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Thank you for a great 2024... Happy holidays from the SGC Team!
Season Greetings,
Yip – this brings us to the end of another 365 days around the sun…. and I could not think of a better way to end it than with the annual Ladies Xmas Day – wow, they just know how to do it! Well done to Annelie and her committee for putting together an amazing grand finale as well as to the super group of ladies that not only continue to support these events but also the club throughout the year.
Congratulations to the winning 4-ball of the day in a Countdown to Christmas format in Mollie Kern, Lindy Langenberg, Leonie Malherbe & Kalla Venter scoring a beautiful 90 Stableford points on the day. The best-dressed team on the day (the hardest prizes to decide) went to our Ladies Captain Annelie Morkel, Jill Sawers, Jolanda Horn and Ricklia Roux. The best SPIRITED 4-ball going to our Ladies President's team of Carol van Niekerk, Ashely Bester, Erica Kok and Louise Brink.
Three generations, one game of a lifetime
The annual Parent & Child Competition took place on Saturday presented by Dr. Hertzog and his family. This competition that has now been played for 38 years has just grown and grown and grown over the years. Being fortunate myself to have started playing in this event in the 80s it is wonderful to see how it has evolved over the years, the most obvious being the size of the field, as we now comfortably fill up a morning field.
In the 80s it was known as the Father & Son Competition but these days there are so many mothers (and grandmothers) playing with their sons and daughters, that the name changed to Parent and Child to be more inclusive. Lastly the generational spread – this is truly one of the things I love the most about the game of golf. That we all get to play together. As I mentioned on Saturday, I started off playing with my dad and now I am playing with my son. Dr. Hertzog enjoyed the day with his son and grandson and so did a few others in the field – I mean is there any other sport you can competitively play over so many generations? What a wonderful game and what a wonderful day! Thank you so much to Dr Hertzog for his continuous support of this annual event.
Now Ladies & Gentlemen, let's put our hands together for our 2024 Champions Francois & Johan Malan scoring a magnificent 47 Stableford points.
Johan and Francois Malan with Dr. Hertzog
An amazing achievement by Johan
A great way to end your year on the golf course is by going low… very, very, very low! The man in the photo below did just that with a little net 60 score in the monthly medal competition – yip “12 under par” – well done Johan Niemand! Not many scratch golfers I know have done that... One player that I know that has done two better than this was Sakkie De Klerk who shot 86 off 28 for a 58 net in a medal. Either way, great golf Johan!
Johan Niemand shot 72 off 12 for a 60 net score
I would have loved to do this in person...
2024 has not always been easy - but life should not be lived in the rearview mirror - that mirror should be used to look back on all the good memories and then we continue to live life through the windscreen as we continue to drive through this amazing thing called life!
On behalf of myself and the team at Stellenbosch GC, I would like to wish you all a wonderful festive season with your loved ones and friends - it is a time to be grateful!
I look forward to an exciting 2025 with all…
Feliz Navidad,
Louis