Ashleigh Buhai arrived at the Investec South African Women’s Open as a pre-tournament favourite and has lived up to the tag after two near-flawless rounds.
Reigning Women’s Open champion Ashleigh Buhai demonstrated why she is a major champion over the first two rounds of the Investec South African Women’s Open at Steenberg Golf Club.
“It’s always good fun to have Dave on the bag,” Buhai said. “He caddied for me for eight years, no one knows my game better other than my coach Doug Wood. It’s good when we can do these one-off weeks together every now and then.” “The golf course is staying soft, so you can be a bit more aggressive, but the pins were a little bit more tucked today. At the same time, I had to be patient. I felt myself trying to push a little bit and then on seven, I hit it left and I said to myself to just hit it to my spaces and the birdies will come and that’s what I did on the back nine.”In second place was the German teenager Chiara Noja, who fired a course-record 62 in the first round to top Buhai’s opening 64.
Ashleigh Buhai with caddie and husband Dave, during the second round of the Investec South African Women’s Open 2023 at Steenberg Golf Club. “I’ll need to keep doing what I’m doing,” she said. “I will stick to my process and stick to my steps and try to stick to my thoughts that I have in my swing. That’s all I can control and hopefully the outcome will be what we want.”136 – Magdalena Simmermacher 69 67, Ana Pelaez Trivino 69 67, Nastasia Nadaud 66 70, Romy Meekers 66 70
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