Curro Aurora wins big at the Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship.
Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship at Middelburg Country Club holds the winner of the event Curro Aurora school gets victory.
Curro Aurora competed in the Ernie Els SA Primary Schools Championship at Middelburg Country Club on 10 August.
They secured their victory at the championships by defending their victory in a 10 stroke lead to an unchallenged 21 stroke victory over the defending champions St Dunstan’s College at the Mpumalanga course.
Alex van der Merwe, Cole Stevens and Woo-Ju Son put the side ahead with a pooled score of 218 in the first round and a combined for a second round 221 for a winning score of 439.
Van der Merwe carded a second successive 72, while Stevens doubled up on 73s and Son followed an opening 73 with a 76 in the final round.
The team’s fourth member, Kieren van Wyk, carded non-counting rounds of 74 and 84.
Team manager Hardus van der Merwe commented that, “Their commitment and resolve showed in the first round and they carried that purpose to victory into the final round. The players are incredibly proud to have won an event that is sponsored by one of their heroes and they will cherish this victory for a very long time.”
Details: André Pieterse (SAGA president) 082 771 8614; Eden Thompson (SAGA Golf Integration manager)
078 574 0652, Duncan Woods (Ernie Els Group Branch manager) 082 776 1705.
