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FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR NOBUHLE IN LOCKDOWN

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MBABANE – It’s not all doom and gloom for professional golfer Nobuhle Dlamini after professional golf worldwide was suspended because of the COVID-19 outbreak.


In an unprecedented move in South African professional golf, the Sunshine Tour will pay a monthly stipend to its member professionals, and on a scale according to their various categories of membership, for the months of April and May 2020.
The Sunshine Tour announced a comprehensive financial relief programme for South African men’s and women’s professional golf.


Partnership


The Women’s Professional Golf Association (WPGA), in partnership with the Sunshine Ladies Tour, announced a similar financial programme for the top 25 South African professionals on the Sunshine Ladies Tour where Dlamini is currently a member.
According to sunshinetour.com, they have committed to paying a monthly stipend for April and May 2020 to all the caddies who are registered with the South African Caddie Association (SACA) and who have been active in the 2019-2020 Sunshine Tour season.


 This is to assist them in meeting their financial obligations at a time when professional golf worldwide has been suspended because of COVID-19. The Sunshine Tour, in accordance with world golf, has already suspended all of its activities as of March 16, 2020.

“As our President has stated, these are extraordinary times for our country, and they require an extraordinary response from all South Africans.  Our Board has fully endorsed and approved this financial plan for our members, and those of the WPGA and the Sunshine Ladies Tour, as we believe wholeheartedly that this is the right course of action to support our membership base in a manner and on a level that will ensure the longevity of our Tours and help our members through these trying times.


“South African professional golf is a very close family, and as such we will stick together in times of crisis. To quote our President, ‘Our success relies on the effort and energies of every citizen and their commitment to help assist others’. As the South African golf family, we are united in making this commitment.” said Sunshine Tour Commissioner Selwyn Nathan.

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