Pros go back to their roots for Bain’s Whisky team success
Heinrich Bruiners and Keenan Davidse. (Credit: Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour)
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Pros go back to their roots for Bain’s Whisky team success

Some of them first met when they were as young as nine. Others have played so much golf together they know each other’s games as well as their own. For the Sunshine Tour’s professionals, selecting the right partner for this week’s Bain’s Whisky Ubunye Championship is much like the ingredients coming together to create a fine whisky.

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September 13, 2024
Canadian Conners joins Nedbank Golf Challenge field
TROON, SCOTLAND - JULY 19: Corey Conners of Canada plays his tee shot on the 17th hole on day two of The 152nd Open championship at Royal Troon on July 19, 2024 in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by David Cannon/R&A via Getty Images)
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Canadian Conners joins Nedbank Golf Challenge field

Corey Conners will join a rare club of Canadian professionals to have competed in the Nedbank Golf Challenge when he tees it up in ‘Africa’s Major’ at Sun City from December 5-8, 2024.

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September 12, 2024
Kallis and team celebrate Conservation Cup success
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Kallis and team celebrate Conservation Cup success

Cricket legend Jacques Kallis has led South Africa to victory on many occasions, but this past Tuesday he achieved a first when he led a stellar team of sports stars and business leaders to victory in the inaugural Conservation Cup golf tournament as part of the drive to protect this country’s wildlife heritage.

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September 5, 2024
‘Dream start’ gives Lawrence dream win in SunBet Challenge
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 23: Thriston Lawrence during round 3 of the SunBet Challenge hosted by Times Square Casino at Wingate Park Country Club on August 23, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. EDITOR'S NOTE: For free editorial use. Not available for sale. No commercial usage. (Photo by Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour)
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‘Dream start’ gives Lawrence dream win in SunBet Challenge

Thriston Lawrence cautioned overnight that his three-shot lead going into the final round of the SunBet Challenge Time Square Casino event at Wingate Park Country Club would not be immune to threat, but he did not see any significant challenges on the last day as he cruised to a five-shot victory in the R2 million Sunshine Tour tournament on Friday.

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August 23, 2024
Lawrence leads into final round of SunBet Challenge
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 22: Thriston Lawrence during round 2 of the SunBet Challenge hosted by Times Square Casino at Wingate Park Country Club on August 22, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. EDITOR'S NOTE: For free editorial use. Not available for sale. No commercial usage. (Photo by Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour)
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Lawrence leads into final round of SunBet Challenge

It was not as inspired a round as his 62 on the opening day, but Thriston Lawrence was still delighted with his five-under-par 67 in the second round of the SunBet Challenge Times Square Casino tournament at Wingate Park Country Club, giving him a three-shot lead going into the final day.

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August 23, 2024
Top duo leading the charge at SunBet Challenge
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Top duo leading the charge at SunBet Challenge

Thriston Lawrence and Jacques Blaauw both fired outstanding 10-under-par 62s to share the lead in a meeting of two of South African golf’s most in-form stars in the first round of the SunBet Challenge Times Square Casino at Wingate Park Country Club.

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August 22, 2024
SA sports stars rally around conservation
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SA sports stars rally around conservation

A glittering array of South African sports stars have joined business giants and the local golf community in rallying around conservation with the launch of the new Conservation Cup golf tournament at Pearl Valley this September.

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August 21, 2024
Rising SA star Van Velzen to make Nedbank Golf Challenge debut
ESWATINI, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 01: Ryan van Velzen during round 1 of the FNB Eswatini Challenge at Nkonyeni on August 1, 2024 in Nkonyeni, Eswatini. EDITOR'S NOTE: For free editorial use. Not available for sale. No commercial usage. (Photo by Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour)
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Rising SA star Van Velzen to make Nedbank Golf Challenge debut

Ryan van Velzen will make his debut in the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from December 5-8, 2024, as the face of a new generation of young South African professionals seeking to make their mark in ‘Africa’s Major’.

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August 20, 2024