trouble down the left at eighth (26th

hole) and Lamprecht pounced to go 6-up.

He only needed four more holes to wrap up the

final after Boon dropped another shot at the 10th

(28th hole). Although Boon matched Lamprecht’s

birdie at the 11th (29th hole), the writing was on the

wall when the Southern Cape golfer hit his tee shot

to a foot at the par three 12th and boxed the birdie

putt to win.

The young golfer had a hard time containing his

smile as he battled to lift the 45kg trophy.

“I just hoped to gain some good experience

this week and if I did well, it would have been a

bonus,” he said.

“I knew what I had to do to give myself a chance,

especially when we played in a four-club wind in the

quarterfinals and semi-finals and I’m proud of how I

was able to stay calm and keep my head in the game.

I never got ahead of myself and I think the first time

I thought I could actually win this was when we got

though nine on the second trip.

“It’s incredible to think that my name is going on

this trophy. All the Major winners are there. Bobby

Locke is there. Ernie Els. Retief Goosen. Trevor

Immelman. Gosh, I just realised Louis (Oosthuizen)

never won the Sanlam SA Amateur. I hope he is

really proud of me.”

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1892 D. Walker Kimberley 1893 D.G. Proudfoot Port Elizabeth 1894 D.G. Proudfoot Port Elizabeth 1895 D.G. Proudfoot Port Elizabeth 1896 D.G. Proudfoot King William’s Town 1897 D.G. Proudfoot Port Elizabeth 1898 D.G. Proudfoot East London 1899 D.G. Proudfoot Kimberley 3201900-1901 No Championship due to war 1902 D.G. Proudfoot King William’s Town 3611903 R. Law Port Elizabeth 3361904 J.R. Southey Johannesburg 3011905 H.C.V. Nicholson Bloemfontein 3221906 Lieut. H.M. Ballinghall East London 1907 Lieut. H.M. Ballinghall Kimberley 3071908 J.A.W. Prentice Port Elizabeth 3101909 J.A.W. Prentice Potchefstroom 3211910 Dr. E.L. Steyn Cape Golf Club 3301911 J.A.W. Prentice Durban 3181912 H.G. Stewart Potchefstroom 3261913 J.A.W. Prentice Kimberley 3041914 S.M. MacPherson Royal Cape 3241915-1918 No Championship due to World War I 1919 H.G. Stewart Durban 3291920 H.G. Stewart Johannesburg 3151921 A.L. Forster H.G. Stewart Port Elizabeth 3221922 W.C.E. Stent LP Vernon Royal Port Alfred 3241923 W.C.E. Stent H McMaster Royal Cape 3221924 A.L. Forster Durban Country Club 329 Decided by Match Play after this date 1925 T.G. McLelland A.L. Forster Johannesburg 2/11926 W.S. Bryant W.C.E. Stent Port Elizabeth 2/11927 G.J. Chantler E.J. Hunt Maccauvlei 4/31928 B. Wynne R. Broadley Durban Country Club 9/71929 C. Hunter P. Coetzer Royal Cape 8/61930 B. Wynne C.E. Olander East London 4/31931 C. Coetzer C. Hunter E.R.P.M. 4/31932 C.E. Olander F.O. Agg Royal Port Alfred 37th hole1933 B. Wynne L.M. Jacobs Durban Country Club 38th hole1934 C.E. Olander H.E.P. Watermeyer Humewood 3/21935 A.D. Locke F.O. Agg Parkview 38th hole1936 C.E. Olander E.M. Bodmer Royal Cape 4/31937 A.D. Locke C.E. Olander East London 4/31938 B. Wynne B.R. Ryan Maccauvlei 8/71939 O. Hayes C. de G. Watermeyer Durban Country Club 3/11940 H.E.P. Watermeyer H.R. Dorrington Humewood 5/41941-1945 No Championship due to World War II 1946 J.R. Boyd G.A. Packer Royal Johannesburg 4/31947 C. de G. Watermeyer B.R. Ryan Mowbray 9/81948 B.R. Ryan C. de G. Watermeyer East London 3/21949 R.W. Glennie J.R. Boyd Maccauvlei 3/21950 E.L. Dalton F.O. Agg Durban Country Club 5/41951 E.S. Irwin M. Janks Houghton 4/31952 M. Janks R.W. Glennie Humewood 2/11953 R. Brews J.R. Boyd Royal Cape 4/31954 A.D. Jackson D. Hutchinson East London 37th hole1955 B.M. Keyter N.K. Cowan Zwartkop 10/91956 R.C. Taylor A. Walker Durban Country Club 37th hole1957 A.A. Stewart P. Vorster Humewood 41st hole1958 J.R. Boyd A. Walker Bloemfontein 5/4

YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP VENUE SCORE

SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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1959 A. Walker D. Muller Royal Johannesburg 11/101960 W.M. Grindrod C. le Grange Mowbray 3/21961 J.G. le Roux J. Hayes East London 3/21962 J. Hayes B. Franklin Houghton 2/11963 D. Symons J. Hayes Durban Country Club 5/41964 J.R. Langridge D. Wharton-Hood Bloemfontein 1 hole1965 P Vorster I. Dorrington Humewood 7/61966 C. du Toit B. Lefson Mowbray 1 hole1967 D. Kemp R. Mullan Royal Johannesburg 7/61968 R. Williams R. Taylor Bloemfontein 5/31969 D.S. Thornton J. Fourie Humewood 2/11970 H. Baiocchi R. Joubert Mowbray 37th hole1971 C. Dreyer K. Suddards Durban Country Club 6/51972 N. Sundelson R. Gouverneur East London 3/21973 A. Oosthuizen C. Dreyer Houghton 3/21974 T. Lagerwey N. Sundelson Port Elizabeth 1 hole1975 P. Vorster J. Diniz Bloemfontein 3/21976 R. Kotzen G. Schwartzel Mowbray 8/71977 T. Webber (Rhodesia) R. Van Niekerk Bryanston C.C. 37th hole1978 T. Webber (Rhodesia) E. Groenewald Durban Country Club 3/21979 L. Norval W. Branthwaite Humewood 5/41980 E. Groenewald D. Suddards Royal Johannesburg 9/81981 D. Suddards D. Frost Oppenheimer Park 2/11982 N. James D. Lindsay-Smith East London 37th hole1983 C-C Yuan (China) D.R. Suddards Royal Durban 6/51984 M. Wiltshire P. Van Der Riet Humewood 3/11985 N. Clarke D. Lindsay-Smith Royal Cape 3/11986 E. Els T. Louw East London 5/31987 B. Fouche E. Els Glendower 1 up1988 N. Clarke E. Els Oppenheimer Park 40th hole1989 C. Rivett E. Els Maritzburg C.C. 38th hole1990 R. Goosen D. Smith Port Elizabeth 2/11991 D. Botes B. Sundelson Royal Johannesburg 3/11992 B. Davidson T. Clark Royal Durban 7/61993 L. Chitengwa (Zimbabwe) H. Lombard East London 4/21994 B. Vaughan R. Bougas Royal Cape 8/71995 W. Abery J. Hugo Schoeman Park 1 up1996 T. Moore M. Maritz Benoni C.C. 8/71997 T. Immelman D. Somervaille (New Zealand) Humewood 2/11998 J. Hugo R. Reid Mt Edgecombe C.C. 4/31999 R. Sterne J. Olver Westlake 3/22000 J. Van Zyl D. Lambert East London 8/62001 D. Dixon (England) D. Lambert Oppenheimer Park 1 up2002 (100th) R. Loubser G. Veenstra George G.C. 1 up2003 A. Haig J. Roos Roodepoort C.C. 8/72004 H. Rootman B. Valentyn Paarl G.C. 4/32005 G. Coetzee H. Landman Wingate Park C.C. 5/32006 N. Edwards (Wales) WJ.Lee (Australia) De Zalze & Stellenbosch 2 up2007 L. De Jager A. De Decker Humewood G.C 5/42008 J. Blaauw N. Edwards (Wales) Royal Durban G.C. 6/52009 R. Dreyer A. Ford Benoni C.C 5/32010 L. Canter (England) A. Versfeld East London G.C 6/52011 M. Stewart (Scotland) P. Shields (Scot) Vaal de Grace 5/42012 B. Soutar (Scotland) B. Stone Mowbray GC 2/12013 T. Lawrence A. Light Country Club JHB 9/82014 T. Lawrence A. van der Merwe Hermanus 5/42015 D. Young (Scotland) J. Rebula Silver Lakes 8/62016 C. Ross (Scotland) D. Naidoo George GC 3/12017 C. Lamprecht Jr C. Boon Humewood G.C. 7/6

YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP VENUE SCORE

Named after eight-time SA Amateur champion

Douglas Proudfoot, this trophy was originally

presented to the player with the best net score at the

Inter-Centre Championship but was later changed to

the competitor with the best gross score in the two

qualifying rounds of the SA Amateur.

