Whiskey and fisticuffs at the US Open
This week’s US Open returns to The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts where in 1913 American 20-year-old amateur and local kid Francis Ouimet created golfing folklore …
Randpark says goodbye to ‘Admiral’ Jock Hawthorne
Scotland-born Jock Hawthorne, one of Randpark’s great characters, left the club this week to permanently return to the United Kingdom …
Whiz kid Danielle shoots 89 aged just nine to seal C-Division honours
Star of the show in the women’s C-Division in our Club Championships was undoubtedly nine-year-old Danielle Chong who took top honours …
Meet men’s par-busting Club Champion Conner Mackenzie
Conner MacKenzie’s brilliant, runaway win in the Club Championships last weekend means he has now made a clean sweep of all the major Randpark club titles …
Long-driving Lauren is Randpark Ladies Club Champion
Lauren Clough, who has no trouble hitting booming 250-metre drives off the tee and won our ladies club championships at the weekend, has always been good at sport …
Randpark’s Ryan red hot at Blue Valley
Randpark’s Ryan Tipping blitzed Blue Valley with a final round of seven-under-par 65, which equalled the day’s best return, to finish tied third on nine-under 207 in the Altron Big Easy Tour event held there this past week …
Jacobs eagles his way to Nedbank Junior title
Stefan Jacobs soared to a three-shot victory in the Nedbank Junior Challenge, thanks to two sensational front-nine eagles at the Gary Player Country Club that helped the Randpark junior hold off a charging Aldrich Potgieter …
Getting to know Club Captain Arthur Heinrich
Self-confessed golf addict Arthur Heinrich, who has been our Club Captain for the past seven months or so, started off his sporting life as a tennis player. That was his passion growing up in Cape Town. “I played tennis seven days a week for 10 years and made it into the Western Province second league, playing for Bergvliet …
123mds assists local Residential Estate with VOIP Solution
We just love solving digital issues at 123mds. The propeller heads in the office get a huge kick out of solving connectivity and VOIP issues on behalf of our clients. When a local residential estate asked us to assist, 123mds happily obliged …
Construction Company Connectivity Conundrum
Recently 123mds was approached by one of our engineering clients to propose an internet and VOIP solution in the heart of a platinum mine, far away from any connectivity towers and most other things …
Randpark’s Jock up there with Bernhard Langer!
Question: What do Bernhard Langer, Sunshine Tour Executive Director Selwyn Nathan and Randpark’s own Jock Wellington have in common …
Birdie blitz as Broomhead wins SA Stroke Play on ‘very, very good’ Firethorn
While Durban Country Club’s Jonathan Broomhead capped an unforgettable week at Randpark by winning the South African Stroke Play Championship with a superb, record-equalling 27-under-par 261 aggregate, the Firethorn course was given a very positive thumbs up by GolfRSA tournament director David Younge …
Red-hot Van der Merwe blitzes to Randpark lead
NORTHCLIFF, 21 February 2022 – Altin van der Merwe got off to a flying start in this year’s edition of the South African Stroke Play Championship, firing a flawless nine-under-par 63 opening round on the Firethorn Course at Randpark …
Kelly Slater: Making waves in the surf and on the golf course
THIS is a story about golf and surfing. In 2017 I covered the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland for several South African newspapers and websites and one of the celebrities playing in the tournament that year was surfing legend Kelly Slater. The American was 45 at the time and still competitive on the world tour against the sport’s young stars …
Investec to support pro golfer Zethu Myeki
Having recently announced their four-year renewal with The Sunshine Ladies Tour, Investec is proud to welcome pro golfer Zethu Myeki to the brand that celebrates Out of the Ordinary. Investec currently sponsors …