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July 11, 2017

Pieter’s putter proves the difference at Wanderers

Pieter Kruger claimed his third victory on the Big Easy Tour when he won the BET Wanderers on the first play-off hole against Antonio Rosado on Tuesday. Kruger came into the final round sitting pretty among the leading five players after signing for four-under-par 67. He started the final round with a nerve-calming birdie before […]


July 10, 2017

Momentum carries Dingle top at Wanderers

Wynand Dingle’s form continued into this week’s Big Easy Wanderers event where he signed for an opening round five-under-par 66 to take a one-shot lead on Monday at Wanderers Golf Club. He made back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11, his first two holes of the day, but came out strongly on the homeward nine to […]


Rose joins Birdies4Rhinos initiative

Olympic gold medallist Justin Rose has joined fellow professional golfers Dean Burmester and Justin Walters among others, in the Birdies4Rhinos initiative to raise money to save the endangered animal. This conservation initiative is funded by the professional golfers through the Birdies4Rhinos platform where players donate money for each birdie they make during the course of […]


July 7, 2017

Hess hails Gary Player Class boot camp

Jacquin Hess feels the recently concluded boot camp for members of the Gary Player Class of 2017-18 was not only a platform to reflect on goals set out at the beginning of the programme, but it added some value to his game. Often times it is assumed that challenges facing previously disadvantaged players are solely […]


July 5, 2017

Driver wins it for Dingle in Houghton

Wynand Dingle shot three-under-par in the final round of the Big Easy Tour Houghton  to total nine-under-par 135 and claim his first win on the BET circuit, two strokes ahead of second placed Tyrone Ryan and Desne van den Berg. Coming into the final round at the back of the 66 he shot on Tuesday, […]


July 4, 2017

Dingle takes ‘unexpected’ lead at Houghton

Wynand Dingle was happy with his start to the Big Easy Houghton tournament where he shot a low six-under-par 66 to take an ‘unexpected lead’ lead going into the final round. Despite dropping three shots on the ninth hole – his last – where he was on nine-under already, and where a birdie there would […]


June 28, 2017

Tight at the top of Big Easy Order of Merit

After six events on the Big Easy Tour in the new season – three of which were co-sanctioned with the MENA Tour with bigger purses of R400,000 – and some big wins for a number of players, things are getting tight at the top of the Order of Merit with margins separating the top three […]