R50 000 prize share for golf winners

POLOKWANE – Professional (pro) and amateur golfers battled it out for the huge R50 000 prize and other goodies during the Limpopo Golf Extravaganza from September 12 to 13 at the Le-gend Golf and Safari Resort in the Waterberg district.

The prestigious golfing event consisted of two competitions, an individual pro competition for the prize money and a four-ball alliance team competition.

The pro prize purse of R50 000 was paid out among the top five pro’s.

Pieter Kruger was the winner of the pro tournament on 41 points, earning him the top cash prize of R9 000.

Each pro headed a four-ball team with the other three players being amateurs.

The winning team was the one headed by Alrich Labuschagne and they won with 93 points.

Labuschagne’s teammates were Riaan Ludick, Tiaan Bronkhorst and Pieter Labuschagne.

The team won a helicopter flip and a golf passport for each team member, valued at R3 900 each.

The golf extravaganza was also used as a platform to launch the golf passport.

The Limpopo Golf Passport is a golf tournament product produced as a result of the collaboration between the private sector made up of Zebula Golf Estate and Spa, Elements Private Golf Reserve, Euphoria Golf Estate and Hydro, Legend Golf and Safari Resort, Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate and Hans Merensky Hotel and Spa, as well as the public sector including Limpopo economic development, environment and tourism (Ledet) through the Limpopo Tourism Agency, as an initiative to attract domestic tourism to the province.

The golf passport enables the owner to play four rounds of golf at any of the six Limpopo golf and safari resorts mentioned.

The passport is available electronically through the central agency PelePele Travel and Marketing and must be redeemed within 24 months of purchase.

According to Ledet MEC, Seaparo Sekoati, the initiative would see an increase in the domestic golf enthusiasts to the province and it would further showcase Limpopo as a prime golf destination.