A teenage amateur is looking to crash the pros’ party this weekend at the European Tour's South African Open.
Jayden Trey Schaper, an 18-year-old from Benoni, South Africa, is just one shot off the lead after 36 holes at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg.
Schaper caught fire on the back nine, making five birdies in a six-hole stretch beginning at No. 11, and finished with a second-round, 4-under 67 to move to 10 under on the leaderboard, where he is only behind leader Tapio Pulkkanen of Finland.
The last amateur winner of the South African Open was Denis Hutchinson in 1959.