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Ladies Tshwane Open
The Ladies Tshwane Open was a women's professional golf tournament held near Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa. It was an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour between 2014 and 2019. Winners See also *Tshwane Open The Tshwane Open was a golf tournament played since 2013 in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was played at Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate in Centurion, South Africa in 2013 and 2014 and moved to Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof in 2015. I ... 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] |
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and center of research, being home to the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Human Sciences Research Council. It also hosts the National Research Foundation (South Africa), National Research Foundation and the South African Bureau of Standards. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Pretoria is the central part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including Bronkhorstspruit, Centurion, Gaute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour
The 2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 5th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. The season offered a purse of R4,450,000, plus a 100,000 incentive for the Investec Property Fund Order of Merit winner. Schedule The season consisted of 8 events, 7 in South Africa and one in Eswatini, played as a block between January and March, with one event in May. Order of Merit This shows the final Investec Property Fund Order of Merit, which featured a R100,000 bonus. The leader received a wild card for an event on the Ladies European Tour and Final Stage exemption into the 2019 LET Q-School. 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 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshwane Open
The Tshwane Open was a golf tournament played since 2013 in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was played at Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate in Centurion, South Africa in 2013 and 2014 and moved to Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof in 2015. It was a co-sanctioned event by the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi .... On 30 October 2018, the European Tour released their 2019 schedule, and it was noted that the Tshwane Open was no longer a co-sanctioned event by the European Tour, with no confirmation of the event's status by the Sunshine Tour. Winners Notes References External links Coverage on European Tour's official site Former Sunshine Tour events Former European Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilie Lundgreen
Cecilie Lundgreen (born 6 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour between 1999 and 2013, where her best finish was runner-up at the South African Women's Masters in 2001. Amateur career Lundgreen won the 1991 Norwegian Junior Championship and the 1994 Norwegian National Golf Championship. She represented Norway at the 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy, together with Line Berg and Vibeke Stensrud. Lundgreen attended Florida Atlantic University on a golf scholarship 1994–1997. She made an immediate impact, capturing Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Year honors in 1994 after winning the conference tournament as a freshman. She was all-conference selection four times and was named FAU Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 1997, and inducted into the FAU Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. Professional career Lundgreen turned professional in 1998 and played a year on the Swedish Golf Tour where her best finish was solo third at the 1998 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Simon
Ashleigh Ann Buhai (née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf. Amateur career Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youngest player to win the ladies’ South African Amateur Stroke Play and Match Play double. She represented her country in the mainly professional Women's World Cup of Golf three times while still an amateur. Professional career Buhai turned professional the day after her 18th birthday. She won the 2007 Catalonia Ladies Masters, which was her third event as a professional. She became the youngest ever professional winner on the Ladies European Tour (South Korea's Amy Yang won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters at a younger age as an amateur). Ashleigh now plays under the name Ashleigh Buhai after marrying her husband, David, in December 2016. Buhai earned her LPGA Tour card for 2014 at qualifying school. On 7 August 2022, after 221 LPGA To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour ...
The 2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the inaugural season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. The season featured six 36-holes stroke play tournaments with no cut, each with a purse of R100,000. The leading players on the Order of Merit competed for Investec Cup for Ladies in March, with a purse of R300,000. Schedule The season consisted of 10 events, nine in South Africa and one in Zambia, played between April 2013 and March 2014. Order of Merit This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit. 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] |
Melissa Eaton
Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Melissa officinalis'' (family Lamiaceae), known as lemon balm. Melissa is a common variant form, with others being Malissa, Melesa, Melessa, Meliza, Mellisa, Melosa, and Molissa. In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name ''Maoilíosa'', which means "servant of Jesus", which is of an origin independent of the Hittites. According to Greek mythology, perhaps reflecting Minoan culture, making her the daughter of a Cretan king Melisseus, whose ''-issos'' ending is Pre-Greek, Melissa was a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey and from whom bees were believed to have received their name. She was one of the nymph nurses of Zeus, sister to Amaltheia, but rather than feeding the baby milk, Melissa, appr ... [...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] |
2015 Sunshine Ladies Tour ...
The 2015 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 2nd season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. Schedule The season consisted of 9 events, all held in South Africa, played between October and March. Order of Merit This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit, the Chase to the Investec Ladies Cup. The winner was awarded R250,000 from a R600,000 bonus pool. Source: References External links Official 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] |
2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour ...
The 2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 3rd season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. Schedule The season consisted of 9 events, all held in South Africa, played between November 2015 and March 2016. 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] |
2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour ...
The 2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 4th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. Schedule The season consisted of 11 events, ten in South Africa and one in Eswatini, played between January and May. 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] |
Ashleigh Buhai
Ashleigh Ann Buhai ( née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf. Amateur career Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youngest player to win the ladies’ South African Amateur Stroke Play and Match Play double. She represented her country in the mainly professional Women's World Cup of Golf three times while still an amateur. Professional career Buhai turned professional the day after her 18th birthday. She won the 2007 Catalonia Ladies Masters, which was her third event as a professional. She became the youngest ever professional winner on the Ladies European Tour (South Korea's Amy Yang won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters at a younger age as an amateur). Ashleigh now plays under the name Ashleigh Buhai after marrying her husband, David, in December 2016. Buhai earned her LPGA Tour card for 2014 at qualifying school. On 7 August 2022, after 221 LPGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
