Lassen, Bonita are tops

NAMIBIAN golfer Werner Lassen came out tops as he defended the Klipdrift Gold Cup at the weekend, while the promising junior golfer Bonita Bredenhann became the new champion in the women’s division.

The 43rd Gold Cup was held at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club and was sponsored by Distell Namibia for the fifth year running. It was played over 54 holes for the men A and B divisions and 36 holes for the men’s C division and women.The course was playing long from the back tees and was challenging for all players.Lassen was again in top form despite the improved performances of the juniors.Lassen mentioned at the prize-giving that the juniors need to be encouraged and helped as much as possible so that next year, maybe one of the junior players will become the Gold Cup champion.Bredenhann hails from Henties Bay and is one of Namibia’s junior players who showed a great improvement during the competition.An encouraging result was the performance of young Albertus De Waal who, at 16 years of age and playing off a 15 handicap, won the overall Net prize with a wonderful score of 203.Francois Hanekom was Gross runner-up on 216, while Andrew Dodds was the Net runner-up on 214.In the men’s A Division, Charl du Preez came out tops, with Schalk van der Merwe ending in second spot.The B division for men was won by George Vink, while Rafael Gurubeb ended second.Martin Oosthuizen (Jnr) obtained the best Gross in the C division for men on 168, while he was followed by Ernst Sander on 188.The Best Net in the C division was obtained by Martin Oosthuizen (Snr) on 142, while the runner up was Anton Kuhn who obtained 147.Following Bredenhann was Angie Lohman, while Heidi van Niekerk gained the Best Net during the tournament in the women’s division.Van Niekerk was followed by Letitia Brink.It was played over 54 holes for the men A and B divisions and 36 holes for the men’s C division and women.The course was playing long from the back tees and was challenging for all players.Lassen was again in top form despite the improved performances of the juniors.Lassen mentioned at the prize-giving that the juniors need to be encouraged and helped as much as possible so that next year, maybe one of the junior players will become the Gold Cup champion.Bredenhann hails from Henties Bay and is one of Namibia’s junior players who showed a great improvement during the competition.An encouraging result was the performance of young Albertus De Waal who, at 16 years of age and playing off a 15 handicap, won the overall Net prize with a wonderful score of 203.Francois Hanekom was Gross runner-up on 216, while Andrew Dodds was the Net runner-up on 214.In the men’s A Division, Charl du Preez came out tops, with Schalk van der Merwe ending in second spot.The B division for men was won by George Vink, while Rafael Gurubeb ended second.Martin Oosthuizen (Jnr) obtained the best Gross in the C division for men on 168, while he was followed by Ernst Sander on 188.The Best Net in the C division was obtained by Martin Oosthuizen (Snr) on 142, while the runner up was Anton Kuhn who obtained 147.Following Bredenhann was Angie Lohman, while Heidi van Niekerk gained the Best Net during the tournament in the women’s division.Van Niekerk was followed by Letitia Brink.