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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
He has played four Big Easy Tour events this season, finished second at Killarney and occupies second spot on the current Order of Merit, and Maritz Wessels’ game seems to be trending in the right direction in the early stages of the season. Where, for many golfers, that would be down to some specialised training […]