PAST WINNERS

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YEAR CLUB NAME SCORE1931 Johannesburg C.E. Olander 1491932 Royal Port Alfred F.M. Bodmer 1611933 Durban Country Club B.R. Ryan 1934 Humewood C.E. Olander 1541935 Parkview A.D. Locke 1301936 Royal Cape H.E.P. Watermeyer 1481937 East London A. D. Locke 1411938 Maccauvlei S. Boshoff 1431939 Durban Country Club H.E.P Watermeyer 1461940 Humewood C.E. Olander 1541941 – 1945 No Tournaments1946 Royal Johannesburg B.T. Keartland 1481947 Mowbray S. Boshoff 1471948 East London B.R. Ryan 1511950 Durban Country Club E.L. Dalton 1481951 Houghton M. Janks 1481952 Humewood B. T. Keartland 1491953 Royal Cape D. Hutchinson 1451954 East London D. Hutchinson 1411955 Zwartkop C.C. A.D. Jackson 1371956 Durban Country Club R.D.D. Evans 1501957 Humewood B.T. Keartland 1491958 Bloemfontien A. Walker & J. Le Roux (tie) 1421959 Royal Johannesburg J.G. Le Roux 1461960 Mowbray R.C. Taylor 1421961 East London R.C. Williams 1461962 Houghton J. Hayes 1381963 Durban Country Club J. G. Le Roux 1451964 Bloemfontien A. Hofmann 1351965 Humewood P. Voster 1461966 Mowbray B. Cole 1421967 Royal Johannesburg D. Kemp 1391968 Bloemfontien H. Baiocchi 143

THE PROUDFOOT TROPHY

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YEAR CLUB NAME SCORE1969 Humewood B. McIntosh 1551970 Mowbray D. Hayes 1441971 Durban Country Club W. Pitt 1451972 East London W. Pitt 1451973 Houghton G. Harvey 1401974 Port Elizabeth N. Sundelson 1441975 Bloemfontien R. Navarro (Brazil) 1391976 Mowbray M. McNulty 1411977 Bryanston Country Club P. Todt 1421978 Durban Country Club D. Lindsay Smith 1421979 Humewood A. Johnstone 1421980 Royal Johannesburg A. Van Straaten 1441981 Oppenheimer Park C-C Yuan (China) 1381982 East London Y-S Hsieh (China) 1421983 Royal Durban C-H Yu (China) 1421984 Humewood S. Collard 1431985 Royal Cape Golf Club D. Van Staden 1411986 East London Golf Club C-S Hsieh (China) 1421987 Glendower Golf Club B. Fouchee 1391988 Oppenheimer Park B. Fouchee 1441989 Maritzburg Country Club C. Davison 1411990 Port Elizabeth R. Fletcher 1401991 Royal Johannesburg N. Henning 1371992 Royal Durban Golf Club D. Stratton 1411993 East London D. Kinnear 1451994 Royal Cape Golf Club N. Homann 1361995 Schoeman Park T. Moore 1391996 Benoni Country Club G. Cayeux (Zimbabwe) 1401997 Humewood Golf Club U. Van den Berg 1451998 Mt Edgecombe CC T. Immelman 1411999 Westlake GC D. Van der Merwe 1422000 East London Golf Club C. McMonagle (Ireland) 1442001 Oppenheimer Park Golf Club D. Lambert 1292002 George Golf Club Gary Wolstenholme (England) 1362003 Roodepoort Country Club Matthew Kent 1362004 Paarl Golf Club Christiaan Basson 1362005 Wingate Country Club Josh Cunliffe 1392006 De Zalze & Stellenbosch GC Federico Colombo (Italy) 1352007 Humewood Golf Club Louis de Jager 1452008 Royal Durban Louis Calitz 1412009 Benoni Country Club Johann Lopez-Lazaro (France) 1362010 East London GC Laurie Canter (England) 1382011 Vaal de Grace Brandon Stone 1422012 Mowbray Dylan Raubenheimer 1342013 Country Club Johannesburg Haydn Porteous 1342014 Hermanus Golf Club Jovan Rebula 1362015 Silver Lakes Greig Marchbank (Scotland) 1382016 George GC Rory Franssen (Scotland) 1322017 Humewood GC Chris Woollam 129

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