Potgieter, Premlall set to represent SA at Junior Presidents Cup

Reigning British Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter and GolfRSA No 1 Yurav Premlall will be teeing it up for the International Team in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup at Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte this September.

The Presidents Cup and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) unveiled the top 10 Team Standings for the third edition of the international junior team event last Monday.

The two-day, team match-play competition features 24 of the world's top junior boys aged 19 year and younger - 12 from the United States and 12 from around the world, excluding Europe.

While the US team is selected off the Rolex AJGA Rankings, the International Team comprises the leading 10 juniors based on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).

Potgieter, ranked 39th in the world, qualified at number two in the standings, while fellow GolfRSA National Squad member Premlall, 199th in the WAGR, was fifth in the rankings.

The Junior Presidents Cup was created to give the world's best non-European juniors a unique playing opportunity to compete in an international team match-play competition and to grow and showcase the global reach of junior golf.

Making the International team is another big milestone for Potgieter in his first season on the GolfRSA National Squad.

In July, the 17-year-old showed maturity beyond his years to lift the 127th Amateur Championship title in Scotland. In a thrilling 36-hole final at Royal Lytham & St Annes, the young gun stood his ground in the face of a superb comeback from Englishman Sam Bairstow to seal a nail-biting 3 & 2 victory.

The win saw him play in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews' Old Course in July, and he will also tee it up in next year's Masters and US Open Championships.

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