Only ‘crazy and insane people’ play golf at 6.56 am at Randpark on June 30 – Observer
This past Friday was June 30 – exactly halfway through the year and therefore the dead of winter in so-called sunny South Africa …
Rain ensures Randpark courses are still looking green and lovely in mid-winter
It’s the middle of winter and instead of Randpark’s two courses looking dusty and brown, which is what usually is the case at this time of the year, they are still …
Experience Padel in Style: Virgin Active Padel Club at Randpark Club
We are thrilled to announce an exciting development for all members of Randpark Club – the upcoming padel club will be operated by none other than Virgin Active Padel Club …
What Equipment is Best for Padel?
The first time you play will most likely be in your running or tennis shoes, borrowing or renting a racket from the club, using some old balls the club coach has given you … and if you are like most of the “newbies” you will love it …
Padel Ratings
Before we open a can of worms, let’s just agree on why a rating system is useful! The main reason is so that players can have a challenging and competitive game with players of a similar ability …
The Rules of Padel
A padel game is always played with four people – two persons per side. The court is 10 meters by 10 meters per side. You also have a back wall, which is 3 meters high with an extra meter of fence at the top …
7 Amazing Benefits of Playing Padel
Are you searching for a new hobby to keep you active? Look no further than Padel! Not only does it enhance your physical well-being like any other sport, but it offers so much more …
Remembering “Old Fox” John Bland
Veteran golf writer Grant Winter remembers some Dunhill Cup magic from John Bland, who died this week Tuesday aged 77 after a stellar career on the fairways of the world …
Thrilling golf as Scheppel and Ford are our Club Champions
It all came down to the very last hole as 27-year-old Chris Scheppel edged out 52-year-old Sean Quigley by a single stroke to win, on a two-under-par 142, what can only be described as a 2023 men’s Club Championship thriller of note on Sunday. In the Women’s Championship Randpark’s 21-year-old Ernie Els Foundation member, hot-shot Cara Ford, took the club title for an impressive third time, her 148 aggregate a runaway 12 shots ahead of second-placed Lauren Clough …
Course of the Month: Randpark Firethorn Golf Course
Randpark’s Firethorn course will appeal to everyone who likes a challenge. From the top professionals who have tackled it from the back tees to the ladies and seniors who must produce their best form from the forward tees, Firethorn brings out the competitor in everyone …
Randpark’s Stefan Jacobs wins big in America
Randpark’s Stefan Jacobs has won one of America’s most prestige college golf tournaments just three months after arriving at Georgia’s Augusta University as a freshman …
Broken toe aside, our own Johan Bredenkamp a birdie machine in Texas
Post-Covid and for the first half of last year, Randpark’s teenage golf star, Johan Bredenkamp was regularly winning junior tournaments at home here in South Africa, quickly shooting up to the No 4 spot in the national rankings. Then he went to America in August, to Tyler Junior College (TJC) not far from Dallas in Texas, to study over there and play college golf …
Superb, sub-par blitzes in Club’s Graduate and Junior Championships
Talented 28-year-old Ryan Wingrove, who modestly describes himself as no more than a weekend golfer, won Randpark’s Graduate Club Championship by a runaway seven strokes on Sunday, while also gifted Grant Labuschagne – he’s just 16 years old, became the Club Junior champion …
Hot shots Schalk and Jock are men in charge at Senior IPTs
Hope for some “old magic” from Randpark duo Schalk Naude and Jock Wellington who are the respective men’s Central Gauteng captains for this week’s Senior (for over 50s) and Super Senior (for over 60s) Interprovincials …
Randpark’s Tom Buckle voted in as SAGES National Vice-President
Tom Buckle was voted in as the SAGES National Vice-President during the recent 2023 Nationals in Parys, Free State, for this national golfing society for senior club members over the age of 50 …