Extraordinary talent is not the only thing that sets champions apart from the rest of the competition.
It is the ability to follow a plan with discipline and sticking to it with tenacious commitment and perseverance.
These are the attributes that set 14-year-old Ebotse Links talent Kiera Floyd on a winning path seven months ago and the trophies on the GolfRSA amateur circuit continue to stack up.
Floyd announced herself last year when she beat the boys with a seven-under-par 65 at the tough East Course to become the first girl to win on the Bridge Fund Managers Junior Series at Royal Kensington and Johannesburg Golf Club.
Following fifth-place finishes in the Sanlam SA Women’s Stroke Play and the Women’s Golf South Africa (WGSA) Women’s 72-Hole Championship, the Ebotse Links teenager broke through on the open amateur circuit in the Gauteng North Women’s Open last week.
A second victory in the Mpumalanga Open rocketed Floyd to sixth in the rankings.
She signed off in 2018 with a two-shot victory in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship and, on February 10, she rose to fourth in the junior rankings with a one-shot victory in the Gauteng North Junior Girls Championship.
Floyd carded rounds of 71 and 70 to fend off challenges from South Africa’s number two ranked Caitlyn Macnab (also from Benoni) and Youth Olympian Kaiyuree Moodley, among others.
The success at Woodhill Country Club was a direct result of the GolfRSA Elite Squad Camp at Bryanston Country Club just before the tournament.
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