Seventy years after setting foot on the Potchefstroom golf course as a caddy in 1946, earning “two and six” (25 cents) for a round of 18 holes and after playing the game for sixty years, Ronnie Moseley scored a hole in one. This occurred on the par 3 17th last month at the ripe old age of eighty.

When he started off as a caddy, they still used oxen-driven lawnmowers.

Ronnie was a scholar at Central Primary and shared a classroom with people like Dick Daly, Peter Bolton and Louis Brugman. He then went to Potch Boys High.

He and his mother lived with his sister, Mathilda who was married to the golf professional, Steve Naudé. It is believed that the notorious Mathilda tree obstacle on the 12th hole was  named after his sister.

Mathilda also scored a hole in one on the course in the late forties.

Ronnie has fond memories of his childhood as he practically grew up on the course with Steve Naudé as his   guardian. His mother did the catering in the club.

The retired metallurgical manager who specialised in the closing of redundant mines and the recovery of the last gold still plays twice a week.