GOLF NEWS - Eighteen years after Major winner Louis Oosthuizen won the Junior Golf World Cup with Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, Albert Kruger and Christian Ries, two protégées from his Junior Golf Academy – Mossel Bay's Martin Vorster and George's Christo Lamprecht – did the Open champion proud with a record-breaking victory for South Africa.

Vorster is the GolfRSA boys' team captain. He and Lamprecht achieved the victory alongside GolfRSA National Squad teammates Sam Simpson and Casey Jarvis at the Junior Golf World Cup at Chukyo Golf Club in Japan.

The team posted three-under 210 in last Friday's final round to triumph on a staggering 41-under-par 811 total.

South Africa became the first team in the 27-year history of the team event to break the 40-under barrier and wound up a full 11 shots clear of runner-up Japan and 12 ahead of Spain.

Vorster and Western Province's Simpson led the challenge on the last day with a pair of 68s. They were backed up by Ekurhuleni's Jarvis, who carded 74, while Lamprecht from George returned a non-counting 75.

South Africa's boys had already rewritten the record book earlier in the week, becoming the first team in at least a dozen years to break 200 in a single day when they combined for a 14-under-par 199 in the second round. One day later, they went even lower at 19-under 195.

Last Friday brought a tougher course setup and the arrival of a strong afternoon wind kept the field from approaching that standard. Nonetheless, South Africa got off to a solid start and never let anyone get closer than six shots.

After the third round, Vorster relayed a message to his teammates from former Open Championship winner Oosthuizen, wishing the team good luck, which boosted the team's morale.

"That was really cool," said Simpson. "You get a bit of goosebumps thinking that he's watching the live scoring and rooting for us. It was exciting to close it out for him."

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