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Humewood links will welcome the country’s top amateur golfers when it hosts the South African Women’s interprovincial tournament for the first time.
Forty-eight players in 12 teams will take part in the annual event which will run from 24 – 27 September.
With the weather often a factor at the links, Humewood general manager and club pro Brendon Timm says the players may have to rely on their “mental fortitude” to get through the week unscathed.
“We are excited to have the women’s IPT here and it will be followed a week later by the SA men’s mid-amateur IPT, which just shows how Humewood has grown in the public eye that there are requests to host these sorts of events.
“The ladies have already been out in their numbers to go through a few practice rounds at the course, and to experience the weather and to understand the way of playing this links layout.
“Given the conditions which can exist at this time of the year, they will face a true test of links golf,” he said.
EP Women’s Golf president Ilze Botha said they want to do well on their home turf and named the same team which competed in last year’s event at Umhlali Country Club in Ballito, just north of Durban.
They are Erin Brinkman (PE Golf Club), Izzy Obray (St Francis Links), Shenè du Toit (Humewood) and Zahn Scholtz (PE Golf Club), and they have been ranked third in their division.
“We have two young schoolgirls in Erin and Izzy, who were only 16 when they played last year,” Botha said.
