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A SNAPSHOT IN TIMEGary Player, circa 1970s.Uploaded:September 30, 2018
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E-News , Events , Invitational , News November 20, 2018
Davidse overawed by Gary Player’s invitation to join the stars in “Golf and Giving”
Sunshine Tour professional Keenan Davidse was at home having dinner when he received a phone call informing him that Gary Player had personally invited him to join some of the biggest stars in golf, sport, entertainment and business playing in the Gary Player Invitational presented by Coca-Cola. The event will take place at The Lost City Golf Course from 22-25 November. “It was unreal. I was blown away. I couldn’t even finish my meal after that. I mean, this is Gary Player we’re talking about,” said Davidse. The young professional has been given the opportunity of a lifetime to tee it up in a field including the Black Knight himself, as well as World Golf Hall of Famer, entrepreneur, and iconic star of women’s golf Annika Sorenstam, former Masters champion and European Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam, 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman, former South African Open champion Richard Sterne, Irish […]
Gary Player Design was voted ‘Golf Course Designer of the Year’ at the 5th annual World Golf Awards held at La Manga Club, Spain earlier this month. Gary Player accepted the award on behalf of the company, saying, “Thank you for voting us as Golf Designer of the Year. It has given our team great pleasure to leave golf courses that people will play in a thousand years’ time.” World Golf Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world-class courses and golf destinations. Launched in 2014, World Golf Awards aims to drive up standards within the golf tourism industry by rewarding the organizations that are leaders in their field. Votes are cast by professionals working within the golf industry and by the public. Chris Frost, Managing Director, World Golf Awards, said: “We have had the privilege of recognising the leading golf courses, hotels, resorts and tour operators […]
Gary Player was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 World Golf Awards held at La Manga Club in Spain earlier this month for his contributions to the golf industry. The World Golf Awards celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world-class courses and golf destinations. Launched in 2014, World Golf Awards aims to drive up standards within the golf tourism industry by rewarding the organizations that are leaders in their field. Player accepted his award and thanked World Golf Awards’ Managing Director Chris Frost for all of his work in organizing the World Golf Awards and “for promoting this game we are all so terribly grateful for.” Gary Player, through his professional career on the course as well as his involvement in the golf industry off the course, has done so much to promote the game of golf around the world. Through Gary Player Design, Player has designed […]
