JOHANNESBURG – Casandra Alexander produced a magnificent bogey-free round of 61 to lead the Sunshine Tour’s Waterfall City Tournament of Champions powered by Attacq by two strokes at Royal Johannesburg’s East Course on Friday.
Competing as one of the champions on the Sunshine Ladies Tour this past season, Alexander surged to the top of the leaderboard on 13 under par, with Sunshine Tour professional Louis
Albertse her nearest challenger on 11 under par following his second round of 68.
Sunshine Tour professionals Rupert Kaminski and Gerhard Pepler are currently tied third headed into the weekend on seven under par. Ivan Verster is the leading amateur on six under par.
“My biggest goal this season is to finish in the top 10 on the Ladies European Tour so that I can get through to the Final Stage of the LPGA Tour Qualifying School at the end of the year.”
The elite 34-player field brings together champions from the Sunshine Tour, Sunshine Ladies Tour and the amateur ranks of GolfRSA in what has been designed to showcase the strength of South African golf throughout its structures.
And there was no greater evidence of this than Alexander’s performance.
With the Sunshine Ladies Tour having just completed another successful season featuring eight tournaments – two of which we co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour – Alexander’s performance is another powerful statement of the strides made to advance women’s professional golf in South Africa.
The Sunshine Tour has helped to advance this through offering spots for leading Sunshine Ladies Tour professionals into its Vodacom Origins of Golf series of tournaments last season, where they competed for the same prize money as the Sunshine Tour professionals.
Alexander recently claimed her fifth title on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in the ABSA Ladies Invitational, and this 61 was a clear indication of a professional with big ambitions for this season.
“I’ve worked really hard on my consistency in all areas of my game, inside and outside the ropes,” said Alexander, who had to work through ankle surgery in December and a change in coach before the season started.
“My biggest goal this season is to finish in the top 10 on the Ladies European Tour so that I can get through to the Final Stage of the LPGA Tour Qualifying School at the end of the year.” – Michael Vlismas.
SCORES:
131 – Casandra Alexander 70 61
133 – Louis Albertse 65 68
137 – Rupert Kaminski 70 67, Gerhard Pepler 67 70
138 – Kyle Barker 72 66, Rhys Enoch 72 66, Ryan Van Velzen 70 68, Deon Germishuys 69 69, Hennie Otto 68 70, Ivan Verster 67 71
139 – CJ du Plessis 72 67, Darren Fichardt 71 68, Nikhil Rama 70 69, Robson Chinhoi 67 72
140 – Gabrielle Venter 72 68, Heinrich Bruiners 72 68, Jaco Ahlers 69 71
141 – Cara Gorlei 74 67, Altin van der Merwe 72 69, Neil Schietekat 71 70, Pieter Moolman 71 70, Tvesa Malik 69 72
142 – Martin Rohwer 71 71
143 – Jbe’ Kruger 74 69, Peter Karmis 73 70, Bjorn Akesson 68 75, Kylie Henry 67 76
144 – Jonathan Broomhead 74 70, Robin Williams 73 71
145 – Malcolm Mitchell 74 71, Luca Filippi 73 72
151 – Lejan Lewthwaite 77 74
153 – Leon Vorster 80 73
163 – Kesha Louw 85 78
About Waterfall Management Company:
Waterfall Management Company (WMC) is the property, asset and operational manager for the Waterfall City land. WMC is responsible for managing and coordinating all the current and future developments on and for the Waterfall City development, on behalf of the Landowner. WMC has been working with developers and investors since 2004, to create the largest mixed-use development in Africa. The company holds extensive expertise in the field of leasehold and as such are the appointed specialists in the leasing agreements for the developments in Waterfall City.
Each year sees Waterfall City expand, offering more top-notch facilities to its residents, commercial tenants, visitors and communities in the surrounding area, making it a truly remarkable development within Gauteng. It is a modern city that takes into consideration unique design aesthetics to ensure Waterfall City lives up to the development’s goal of offering integrated stay-work-play environments that provide unsurpassed quality of life in a vibrant urban setting.
About Attacq Limited:
Attacq Limited and its subsidiaries is an innovative Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), based in South African and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), with a vision to create sustainable value for all stakeholders through a value-based strategy, ensuring a positive impact in our communities and the environment we operate in. Attacq is well-positioned to deliver on its purpose to create smart, safe and sustainable community spaces providing remarkable experiences in our managed hubs.
Attacq’s portfolio is diversified across different asset classes, geographies and quality counterparties, providing the building blocks for resilience and enabling additional value added real estate opportunities.
Attacq’s focused approach is on: (1) Waterfall City, comprising its completed real estate portfolio, developments under construction and leasehold land; (2) Rest of South Africa, comprising the remainder of its South African completed real estate portfolio; and (3) Other investments, comprising a 6.5% interest in MAS P.L.C. (MAS) and its Rest of Africa retail investments. Going forward, business diversification will be the fourth focus area, achieved through investing in opportunities complementary to Attacq’s real estate portfolio.
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