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Brandon Stone will make his third appearance in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player at Sun City from November 8-11, with the young star hoping for another South African victory in the penultimate Rolex Series event on the European Tour’s Race to Dubai. Stone claimed the third European Tour victory of his career when he won the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open in July with a final round of 60 and in the fifth Rolex Series tournament of the season. He followed this with a finish of tied 12th in the PGA Championship, his best result in a Major. “I’m delighted to be making my third appearance in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player. To play in front of your home fans is always special, and particularly at Sun City. The support we get there as South African players is phenomenal,” said Stone. Branden Grace’s victory […]

When golfers talk about Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, the conversation inevitably revolves around Los Cabos, on the peninsula’s southern tip. The corridor connecting the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo is lined with golf courses and resorts, and more of each always seem to be in development. It’s a comfortable destination for Americans and Canadians. Think Scottsdale, but with some really cool beachfront property. Developers have tried, with less success, to develop other parts of Baja. But there are signs that is changing with the surging economy. In La Paz, the capital of Baja, the Mexican real estate investment firm Ascendancy purchased the defunct CostaBaja resort this year and reopened it recently under a new name, Puerta Cortés. Ascendancy is pumping at least $5 million into the golf course – the only Gary Player design in Mexico – and other amenities, including new dining options at the […]

The Links at Fancourt designed by Gary Player has retained its prestigious designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, cementing its world-class reputation for environmental excellence and sustainability and making it one of only two courses in South Africa and 905 across the world to have achieved this outstanding global benchmark. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses is run by Audubon International, a US-based non-profit organization that facilitates and promotes the sustainable management of land, water, wildlife and other natural resources in all places people live, work and play. It is designed to help golf courses plan, organize, implement and document a comprehensive environmental management program and to recognize outstanding achievements in this respect. The rigorous certification process requires golf courses to demonstrate that they are maintaining a high degree of environmental quality in key areas, including environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, outreach and education, chemical use […]