As Gary Player sits at Sun City preparing to welcome sporting greats, celebrities and business leaders to the annual Gary & Vivienne Player Invitational this weekend.
Investec, a patron of the Papwa Sewgolum Class for the Sunshine Tour’s transformation professionals, has awarded a sponsor’s invitation to Class member Heinrich Bruiners to compete in the Investec South African Open at Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate from Thursday 30 November to Sunday 3 December.
When the sun rises in Africa, you want to be the lion rather than the impala. That’s what Max Homa kept telling himself in the final round of a Nedbank Golf Challenge where he played like a lion to win ‘Africa’s Major’ at Sun City on Sunday.
American Max Homa admits that seeing the names of the winners of this event on the walkway that leads to the ninth green makes him determined to add his on there as well.
The Nedbank Golf Challenge is poised for an intense weekend of action with a leaderboard that is as hot as the midday African sun and with American Max Homa and Frenchman Matthieu Pavon locked in a share of the lead at Sun City.
The American duo of Max Homa and Justin Thomas have already had their first experience of South African hospitality and the wildlife, and on Thursday they will tee it up in their first Nedbank Golf Challenge feeling equally excited about what’s to come over the next four days at Sun City.
South Africa’s Zander Lombard is determined to use his experience of leading the Nedbank Golf Challenge in 2019 as he prepares for another shot at ‘Africa’s Major’ at the Gary Player Country Club this week.
After a challenging few weeks in which he battled with an injury, Neil Schietekat was rewarded with a two-stroke victory in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at the Pezula Championship Course on Sunday.
Thriston Lawrence has confirmed he will defend his Investec South African Open title as he returns to the Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate from 30 November to 3 December.
Jacques P de Villiers continued to build on his solid form over the past few weeks and will take a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final at the Pezula Championship Course.