Humewood GC
South Africa’s PGA club golf professionals are gearing up for a tilt at the Humewood links when the Diners Club National Championship heads to Nelson Mandela Bay for the first time next week.
The club pros, both men and women, will enjoy a practice rounds on Monday and then play three rounds of medal strokeplay from Tuesday to Thursday to decide the 2021 champions.
Stuart Smith is the reigning champion and current holder of the Denis Hutchinson Trophy.
While players from Gauteng and Western Cape are sure to figure on the leader board, there will be much interest in the local club professionals with Graeme van der Nest (The Pro Shop PE), Matthew Thompson (Wedgewood), Wiele Rademeyer (Humewood) and Thinus Keller (St Francis Links) all in the field.
Humewood general manager Brendon Timm says they are delighted to host an event which has traditionally been held in Gauteng. “It’s an honour to host an event of this stature as we are excited to showcase the only true links in Africa to PGA members from around the country,” he said.
“This creates good exposure and could lead to many more members from their clubs heading down to play our coastal course."
PGA chief executive Ivano Ficalbi described the PGA Professional Championship as the pinnacle event for all PGA professionals and said they were looking forward to a great week of championship golf in the tournament’s first-ever visit to Humewood.
It’s an exciting time for the club because the following week, from May 10 to 13, Humewood will also host a national Sunshine Seniors Tour Tournament for the first time.
