May 6, 2018 | Features, Player Profile
The night before JJ Senekal won his first Sunshine Tour title back in October 2013, he received a very special phone call. “You’re up there for a reason,” the voice said. “Don’t stand back for anyone. You’ve got the game. You’ve got everything. Just go for it.” It was...
Apr 30, 2018 | Features, Player Profile
Nick Bester won the Comrades Marathon in 1991, and came second three times. No, you’re not reading the wrong magazine! Bester is also Louis de Jager’s father-in-law, and Louis de Jager has just completed one of his best years on the Sunshine Tour. He finished inside...
Apr 18, 2018 | Features, Player Profile
Less than a week after winning his second Sunshine Tour title after a gap of over 11 years since his first one, Alex Haindl had to withdraw from his very next event as his back problems flared up all over again. Before he won the Sun Sibaya Challenge at Mount...
Mar 20, 2018 | Features, Player Profile
Peter Karmis is South Africa’s ‘Mr 59’. He speaks in staccato phrases. And he thinks in between them. And he punctuates them with interesting insights – insights into himself and the game. He won the 2009 Lombard Insurance Classic with a closing 13-under-par 59 at...
Feb 10, 2018 | Features, Player Profile
Take a look at JC Ritchie’s 2017 record, and you’d be forgiven for thinking his season was a bust: After his win in the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open in April, eight missed cuts, and a next-best of a share of 10th doesn’t suggest a career that’s going places. He was...
Oct 11, 2017 | Features, Player Profile
When Smokey Robinson sang on Tears of a Clown, ‘Don’t let my glad expression give you the wrong impression,’ he might have been singing about Doug McGuigan, one of the most jovial players on the Sunshine Tour. McGuigan has reason to be jovial, with two wins on...
