GOLFER OF THE WEEK FEB 13 2023: Ockie Strydom

GOLFER OF THE WEEK FEB 13 2023: Ockie Strydom

It’s kind of tough to overlook a candidate for Golfer of the Week when someone closes with a nine-under-par 63 to come from behind and take a second DP World Tour title in six starts, and we haven’t overlooked Ockie Strydom. There probably could be a case made for...
GOLFER OF THE WEEK FEB 7 2023: Darren Fichardt

GOLFER OF THE WEEK FEB 7 2023: Darren Fichardt

For the second week in a row, our Golfer of the Week award had to wait until play was finished on Monday in the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – just in case there was something unexpectedly good there. There wasn’t, and, in any case, it’s tough to overlook...
GOLFER OF THE WEEK JAN 31 2023: Jacques Kruyswijk

GOLFER OF THE WEEK JAN 31 2023: Jacques Kruyswijk

For our Golfer of the Week award, we had to wait for the DP World Tour’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic to have its Monday finish – and Jacques Kruyswijk pipped others at the post to win it. It wasn’t a stellar week for the big South African, but it was a week when he...
GOLFER OF THE WEEK JAN 16 2023: Louis Albertse

GOLFER OF THE WEEK JAN 16 2023: Louis Albertse

For our first Golfer of the Week award, it’s hard to look past Louis Albertse. The Sunshine Tour winner put his foot to the pedal when he needed to in the final round of the Section E event of the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School, Albertse made six birdies without...
Vaughn Groenewald: The quiet boom

Vaughn Groenewald: The quiet boom

It’s almost a pity really. A great golfing nickname like ‘The Boom’ should belong to someone who gets raucous fans shouting uninhibitedly as he tees off. But it belongs instead to a much gentler soul. Vaughn Groenewald will forgive us all for saying he is not really...