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Simon, Maritz scoop awards
16/11/2007 11:30 - (SA)
Johannesburg - South African women's golf paid tribute to its leading campaigners at the annual Women's Golf Awards held at the Rand Airport in Germiston on Thursday.
The awards were in recognition of both the players, officials and media who have contributed to the growth and success of the women's game in South Africa.
Tania Fourie, CEO, Women's World Cup of Golf who pioneered projects such as the Women's World Cup of Golf, the Ladies African Tour, and more recently unveiled development initiative, Project Golf 2014, spoke of her respect and honour of having had the opportunity to work with corporate South Africa, players and media who have helped achieve the results which the women's game is recognised for today.
Ashleigh Simon was voted the Leading Amateur for her performances in 2006 and early 2007. Simon turned professional in May 2007, but before this she was a regular winner on the Ladies African Tour where she competed as an amateur against top professionals from South Africa and Europe.
In 2006 she won the Nedbank Women's SA Masters. In 2007 she made South African women's golf history by winning the Acer Women's SA Open for the second time in her career, becoming the first amateur to achieve this and the youngest at the age of 17.
Stacy Bregman was rewarded for leading the Order of Merit on the 2007 Ladies African Tour. After a glittering amateur career, Bregman turned professional and immediately made an impact on the local circuit. She was in contention for several tournaments and while she never won, she finished the season in first place on the Order of Merit with earnings of R84 338.
Laurette Maritz received a Recognition Award for being the leading South African professional internationally for the past four years, including representing her country in the Women's World Cup of Golf alongside Simon.
Maritz was also rewarded for her commitment to the development of the game through her Eyes for Zimbabwe project.
In other awards, Val Holland received the Coach of the Year award, and Paul Prinsloo was recognised for his selfless contribution to women's golf in South Africa in his delivery of Information Technology support in website management and tournament scoring systems.
The media awards recognised all unsolicited media coverage of women's golf.
SAfm was rewarded for making the most valuable contribution in radio coverage. SuperGolf was recognised for the most valuable contribution in television, and The Star newspaper, in particular golf writer Grant Winter, was recognised for making the most valuable contribution in print.
- SAPA
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