Golf is a Wonderful Experience

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MY EDITORIAL TEAM MET ME AND SAID

time I felt it was when I wanted to

project so it was alright to experiencethat burst of adrenaline.But… here I am going through thesame experience, the same excite-

every episode of a magazine is like anew baby…each baby with its own lifeand each life is a bountiful blessing!

For us, this second edition is another blessing a call to the realization

the steps may be slow and tough and the pang of labor heightening, we aregrowing and growth is a beautiful thing.

edition as we have decided tocelebrate our lady golfers with it. Inthe face of little sponsorship, ourladies still kept swinging! It is spiritof the African woman, to conjure

something out of nothing that has As our way of saying well done,Golfers Africa brings to you, 20

women who had contributedimmensely to the development ofthe game of golf in the past years.Not that all the women did notmake an impact. Each lady golferhas been a great blessing to golf. Butportraying these twenty will inspireothers.

We are pleased to announceto you that we now have about four

international writers writing for us.Each writer brings a fresh perspec-

magazine and we know you shall

Greve’s article tells us how import-ant a professional is in the game ofgolf.

in Canada while Aashish Vaishnava writes from India, telling us what weneed for the industry to grow! For

our grip right, Jamie Conner’s piece

is an eye opener. As usual, we have goneround the country to bring to you

wonderful events that took place in

Ladies Open, Lakowe Lakes at One,the MTN tournament and all othertournaments that found their wayinto this edition will show to you

put in to keep the game going. All our other usual features are notleft out; golf architecture, lifestyleand others that we know will give

you a reading pleasure. We will not be the one tosay this edition is better than the

same but this we shall say; this baby

and before sunset, we shall standshoulder to shoulder with the rest ofthe world!

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Tony has played and coached golf internationally since 1985. From a youngster he has always

been interested in lear r

him to explor regular compere at the London, National

and Manchester Golf Shows. Born in 1965, turned Professional in 1985 and PGA ‘AA’ Profes-

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tioner r ‘Why

is Golf, the perfect game to improve you, your business and your life?’ is on page 41.

An expert in Golf Club Management, Hospitality and Golf Course

in Southeast Asia and China pr

Most importantly, he has a passion to pr

Playing Conditions.Kurt is not a Pr Tiger Woods, but an educated Golf Professional who is an

rofessional.T re about the distinctions, read

his article ‘Who is a Golf Professional?’ on page 58.

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golf enthusiast and long ball

hitting. His goal is to impr ’

more enjoyable. Todd is a member of PGA of Canada, his article ‘Thrills and Chills of

can be found on page 95.

rogrammers, analysts and industry experts

who pr y. See Jamie’

‘The Proper Grip’ on the golf Instructions page 12.

y. He holds a Masters in interior

design from the Florence Design Academy. He writes on the ‘Evolution of the Golf

Club’ on Page 8.

rnational

Course operations and maintenance thus

real estate

r roperties. His article ‘Golf is a Wonderful Experience’ can be

found on page 76.

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Aashish Vaishnava

laying Golf is a wonderful

experience best understoodby the fraternity of playersw e enjoyed it formany years.

In the past, most of theseplayers would play an 18-holeCourse gin the choice, and most Course in their area that they couldafford. T less time and a lot less money than

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ing the type of Courses they wouldplay. On the other side of the Golfworld are the beginning players whosee any Golf Course that is cone-nient to them in order to pursuetheir new interest. Li e th eteranplayers, the beginners probablyhae less time and less money todote to their new hobby and this Courses they would play as well.

befor Interestingly, there may be a cor-gence of these two polar oppositesof the Golf world at the same Course owner should be loo ing tom accommodations for both.

W Golfers are interested in Golf Cours-

es that ar -cally the gr reasonablegreen fees, and aren’t plagued byslow play. That is a tall or some Courses, but accomplishingthose three goals can help a GolfCourse attract the most customers.

There ar for that ar -ning Golfer, the familiar Golfer, and ’s

natural features. This can be thedistinguishing feature separating itfrom other local Courses. T approach could mean the numberof holes may be less than 18, or itmay allow for 18 holes, but at an than what is consider today. The trend is changing now,there ar the world. The Golf Course with land by pr features may be mor than a Course that obliterates theland’s natural features while trying tomeet the “rule” of 18 holes. What ifthe land is featureless? This is adelicate subject to discuss becausein our experiences land deemedfeatureless has in fact pr features worth pr incorporating into the design of theCourse.

If the land is truly featureless,maybe a distressed site abused bypr re may bea strategy worth exploring. If the -oping ar shape and misshape the soil in any ropriatetime the ar can be found on the “naturally”manmade site. This approach



could result in an intriguing layoutnot possible with a mor -tional approach. For the Golfers, fewer y,and costs less money to play. These Golfers. But in many communitiesthe most successful Golf Course will

pr standard of strategy and interest all abilities. Golf holes with interest-ing natural features and moreimportantly, with exciting strategic forget the number of holes. Fewerholes are not the only feature thatmay pr

Shorter Courses help the less intimidating to the beginning y play as a par 3 one time and apar 4 the next time, and holes

Golfers with intriguing strategic r means construction and mainte-nance costs are lower. For com-munities, fewer holes means lessdemand on local water resourcesand less of an impact on localnatural features.

The position of the GolfCourse property within the commu-nity is another important matter that the declaration that any Golf Coursewould do well to be integratedwithin the boundaries of a communi-ty

of its residence so that it can beregarded as an indispensible featurewithin the community. Less import-ant are the number of holes and the re import-ant is a Golf Course that locals -ship” of as a source of pride andsource of indispensible joy in their

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