Gary Player to help with Soweto Country Club’s extensive refurbishment
Gary Player‚ the designer of the original golf course at the Soweto Country Club‚ will re-design the course at no cost as part of a refurbishment of the facility‚ City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba announced on Wednesday. The re-design is due to begin by the end of the year. Player’s involvement is in addition to the initial funding sourced with the help of the Sunshine Tour‚ European Tour, as well as various other private sponsors‚ to refurbish the club. Mashaba said the Mayoral Golf Day hosted by the city last month raised R1m‚ "proceeds of which will be donated to the refurbishment of the Soweto Country Club". The project has already seen the building of a new club house‚ a new practice facility‚ a conference centre‚ and a fence constructed along two boundaries of the golf course itself. The existing storage facility will be turned into a fully operational pro-shop and a South African Golf Development Board Academy‚ named after Rivonia Trialist‚ apartheid activist and avid...
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