Sisters clean up at Africa golf challenge

The Moodliar sisters would appear to have bright golfing futures ahead of them, following their recent success at the Junior Africa Challenge in August.
North Coast residents Senaya (10) and Kamaya (7) are immensely talented golfers at a very young age and have won 14 tournaments between them since they started competing in 2011.
At the Junior Africa Challenge Senaya took first place and Kamaya second in their respective categories. Kamaya, playing against eight-year-olds, did well to come second against the older competitors. She is also the youngest female golfer to be handicapped in South Africa.
Senaya has also been selected to play at the Ryders Cup: the “Dunbar Cup”.

Their father, Leon Moodliar, found the girls showed a keen interest in golf from a young age. “Senaya liked watching golf on TV and would moan when I changed the channel,” Leon said. He took her to the driving range when she was around seven years old.

“The little one also took a liking to it and from there their golf has taken off,” Leon explained.
Both girls train with Aileen Wilks at Umhlali Country Club on Friday afternoons. Although they would love to play every day, their Dad insists their studies must come first. The young golfers attend Umhlali preparatory school.
Leon encourages his daughters to do what they enjoy. “They play chess, do music and enjoy cycling,” he said.
Professional golf could be on the cards.
“Through hard work, they could get somewhere in golf but the challenge is to keep them focused,” Leon said. “This is the foundation of their game.”
They work hard on the course and driving range and are old enough to play rounds by themselves. Leon leaves them to play their own game and learn from their mistakes.