THE GARY PLAYER GOLF EXPERIENCEDuring lockdown, the World of Golf in South Africa is offering specialized coaching from the comfort of your own home, with the Gary Player Golf Experience Game improvement specialist. This Academy provides golf instruction, on Grand Slam winner Gary Player’s Three-Dimensional Approach to the game focusing on the mental, physical, and skill elements. The Gary Player Golf Experience offers golf tuition and mentorship in all dimensions of game improvement. Technical training, golf-specific fitness, and other guidance in the all-important dimension of the mental game is also provided. Services offered through the Gary Player Golf Experience are the Player Golf Fitness Center, Little Player’s Club, Supersport’s Master Classes and Call for Help sessions, Golf4All, and various dedicated scholar programs. “We are delighted to have this opportunity to give something back to the game of golf through the Gary Player Golf Experience and look forward to sharing our recipe for success with fans at the The World of Golf,” said Marc Player, CEO of Black Knight International. At the Gary Player Golf Experience, the three key dimensions of the golf puzzle are recognized by concentrating on the mental approach to the game, the physical fitness required and by building a solid golf swing with its many shot variations. “Given that 70% of all shots are played within 60 yards of the hole,...Uploaded:June 3, 2020
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E-News , Events , Invitational , News , Uncategorized March 2, 2020
WHAT’S IN THE PLAYER DNA
Gary Player is widely recognized as the greatest international golfer of all time. Black Knight International (BKI) has leveraged his success as a golfer on course into a global organization with multiple revenue streams that have expanded beyond traditional pro-athlete endorsement deals off the course. Today, BKI is a privately-owned company that has uniquely grown beyond its existing businesses and extend into a global luxury lifestyle brand rooted in sports, wellness and lifestyle. A courageous style of play fired by a fiercely competitive nature, an always courteous demeanor and a penchant for black attire on the golf course have given rise to the name by which Gary Player is known throughout the world as “The Black Knight.” The Black Knight brands include a wide range of luxury goods within the Gary Player Collection. Whether golf apparel, motivational memorabilia pieces, refined home accessories, or African inspired gifts, our product offering represents […]
E-News , Events , Invitational , News , Uncategorized March 2, 2020
GARY PLAYER INVITATIONAL TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AS THE BLACK KNIGHT SUPPORTS EQUALITY IN GOLF
For the first time, a professional field of exclusively ladies professional golfers will join sporting icon and Grand Slam Champion, Gary Player, in Abu Dhabi’s fifth consecutive Gary Player Invitational (GPI). Part of the world’s leading cause-related golf series, the 2020 event will take place on International Women’s Day, Sunday 8th March, as a call to action for accelerating equality in golf. Taking place at the award-winning, Gary Player-designed Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, among the pros confirmed is winner of the inaugural Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, Beth Allen, as well as leading Arab pro Maha Haddoui and regular GPI supporters Carly Booth, Amy Boulden, Olivia Cowan, Camilla Lennarth and Annabel Dimmock. First-time GPI participants include a sparkling blend of multiple Tour winners such as Florentyna Parker, Hannah Burke, Kylie Henry, Linda Wessberg and Becky Morgan, as well as up-and-coming stars Victoria Fricot and Sophie Lamb. Tournament founder, Marc Player […]
E-News , Events , Invitational , News January 31, 2020
PLAYER DESIGN’S GLOBAL PORTFOLIO ON DISPLAY IN LATEST GOLF DEGEST RANKINGS
The world renowned golf course architecture firm, Player Design, has influenced the golf world for decades. Beginning in the early 1980s, Player Design began crafting courses that were oriented around a philosophy of environmental sensitivity, sustainability, and playability for the average golfer. With this mantra in mind, Player Design has since crafted more than 400 courses that all are held to this optimal standard, and many of which have been listed in Golf Digest’s 2020 Best Golf Courses in Every Country. Kigali Golf Club The Links at Fancourt Leopard Creek Country Club Gary Player Country Club The Montagu at Fancourt Lost City Golf Course The Outenqua at Fancourt Saadiyat Beach Golf Club Nanjing Zhongshan International Golf Club DLF Golf and Country Club Delhi Golf and Country Club Ria Bintan Golf and Country Club Pun Hlaing Golf Club Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach Resort BlackSeaRama Golf and Villas Modry Las Golf […]
