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2021 Sunshine Ladies Tour ...
The 2021 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 8th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. Schedule The condensed season consisted of 6 events, all held in South Africa, played in April and May, after having been postponed from February–March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Investec South African Women's Open was again co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour, and also a qualifier for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open. Order of Merit This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit. Source: References External linksOfficial homepage of the Sunshine Ladies Tour {{Sunshine Ladies Tour seasons Sunshine Ladies Tour Sunshine Ladies Tour The Sunshine Ladies Tour is a professional golf tour for women based in South Africa. Schedule Since the inaugural 2014 season, tournaments have averaged around ten per season and been concentrated in the January–March window. Sponsors have i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee-Anne Pace
Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer. Career Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology. Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit and won the LET Player of the Year. After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendower Golf Club
The Glendower Golf Club is an 18-hole golf complex located in Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa. The course has been the home of the South African Open for eight competitions. Englishman Chris Paisley won his first European Tour title winning the 2018 SA Open. Englishman Graeme Storm won the 2017 SA Open beating Rory McIlroy in a play-off while South African golfer Brandon Stone won the 2016 SA Open. History In 1935, ten businessmen formed a company with an idea to create a country club and purchased the farm Glendower which in those days was on the edge to the town of Edenvale. The land bought was 266.7 acres in size and consisted mostly of a tree plantation. A parkland course was planned and an English golfing architect, Charles Hugh Alison, was employed to design the course and it was constructed by A.F.Tomsett. The course would open on 7 March 1937. In 1939, The Transvaal Open Championship was held at the club and won by Bobby Locke with a record score of 265. A record prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Skarpnord
Marianne Skarpnord (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, she won the Girls Amateur Championship, defeating Beatriz Recari of Spain in the final match. She also won the Junior Solheim Cup with Europe the same year. Skarpnord made a 6 footer to secure the win for the European team. In 2004, she finished 3rd in the British Girls Championship. She finished 12th in the qualifying school for the Ladies European Tour and got her tour card for the 2005 season. Professional career In 2005, Skarpnord's best finish was a second place in Skandia PGA Open at the Swedish Telia Tour and her best finish at the Ladies European Tour was 22nd in OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open. The year after, in 2006, Skarpnord finished 2nd in Rejmes Ladies Open on the Telia Tour. On the Ladies European Tour her best finish was 23rd in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fancourt Hotel And Country Club
Fancourt Hotel and Country Club is a South African golf estate in George, Western Cape (Garden Route District Municipality). It is rated among the top 10 lifestyle estates in the world. The Links Course at Fancourt is rated as the number 1 golf course in South Africa by ''Golf Digest''. Fancourt hosted the 2003 Presidents Cup, the only time the event has ended in a tie. It also hosted the 2005 Women's World Cup of Golf as well as the Coca-Cola Charity Championship on the Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod .... References External links * {{coord, -33.95311, 22.40716, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:ZA, display=title Golf clubs and courses in South Africa sports venues in the Western Cape 1989 establishments in South Africa Garden Route District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am
The Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am is a women's professional golf tournament held in Western Cape, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour since 2014, played concurrently with the men's Dimension Data Pro-Am on the Sunshine Tour. The professional golfers are teamed with an amateur and together they compete for the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am trophy. They compete using the Better Ball Medal scoring system with the amateur handicaps taken into account. Except for 2015 when the event was hosted at Oubaai Golf Resort & Spa, the tournament has been played over three days on two different golf courses, the first two rounds at George Golf Club, with the third and final round at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club. In 2021 the tournament had a revised format, without the pro-am element, in observance of the coronavirus health protocols and restrictions. The ladies field did not play at the George Golf Club but joined the men playing the Outeniqua and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casandra Hall
