ERNIE ELS' 16-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW IS LEADING QUALIFIER

Jovan Rebula, 16-year-old nephew of Ernie Els, with the trophy as leading qualifier for the match-play.

SIX SCOTS THROUGH TO S AFRICAN MATCH-PLAY 

All six remaining members of the SGU National Squad - some have gone home early - reached the match-play stages of the South African amateur championship at Hermanus Golf Club on the Western Cape.

Overnight leader Daniel Young from Perth slipped down to joint third place among the 64 qualifiers.
Young added a 73 to his opening 66 for a five-under-par 139 total.

Cawder's Jamie Savage qualified in joint fifth place after improving by five shots to post a second-round, four-under-par 68 for 141.
British boys champion Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) and Scott Gibson (Southerness) both went through on the 146 mark. Ferguson had a pair of 73s, Gibson 71-75.
Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) made it on 150 (75-75) while Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) qualified on the limit mark of 151 with rounds of 76 and 75.

The surprise leading qualifier was Jovan Rebula, a 16-year-old nephew of Ernie Els, no less.

Jovan shot 70-66 for eight-under 136 to pip another South African, Ross Sinclair (69-68) for the Proudfoot Trophy as the leading match-play qualifier.

LEADING MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS

Par 144 Players from S Africa unless stated

136 J Rebula 70 66

137 R Sinclair 69 68

139 D Young (Sco) 66 73, C Bezuidenhout 71 68

141 J Savage (Sco) 73 68, Z Lomdbar 73 68, R Kaminski 71 70

142 H Van Waart 72 70

143 L Trocado 74 69, R Bougas 72 71, N J Arnold
146 E Ferguson (Sco) 73 73, S Gibson (Sco) 71 75, C Spencer-White (Wal) 74 72.
149 T Tree (Eng) 77 72
150 C Syme (Sco) 75 75
151 B Kinsley (Sco) 76 75.

ALL THE SCORES

QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY

136 - Jovan Rebula (70, 66)

137 - Rosswell Sinclair (69, 68)

139 - Christiaan Bezuidenhout (71, 68), Daniel Young (SCO) (66, 73)

141 - Jamie Savage (SCO) (73, 68), Zander Lombard (73, 68), Rupert Kaminski (71, 70)

142 - Henri van Waart (72, 70)

143 - Luke Trocado (74, 69), Robert Bougas (Jnr) (72, 71), N J Arnoldi (72, 71)

144 - Keegan de Lange (74, 70), Gerlou Roux (74, 70), Marco Steyn (72, 72), Weyers Janse van Rensburg (72, 72), Tom Watson (71, 73)

145 - Stefan Cronje (77, 68), Michael Sherriff (74, 71), Armandt Scholtz (73, 72), Cameron Moralee (73, 72), Clayton Mansfield (71, 74)

146 - Altin van der Merwe (74, 72), Charlie Spencer-White (WAL) (74, 72), Allan Lones (73, 73), Ewen Ferguson (SCO) (73, 73), Scott Gibson (SCO) (71, 75), James du Preez (71, 75), Hendrik du Plessis (70, 76)

147 - Meyer Pauw (79, 68), Eduard van den Berg (77, 70), Darin de Smidt (76, 71), Jason Froneman (76, 71), Michael Pfeifer (GER) (76, 71), Henri van der Walt (76, 71), Thriston Lawrence (76, 71), Jason Viljoen (75, 72), Hilton Hughes (75, 72), Quintin Wilsnach (74, 73), Andre Nel (74, 73), Andrew Carlsson (71, 76), Johan Germishuys (71, 76), Tristen Strydom (70, 77)

148 - Ruan Botha (80, 68), Breyten Meyer (76, 72), Louis Taylor (76, 72), Neswill Croy (75, 73), Stephen Morrison (74, 74), Heinri Germishuys (73, 75)

149 - Werner Theart (77, 72), Toby Tree (ENG) (77, 72), Divan Marais (76, 73), Neal Woernhard (SUI) (76, 73), Riaan Coetzee (75, 74), Anuerin Gounden (75, 74)

150 - Jason Smith (76, 74), Duncan van der Vyver (76, 74), Philip Geerts (ITA) (76, 74), Connor Syme (SCO) (75, 75), Albert Venter (74, 76)

151 - Jason Rossiter (79, 72), Juran Dreyer (78, 73), Ben Kinsley (SCO) (76, 75), Paul Boshoff (73, 78), Philip Kruse (76, 75)

Failed to qualify for match play

151 - Gareth Sargent (83, 68), Burger Heckroodt (78, 73), Giles Buchanan (78, 73), ),  Aubrey Beckley (75, 76), Gregory Royston (73, 78)

152 - Pieter Marais (79, 73), Eric Wowor (77, 75), Garrick Higgo (76, 76), Hendrikus Stoop (76, 76), Malcolm Mitchell (75, 77), Pierre de Villiers (74, 78)

153 - Werner van Wyk (79, 74), Teagan Moore (78, 75), Michael-James Steyn (76, 77), Shane Martin (76, 77), Donovan Liddicoat (74, 79)

154 - Dean Martin (81, 73), Pietie Loubser (80, 74), Dylan Naidoo (79, 75), Jarred Miltz (77, 77), David Meyers (74, 80)

155 - Christiaan van der Merwe (77, 78), Kalvin Parsons (77, 78), Kyle Jervis (76, 79)

156 - Chris van Tonder (81, 75), Nico (Jnr) Jacobs (79, 77), Stephen Allen (78, 78), Carlo O’Reilly (77, 79), Reinhardt Blaauw (77, 79), Richard Fawcett (77, 79), Ruan Conradie (77, 79), Albert Vermaak (77, 79), Richard Joubert (75, 81), Chad Evans (74, 82)

157 - Hayden Millar (83, 74), Matthew Spacey (82, 75), Zabastian de Jager (82, 75), Nikki Jonker (81, 76), Brenden Pieters (80, 77), Angus Ellis-Cole (79, 78), Evance Vukeya (79, 78), Barend van Rooyen (78, 79)

158 - Dylan Raubenheimer (83, 75), Jonathan Whitehouse (76, 82), Graeme Fransman (73, 85)

159 - Eli Mbango (87, 72), Peetie van der Merwe (80, 79), Brandon Gildenhuys (80, 79), Pieter Coetzee (79, 80), Alistair Snowdon (78, 81)

161 - Michael van Hoeck (84, 77), Burt Gildenhuys(Burt) (82, 79), Hayden Griffiths (82, 79)

162 - Gareth Akers (80, 82)

164 - Digby Edgley (84, 80), Xander Basson (80, 84), Zack van der Schyff (79, 85)

165 - Justin Meister (88, 77), Juan Pierre Schmidt (85, 80), Leroy Pearmain (82, 83), Bryce Bosman (79, 86), Nabeel Desai (79, 86)

166 - Elmo Barnard (81, 85), Ryan Wille (77, 89)

167 - Kevin Wylie (87, 80)

168 - Jadrick Fourie (82, 86)

170 - Shane Granger (87, 83), Jaco Theron (86, 84), Andre Loots (85, 85)

171 - Ruan Korb (86, 85)

172 - Jacques Hamman (81, 91), Brendon Mossop (79, 93)

173 - Calum McAndrew (SCO) (92, 81)

177 - Jaco Kok (94, 83)

180 - Darryl Kalil (USA)(92, 88)