OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.15am.
South Africa’s amateur golfers came from 2-1 behind in the morning session to beat Zimbabwe in five of the afternoon singles and share the sixth on the opening day of the one-off golf Test at Johannesburg’s Modderfontein course on Tuesday.
The comeback sees the South Africans lead by 6-1/2 to 2-1/2, consolidating a strong position, with a further six singles on Wednesday morning and betterballs in the afternoon.
The main purpose of the Test, however, is to allow both countries to sharpen up their games before they fly out on Thursday to South America and this year’s world team championships for the Eisenhower Trophy in Santiago, Chile.
South Africa will be represented in Chile by Trevor Immelman, Jean Hugo, Dean Lambert and Henk Alberts.
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Challenge of the north
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Mika on top of the racing world
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THEY SAID IT
“I have never seen our batsmen fail four times in a row,there was nothing we could do to halt the slide. There is a lesson to be learnt from this. You cannot afford to take any team lightly these days.”– Sri Lankan cricket skipper Arjuna Ranatunga after his World Cup-winning side was beaten twice by non-Test playing Zimbabwe in the Sharjah Cup.
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