Local golfer dominates in George
BRYANSTON - Local female golfer rises to second in the Senior South African rankings.
Resident of Bryanston, Kaleigh Telfer (17) won the Southern Cape Open Championship at George Golf Club convincingly on 24 August. Telfer finished 10 strokes clear of top-ranked Ivanna Samu, with three rounds of solid performances that included an albatross in the second.
Telfer is fresh from competing in back-to-back international championships in Sweden and Scotland. Her victory in George launches her to second in the Women’s Golf South Africa Senior Rankings behind Samu. Telfer credited the recent international trip for her success.
“My mind-set was still in Europe,” Telfer said, “The standard of the players who competed in the Annika Invitation Europe and the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship was incredibly high. You really had to step up your game to have any chance and I was still competing against them in my head when I teed off in George.”
Telfer finished joint 37th in Sweden and tied for fourth in the 36-Hole Stroke Play Qualifier to reach the match play stage of the Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland. “You get used to playing a certain game here at home,” said Telfer, “but even as early as the first round of the Annika Invitational Europe, we had to dig deeper. You are completely out of [your] comfort zone, facing fierce competition on courses that are nothing like what we are used to.”
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