Sadness Within Golf, Reminding Us We’ve Lost Another Family Member.
The emotional golf-related news in recent weeks continues to remind us all there is so much more to golf than trying to hit a golf ball around a golf course in the least number of shots you can.
There’s been a few stories that have pulled hard at the heart strings.
Sad news of Tiger’s beloved mother, Kultida passing away over-showered everything in golf. No, everything in sport!
Tiger was still very much in mourning when he unexpectedly attended the final day of the Genesis Invitational ...
Obed Mbatha – Durban’s Renowned Badgeman, Proudly Wearing An Open Championship Badge.
There seems to be always someone you meet in the course of travelling to report on golf touraments who leaves a lasting impression, an impression in the nicest manner.
Someone other than those working on the Tour and travelling back and forward to tournaments.
Those volunteering to drive the courtesy cars or the buses back and forward from the hotel to the golf course or a security person working the tournament media centre simply checking each day your entry badge while it could be someone ...
Exclusive: Ramsay Reminiseing Of Playing Royal Aberdeen As A Youngster In Taking Route 66 Day One Investec South African Open
Former champion Richie Ramsay found himself reminiseing of his younger golfing days, playing his beloved Royal Aberdeen in posting a superb bogey-free 66 on day one of the 114th Investec South African Open in Durban.
After a three-hour delay to the start of play Ramsay, 32, birdied four of his opening nine holes to end a shot behind the leading clubhouse duo of England’s Sam Bairstow and Swede Fredrik From who signed for 65s.
Exclusive ….. Richie Ramsay @RamsayGolf shoots #InvestecSAOpen ...
Syme Looks To Outshine His Younger South African Open Playing Partners
Connor Syme finds himself the senior member, albeit by a handful of years, in being drawn to play alongside his talented younger playing partners for the opening two rounds of the Investec South African Open on the host Durban Country Club course in Durban.
Syme, 29, will tee-up alongside 20-year-old Spanish sensation Angel Ayora and the exciting South African Casey Jarvis who’s aged 21 and some eight months older than Ayora.
Ayora ended last year’s secondary Tour fourth on the rankings and ...
Exclusive: Jamieson’s Triple Career Treat In South Africa’s Third Largest City
Scott Jamieson has returned to Durban for a first occasion in a dozen years where he enjoys a special triple treat in his career competing in South Africa’s third largest city.
Jamieson was just two events into his first full DP World Tour season when he made his ‘Open’ career debut at the 2010 South African Open on the Durban Country Club course located a wedge shot from the Indian Ocean shoreline.
Then in two events, one either side of Christmas 2012, Jamieson celebrated a maiden DP ...
Some 60,000 Packed Into Kings Stadium Where Outside Monty Was Hitting Shots Between The Goal Posts.
This week’s Investec South African Open has returned for a first time in 15-years to the stunning Durban County Club course laid out close to the Indian Open shoreline.
Though it was 11 years ago when the now-named DP World Tour was last in South Africa’s third largest city and that was for the third and final hosting of the ‘winners only’ Volvo Champions event on this week’s host venue.
I had attended the opening Volvo Champions in 2011 in Bahrain before it was then ...
Cape Fear National – If You Love Your Golf, There’s Nothing To Fear.
There is plenty of golf courses around the globe when you mention their names, straightaway has you are thinking ‘how did the course attract that name?”
Courses such as the famed Crooked Strick where John Daly won a PGA Championship while there is host of the not-so-knowns such as the Purgatory Golf Club in Indiana, Kissing Camels in Colorado and reminding me of that photo of Michelle Wie kissing a camel, Mad Russian Golf Club and also in Colorado and Devils Knob in Virginna.
What about ...
