GOLFER NOBUHLE IN RACE FOR E100 000 PURSE

EZULWINI – Competing on familiar territory for a E100 000 purse is a welcome change for ace female golfer, Nobuhle Dlamini.

The South Africa-based golfer is back on home soil to compete in the celebrated Investec Royal Swazi Open, which is running between yesterday and tomorrow. The 25-year-old was joined by fellow Ladies Sunshine Tour campaigners in South Africa’s Stacy Bregman, Bertine Strauss, Ashleigh Buhai, Nicole Garcia, and big-hitting Bonita Bredenhann from Namibia in the ladies’ line-up at the Royal Swazi Golf Club.

Dlamini competes alongside 72 male professionals. Like her male counterparts, she has three amateur partners for the event.
The former South Africa’s number female amateur golfer and the other five visiting ladies compete for their own purse of E100 000, plus daily incentives worth E10 000.

According to information sourced from the tournament’s office in Ezulwini, 72 professionals and 108 amateurs make up the Pro-Am field. The event is played under the modified scoring system. Players who have made a double or worse may pick up their ball.

Asked about her journey in the paying ranks so far, the Lobamba-born golfer felt she was improving after each tournament. She is fresh from the US, where she is in pursuit of a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour card.  Dlamini is taking part in the Symetra event, which is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA.

“I will be continuing with the qualifiers between September and October.

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