Junior golf returns to the South Coast with three successive tournaments, at Margate, Southbroom and Port Shepstone, on December 17, 18 and 19 respectively.
Two Southbroom youngsters will be in the mix, namely Cameron Olivant (who also holds membership at Port Shepstone) and Nic Crossman.
Cameron is going into grade 8 next year at Southcity while Nic will be in his final year at Creston College.
To say the golf bug has bitten these two would be something of an understatement and they both play as much as possible.
When most were indoors last Sunday due to the rainy weather, they convinced James Coull to join them for a game at Sheppie, and unsurprisingly were the only ones out there. A few days earlier they enjoyed a social game of betterball matchplay with two premier league players and edged them 1-up after nine holes before Nic had to head off
for a physio session.
It was a pity as he was level par and could have been lower but for a three-putt on the 7th.
Nic is currently of an index of 7.3 while Cameron is 6.6. Expect those to drop even further by the end of the holiday season.
No doubt they will be pushing for a spot in the Southern KZN team but there are some very solid, experienced players around, so they’ll need to play well.
Looking ahead, the Southern KZN Closed will be played at San Lameer on Sunday, January 15. This will be held in conjunction with the San Lameer Open. To book, contact 039 3135141.
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