Du Toit and Mehaffey in battle for glory at Standard Bank Ladies Open

South Africa’s Danielle du Toit and Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey are locked in a tie for the lead of the Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by The City of Cape Town heading into Saturday’s final round at Durbanville Golf Club.

Du Toit signed for a 69 and Mehaffey a 71 on Friday to give them a share of the lead on four under par and one stroke clear of the field.

Du Toit played her way into contention with a strong round of four birdies and just one bogey.

“Basically, the strategy going into the last couple of rounds has been to hit the fairway, hit the green, hit the putts, and the hole will get in the way eventually. That is exactly what happened today. I was just trying to keep the bogeys off the scorecard. Towards the end of the round, it got a little bit more difficult with the wind that came up, but I am happy with how the day played out,” said Du Toit.

With her last and only win on Tour being the NTT DATA Ladies Pro-Am in February 2025, Du Toit has been working hard on her game and secured a top-10 finish at last month’s SuperSport Ladies Challenge.

“I am definitely building, and it is moving in the right direction. I am happy with how the changes my coach and I made are coming together and it really is looking up.”

And she’s eager to build on her progress this week.

“I will be doing exactly the same in the final round. This is not a golf course you can just go and attack. You have to stick to the process, hit the ball on the fairway and on the green. Boring golf will go a long way on this golf course. I am putting well and my short game is decent,” Du Toit added.

Just one shot behind the leaders in a four-way tie on three under par are Germany’s Carolin Kauffmann, eSwatini’s Nobuhle Dlamini, South Africa’s Nadia van der Westhuizen and England’s Thalia Martin.

Scores

140 - Olivia Mehaffey (NIR) 69 71

140 - Danielle du Toit 71 69

141 - Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 68 73

141 - Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 71 70, Nadia van der Westhuizen 72 69, Thalia Martin (ENG) 71 70

142 - Kaylah Williams 65 77

142 - Isabella van Rooyen 71 71, Romy Meekers (NED) 71 71, Gabrielle Venter 69 73

143 - Hanna Tauber (GER) 72 71

143 - Rebecca Earl (ENG) 72 71

144 - Kelsey Nicholas 71 73

145 - Hayley Davis (ENG) 74 71

145 - Bronwyn Doeg 70 75, Ivanna van der Merwe 72 73

146 - Tina Mazarino (NOR) 75 71

146 - Kiera Floyd 73 73, Lee-Anne Pace 72 74

147 - Kaiyuree Moodley 75 72

147 - Cara Gorlei 76 71, Mia Eales-Smith (ENG) 73 74, Ellie Gower (ENG) 72 75, Lois Lau (FRA) 70 77, Lianna Bailey (ENG) 72 75, Lorna McClymont (SCO) 73 74, Charlotte Liautier (FRA) 73 74

148 - Doris Chen (TPE) 74 74

148 - Chiara Horder (GER) 76 72, Michaela Fletcher 75 73, Hulda Gestsdottir (ISL) 72 76

149 - Tara Baglione 76 73

149 - Lenanda Nel 76 73, Lora Assad 75 74, Symone Henriques 75 74, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 77 72, Tiffany Arafi (SUI) 72 77, Gala Dumez (FRA) 74 75, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) 74 75

150 - Nina Pegova (WHT) 76 74

150 - Cara Ford 75 75, Ashley Chow (CAN) 77 73, Demi Flanagan 76 74, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 77 73, Madelene Stavnar (NOR) 74 76, Louisa Carlbom (SWE) 74 76

Missed the cut:-

151 - Anais Meyssonnier (FRA) 76 75

151 - Bobbi Brown 78 73, Charlotte Millard (a) 77 74, Anita Uwadia (BRI) 76 75, Michelle Forsland (NOR) 78 73

152 - Jordan Rothman 74 78

152 - Tandi McCallum 79 73

153 - Sophie Witt (GER) 78 75

153 - Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 79 74, Chloe Salort (FRA) 75 78, Michaela Vavrova (SVK) 80 73, Zane Kleynhans 77 76

154 - Rosie Belsham (ENG) 74 80

154 - Stacy Bregman 75 79, Gia Raad (a) 75 79, Ellen Hume (ENG) 75 79, Taylor White (SCO) 78 76, Hester Sicking (NED) 79 75, Theresa de Bochdanovits (GER) 77 77

155 - Hannah Karg (GER) 79 76

155 - Odette Booysen (a) 78 77, Andrea Bergsdottir (ISL) 77 78

156 - Canice Screene (IRL) 74 82

156 - Danielle Hardwick (ENG) 78 78, Kristyna Napoleaova (CZE) 76 80

157 - Maegan Webster (a) 77 80

158 - Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 80 78

158 - Naom Wafula (KEN) 79 79, Linn Wiberg (SWE) 82 76, Clara Pietri (SUI) 81 77

159 - Lindi Coetzee 80 79

159 - Louise Duncan (SCO) 82 77

160 - Chante van Zyl 80 80

161 - Kaylee Webster (a) 84 77

162 - Lee-Ann van der Merwe (a) 80 82

163 - Ellandri van Heerden 78 85

164 - Leontine Petit (FRA) 82 82

164 - Lynette Fourie 79 85

165 - Lilly Speer (a) (GER) 84 81

165 - Shawnelle de Lange 81 84

174 - Kim de Klerk 85 89

177 - Kayla van der Merwe (a) 89 88