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PERFECT YOUR GAME 🏌‍♂️Another in our series of popular Instruction and Tips videos to help you get the best from your ga...
23/06/2026

PERFECT YOUR GAME 🏌‍♂️

Another in our series of popular Instruction and Tips videos to help you get the best from your game. Renowned South African coach, Grant Hepburn, shows you what you need to do to shave more strokes off your score.

Watch the Instruction videos via the link in the comments and start playing smarter. ⛳️

MALCOLM MARXThe current World Rugby Player of the Year and two-time Springbok World Cup-winner began playing golf just o...
22/06/2026

MALCOLM MARX

The current World Rugby Player of the Year and two-time Springbok World Cup-winner began playing golf just over a decade ago.

We catch up with Malcolm Marx who hits the ball a mile off the tee, and has his handicap down to single figures. Read the full feature in Issue 33, link in the comments.🏌️‍♂️🏉



Squad RSA Rugby Gaming Group

BRRRR! BRACE YOURSELF 🥶In the first of a two-part series, leading fitness coach Gavim Groves tells us about the effects ...
20/06/2026

BRRRR! BRACE YOURSELF 🥶

In the first of a two-part series, leading fitness coach Gavim Groves tells us about the effects winter has on your body – and what to do.

Winter golf isn’t just uncomfortable – it’s physiologically different. Find out how to beat the chill via the link in the comments.

SPECIAL TALENTThere is no better example of golf being a game for everyone than with South Africa’s best-ever Special Ol...
19/06/2026

SPECIAL TALENT

There is no better example of golf being a game for everyone than with South Africa’s best-ever Special Olympics player. A two-time gold medallist at the Special Olympics, in 2007 and 2011, Tom Lugg recently completed his list of birding every hole at Krugersdorp Golf Club.

Read our Tom Lugg feature - a story of grit, family and the love of the game. His journey will stay with you, plus you'll also learn some fun facts about Lugg.

Click the link in the comments.



Golf Club

CLUB CORNER ⛳️Every month we invite golf clubs to contact us to be featured in The Golf Mag. This issue we chat with the...
18/06/2026

CLUB CORNER ⛳️

Every month we invite golf clubs to contact us to be featured in The Golf Mag. This issue we chat with the Ladies Captain of Eagle Canyon CC, Maxcine Pillay. She addresses all aspects of her role, including the Queens of the Greens Beginner Programme, which has been a hit in growing the game.

In the full article you'll discover there's a lot more to Eagle Canyon than meets the eye - from the lifestyle estate facilities on offer, to why the 19th hole is one worth sticking around for. Link in the comments.



Pillay

MAIN EVENTThe 2026 Majors are coming thick and fast and this month it’s the men’s US Open. The venue is Shinnecock Hills...
17/06/2026

MAIN EVENT

The 2026 Majors are coming thick and fast and this month it’s the men’s US Open. The venue is Shinnecock Hills, a happy hunting ground for South Africans with Retief Goosen winning there in 2004. Here we look at what awaits this week.

Can another South African conquer Shinnecock's brutal test again? Turn the page for more major stories, player insights and the moments set to shape this championship. ⛳ Link in the comments.



Retief Goosen

Happy birthday to Yurav Premlall! 🎉Read our Yurav Premlall cover feature from our latest Issue (33). Link in the comment...
17/06/2026

Happy birthday to Yurav Premlall! 🎉

Read our Yurav Premlall cover feature from our latest Issue (33). Link in the comments.

KNOW YOUR RULES – AND WIN!The latest in our series of situations encountered by everyday golfers, and what the correct p...
15/06/2026

KNOW YOUR RULES – AND WIN!

The latest in our series of situations encountered by everyday golfers, and what the correct procedures are.

In this month's feature we look at the rulings around the playing of a provisional ball – when to hit one, and what to do in a variety of scenarios.

Plus, you could win with Cobra Puma if you get our ruling question right. Click the link in the comments to enter today.

Competition closes: 28 June 2026
Good luck! 🏌‍♂️



Cobra Golf

SUNSHINE TOUR STORIESA feature of the achievements of South African golfers is that different players won certain tourna...
13/06/2026

SUNSHINE TOUR STORIES

A feature of the achievements of South African golfers is that different players won certain tournaments a number of times – none more impressive than Gary Player and Ernie Els in the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth. Here’s another extract from The Sunshine Boys book.

Read the full feature, answer the competition question, and you could be in with a chance to win. Link in the comments.



Tour Player Els

ON THE RISEAmbitious, grounded, determined – there’s another impressive young talent making her way through the ranks. I...
12/06/2026

ON THE RISE

Ambitious, grounded, determined – there’s another impressive young talent making her way through the ranks. Isabella Ferreira’s story is one of resilience, friendship, and ambition, a reminder that sometimes the most extraordinary paths begin in the most ordinary backyards.

She only picked up a club because lockdown was boring. Now she's winning in Egypt, surviving five-hole playoffs, and plotting her path. Read her full story in Vol.33. (link in the comments).

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