Ekurhuleni pair leads South Africa in golf tournament
The pair, along with teammates Kaylah Williams and Kaleigh Telfer, secured South Africa’s best-ever result yet in the event.
Earlier this year Caitlyn Macnab and Kiera Floyd were part of the Ekurhuleni team which won the South African 72-hole Women’s Championships. Recently, they have helped South Africa tie second at the Astor Trophy in Canada.
The Proteas routed Canada 5-1 to win their final match on Sunday and moved into a tie for second in the quadrennial championship. However, the team had to wait for the final-round matches to play out on Monday before the celebrations could begin.
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New Zealand lifted the title for the first time with 3.5 points and South Africa shared the runner-up spot with Australia, Great Britain and Ireland on two points.
Fourteen-year-old Kiera Floyd led South Africa in the singles against Indiana University student Mary Parsons.
Since the inception of the Astor Trophy in 1959, South Africa’s previous best performances were third-place finishes in 2007 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington and in 2011 at Fairhaven Golf Club in England.
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