Casandra Alexander (née Hall, born 13 August 1999) is a South African professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour. In 2020, she won the team event at the Saudi Ladies Team International. She competed as Casandra Hall until her marriage to Adrian Alexander, a bodybuilder, in 2022. Career Alexander started playing golf at age 10 and her foremost achievement as an amateur was winning the South African Stroke Play Championship in 2018. Alexander turned professional in late 2018 and joined the Sunshine Ladies Tour. In 2020, she won the Ladies Event at the Investec Royal Swazi Open, and in 2021, the Joburg Ladies Open. She finished second in the 2021 Order of Merit, behind Lee-Anne Pace. Alexander become a member of the Ladies European Tour in January 2020, but missed most of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unable to travel to Europe. In November, she made her breakthrough with victory in the Saudi Ladies Team International alongside Emily Kristine Pedersen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joburg Ladies Open
The Joburg Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour since 2015 and starting in 2022 co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour. It was played at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club until 2017. It moved to Modderfontein in 2018 and on to the refurbished Soweto Country Club for the following three years. Winners See also *Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger ... References External linksCoverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site {{Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour events Sunshine Ladies Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa Sports competitions in Johannesburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Fletcher
Michaela ( Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales. It is very prevalent in the Czech Republic, ranking at number 9 in January 2002, and number 16 in January 2006. Variant forms There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include: *Meical (Welsh) *Micaela ( Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) *Michaëla ( Dutch) *Michaiła (Polish) *Michailina ( Czech, Lithuanian) *Michajlina (Belarusian) *Michala (Estonian) *Michalina (Polish) *Micheáilín ( Irish) *Michela ( Italian) *Michèle (French) *Michelina ( Italian) *Michelle ( English, French) *Micheline (French) *Miguela ( Portuguese, Spanish) *Miguelina ( Spanish) *Mihaela ( Croatian, Romanian) *Mihaéla ( Hungarian) *Mihaila (Bulgarian) *Mihajla (Serbian) *Mikaela ( Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish) *Mikela ( B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Player Country Club
The Gary Player Country Club is a golf club in Sun City, South Africa, named after golf icon and Grand Slam winner, Gary Player. It is home to one of the world's longest golf courses, at almost 8,000 yards. The Gary Player designed championship course is widely considered to be one of the best in South Africa, and one of the world's top 100. It has been voted the best several times by both Golf Digest and Complete Golfer, the leading golf magazines in the country. Player has designed almost 400 championship courses around the world, but this is the only course that officially carries his name. The club also has a Gary Player Spa, restaurant and pro shop. The course is one of two within the Sun City Resort, the other being the Lost City Golf Course, with its famous crocodile hole with the green in the shape of the African continent, which was also designed by Gary Player but in a desert African style. In December of each year, the club stages the Nedbank Golf Challenge The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SuperSport Ladies Challenge
The SuperSport Ladies Challenge is a women's professional golf tournament held in South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour since 2014 and has been played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City since 2020. In 2022, Paula Reto Paula Reto (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Reto played field hockey and ran track in her youth and did not start playing golf until 2005. She played with the Purdue Boilermakers ... secured her first professional title in her home country after a record ten stroke victory. Winners References {{reflist External linksCoverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site Sunshine Ladies Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlyn Macnab
Caitlin () is a female given name of Irish origin. Historically, the Irish name Caitlín was anglicized as Cathleen or Kathleen. In the 1970s, however, non-Irish speakers began pronouncing the name according to English spelling rules as , which led to many variations in spelling such as Caitlin, Catelynn, Caitlyn, Katlyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Katelyn and Katelynn. It is the Irish version of the Old French name ''Cateline'' , which comes from Catherine, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterine). Catherine is attributed to St. Catherine of Alexandria. Along with the many other variants of Catherine, it is generally believed to mean "pure" because of its long association with the Greek adjective καθαρός ''katharos'' (pure), though the name did not evolve from this word. Notable people Literature * Caitlin Brennan, pseudonym of Judith Tarr, American fantasy writer * Cait Brennan, American screenwriter and performer * Caitlin Davies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabra Ladies Classic
The Jabra Ladies Classic is a women's professional golf tournament held at Glendower Golf Club near Johannesburg, South Africa. It has been an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour since 2014. The 2022 event saw a battle between LPGA Tour players Paula Reto and Linn Grant for the title, with Grant coming out on top after a birdie on the final hole. Grant had already signalled a warning to the field when she fired a round of 62 in the pro-am on Tuesday. Winners References {{reflist External linksCoverage on the Sunshine Ladies Tour's official site Sunshine Ladies Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |