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June 21, 2017

Cycling legend McLean to inspire Big Easy Tour pros

Four-time Giro del Capo winner and South African cycling legend Andrew McLean will talk to members of the Sunshine Tour’s Gary Player Class of 2017-18 during a boot camp which gets underway on Sunday June 25 at the Momentum World of Golf at Woodmead. McLean, who is also is the driving force behind the wildly […]


Amateur Mokoena chasing Big Easy Tour glory

By Michael Vlismas South African Golf Development Board graduate Karabo Mokoena is looking to become the fifth amateur to win on the Sunshine Big Easy Tour in this week’s The Roar Tournament at Waterkloof Golf Club. Mokoena, a product of both the South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB) and the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation […]


June 20, 2017

Hammond in three-way tie after round one of The Roar

Daniel Hammond was in a three-way tie atop the leaderboard in the opening round of the co-sanctioned Big Easy Tour-MENA Tour’s The Roar at Waterkloof Golf Club on Tuesday. Joined by Kenya’s Stefan Engell Andersen and JJ Senekal on seven-under 65, Hammond began cautiously as he made pars on the 10th and 11th, his first […]


Hammond confident after strong start at Waterkloof

Golf is a demanding sport mentally, and Daniel Hammond says he’s been putting some hard work into that area of his game. Hammond shot seven-under-par 65 in the opening round of the Big Easy The Roar, co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour, on Tuesday at Waterkloof Golf Club, where he made only a single bogey, Hammond […]


Gary Player Class of 2017 golfers continue to shine

By Michael Vlismas The Sunshine Tour’s Gary Player Class of 2017 continues to impress as South African golf’s groundbreaking development squad for previously disadvantaged professionals, with a record six of its golfers finishing within the top 35 in a recent Sunshine Big Easy Tour event. Omar Sandys (pictured) and Jacquin Hess led the squad’s standout performance […]


June 15, 2017

Prinsloo wins Joburg City Masters

Jaco Prinsloo carded a four-under-par 68 final round at the Joburg City Masters at Country Club Johannesburg on Thursday, to total 12-under-par and win his first Big Easy Tour event since 2013. “I won a Big Easy event in 2013 or 2014 – I’m not sure – in Kempton Park. It’s been a while since […]


June 14, 2017

Elson takes moving day lead at CCJ

England’s Jamie Elson carded a second round five-under 67 to total nine-under and take a one-shot lead in the Joburg City Masters at Country Club Johannesburg on Wednesday. He came into the second round tied at four-under with six other players, and two strokes back of the leading Jacquin Hess. He opened the round with […]