SWING CLUBS CLASH IN SEKHUKHUNE GOLF DEVELOPMENT DAY TOURNAMENT

BY STAFF REPORTER
Marble Hall: Thirty-two Golf Sport fanatics between the Sekhukhune Caddywise Golf Club, Naboom Spruit Club, Middleburg Golf Club and Witbank Golf Club clashed in the Sekhukhune Golf Development Day Tournament organized at Marble Hall Golf Course.
The matches started at 9am under the Individual Point System (IPS), with each side pitching a player representing them on the field. Naboom started by dominating the matches from the on-set, with their players making the most longest-drives. Sekhukhune Caddywise tried to catch-up using a home ground advantage by the likes of Lucky Malesoene, but Naboom kept on the dominance until the end of the matches. Naboom won the tournament with most of their players leading the IPS, followed by Sekhukhune in second, Middleburg came third and Witbank was fourth.
The majority of individual winners from Naboom walked away with prizes and hampers from various sponsors including McCaine, Toyota and Dr Mahlakwane. Marble Hall Golf Course owner Mr Campbell also contributed the prizes to the winners and Coca cola sponsored the players with soft drinks.
Sekhukhune Caddywise Golf Club Coach, Kwaaja Monama, said the tournament was organized to forge relationship with other golf players from different parts of the country. “Many of the players we hosted on the day were playing for the first time on the Marble Hall Golf Course and they were impressed,” he said.
Monama added that he believes that the sporting code is the unifier of communities from different backgrounds.
“By hosting tournaments of these nature, we are aiming to promote a relationship with other golfers with an objective of getting as many participants as we can so that the sporting code can grow in leaps and bounds,” he said.
Monama said the Sekhukhune Caddywise players has organized a rehearsal matches at the Marble Hall Golf Club on 27 December 2021.
“Golf sport loving people, young and old, from different parts of Sekhukhune are invited to attend,” he said.