The Golf Mag | South Africa
FAIRWAYS & BEYOND As golf evolves, and players hit the ball further than ever, the obsession with length isn’t going away. However, South Africa is in a good space when you focus on what it has always offered. In Vol. 37’s Fairways & Beyond, Ben Karpinski makes the case for the country’s shorter courses, where smart design and built-in character more than make up for what they lack in distance. 🔗 Link in stories. #TheGolfMag #FairwaysAndBeyond #SouthAfricanGolf #GolfRSA #ShortCourses
PERFECT YOUR GAME Another set of instruction and tips videos has been added to our series to help you get the best from your game 🏌♂️, with world renowned coach Grant Hepburn. In this one, Grant takes your chipping back to basics. More winning tips also inside: ⛳ Long game: a drill to improve your release and path ⛳ Putting: find the middle of the putter face 🔗 Watch all now via the link in stories. #SouthAfricanGolf #TheGolfMag #GrantHepburn #GolfInstructions #PerfectYourGame
GOLF GEAR | Double Delight 🏌♂️🏌♂️ Two new arrivals have landed on the South African market this month. Srixon's ZXi irons come in four models built to mix and match through the bag - so you can build a setup that's truly yours. Then we have Cleveland's RTZ 2 wedges packing ZipCore iQ technology across five precision-tuned sole grinds Interested to find out which model suits your game? Head to the link in stories. #TheGolfMag #GolfGear #Srixon #ClevelandGolf #SAGolf
Proteas opening batter and captain Laura Wolvaardt's burgeoning interest in golf means she is becoming as comfortable hitting a stationary small round ball as she is at a moving bigger one. Bitten by the golf bug since the start of the year, she now plays up to three times a week when she's home. 🏌♀️ Find out how golf has tested her patience, which courses are on her bucket list, and who makes her dream fourball in The Golf Mag Vol. 37, link in stories. #TheGolfMag #LauraWolvaardt #Proteas #ProteasWomen #WomenInGolf
THE ’10’ LIST In the latest of our popular series of lists, this month we look at the 10 South Africans who have played the most times on the European Tour (now DP World Tour) over the years. The list spans decades of SA golf, from the 1970s to today, and features major champions. Find out who's in the top 10 and click the link in our stories. #TheGolfMag #GolfRSA #The10List #DPWorldTour #EuropeanTour
🌟 Is YOUR club next in Club Corner? Every month we invite golf clubs to contact us to be profiled for free in The Golf Mag. This issue we chat with the Club Caption, Grant Harris, of the Somerset West Golf Club about about the upgraded facilities, a tunnel under the railway line leading to eight new links-style holes and so much more! 🔗 Link in stories. You'll also find out who was the most famous golfer to attend Somerset West Golf Club. And, we want to hear from more clubs across the country - big or small, coastal or inland. If there's a story to tell, we want to tell it. 📩 Put your club forward for November's Issue: contact@thegolfmag.co.za #ClubCorner #TheGolfMag #SomersetWestGolfClub #SWGC #SouthAfricanGolf
REAL OR FAKE? 🏌️♂️ A disturbing, growing counterfeit market has emerged in golf's equipment space, and it has made its way to South Africa. With as many as two million fake clubs produced every year, many golfers don't even realise they're playing with knock-offs. The risks run from lost distance to shafts breaking and heads flying off. Sports Journalist Ken Borland covers how to spot the warning signs and where to buy so you know your gear is genuine. Some of the biggest manufacturers in the game also weigh in. Before your next purchase, read the full investigation in The Golf Mag. Link in stories. #TheGolfMag #TGMInvestigation #KeepGolfReal #CounterfeitGolf #SouthAfricanGolf
THE GOLF MAG’S HIO CLUB The Golf Mag launched a Hole-In-One club in May and to celebrate, members who achieve an ace over the next month still stand a chance to win R50,000 in cash, thanks to Snyman & Van der Vyver. This month we speak to new member Bruce Edwards of St Francis Golf. The 71-year-old aced the 100m par-three 8th with his Ping 8-iron during a Wednesday club competition, his second hole-in-one. On the same page, you can find out more on how to become a member and stand a chance to win the cash prize. 🔗 Link in stories. #HioClub #TheGolfMag #HoleInOne #ThePerfectFluke #SnymanandVanderVyer