Margate Moves: Major move for golf director Meyer
It's an incredibly exciting time, especially for Meyer, and he described this role in sports management as the fulfillment of a life-long dream.
Meyer du Toit has left San Lameer Country Club, where he was the golf director, to take up a dream job as part of touring professional Branden Grace’s management team.
Meyer and Branden have been friends for a long time, with Meyer on the bag for the golfer at last year’s US Masters.
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And it seems his presence has already been felt with this latest move, with Branden winning the recent South African Open at Rand Park Golf Club.
It’s a big loss for the golf industry on the coast as Meyer and his wife Vickey had become part of the furniture and made such an impact with their friendly and professional manner.
The couple will be based in Florida in the USA for now, but no doubt, there will be some serious travelling involved.
It’s an incredibly exciting time, especially for Meyer, and he described this role in sports management as the fulfillment of a life-long dream.
Branden has come close in a few majors, most notably the US Open at Chambers Bay in 2015.
Wouldn’t it be great if Meyer can provide that little bit of X-factor that sees Branden winning a major?
Golf fans know it’s been far too long since a South African has won one of the big four events.
The last to do it was Ernie Els at The Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 2012.
* In other news, there will be a public ‘information’ meeting in connection with forming a Special Rating Area for Margate at Margate Sands on Wednesday, February 19 at 5pm.
Barry Smit, chairman of the Margate Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association, said it would be held in order to get the ball rolling and to explain exactly what it will all entail.
This will be done in cooperation with the Margate Business Association and community policing forum.
“The number one focus is safety and security,” said Barry.
“Both the MRRA and MBA are non-profit organisations, with only a select few volunteers assisting in making changes to our town,” said Jo-Anne Wentzel, chairman of the MBA.
“The formation of a SRA will mean that we are going to ask residents and business owners to vote for a voluntarily minimum amount to be deducted from their rates accounts, about R50 a month,” she said.
A 51 percent majority will be required for this to happen.
“The funds in turn will be allocated to a board of executive members that will ensure it gets distributed where required, in this case the CPF groups. Ramsgate already has this in place and this enables its ratepayers’ association to contribute to the CPF groups for safety and security and urgent repairs and upgrades, when needed,” she added.
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