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The Rules of Padel

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 …

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7 Amazing Benefits of Playing Padel

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 …

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Remembering “Old Fox” John Bland

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 …

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Thrilling golf as Scheppel and Ford are our Club Champions

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 …

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Course of the Month: Randpark Firethorn Golf Course

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 …

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Broken toe aside, our own Johan Bredenkamp a birdie machine in Texas

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 …

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Why you should start playing golf

Why you should start playing golf

No matter how badly you play you win! Golf Reduces Stress, (or so they say) and increases your mental capacity, creativity and problem-solving ability …

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Casandra a birdie machine at Randpark

Casandra a birdie machine at Randpark

TALK about hot golf! South Africa’s talented Casandra Alexander this week blitzed Randpark’s Firethorn course with a brilliant nine-under-par first-round 63 on her way …

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