Four South African golfers teed it up on Thursday in the 105th PGA Championship, the second Major of the year on the international golf calendar.
Mzansi’s top-ranked golfer Christiaan Bezuidenhout, ranked 77th on the world rankings, is the highest-ranked local hopeful to step onto the tee box at Oak Hills. The others are Ockie Strydom, featuring in his first Major, 26-year-old prospect Thristan Lawrence and veteran Dean Burmester.
And … Kaizer Chiefs is a massive brand here and beyond our borders. It comes with expectations and certain responsibilities. We pose the question if Arthur Zwane was the man to take them forward or are Chiefs supporters just too impatient to wait for a ‘project’ to start showing positive progress?
In this week’s edition of Talking Point, host Trevor Cramer is joined by renowned golf writer, broadcaster, Sunshine Tour publicist and published author Michael Vlismas in discussion about the second Major of the year, The Masters … and senior Citizen soccer scribe Sibongeseni Gumbi, who sees well beyond Kaizer Chiefs’ current woes.
The burning question, among other interesting discussion points, including the LIV Golf-PGA war and who the pundits’ favourites are, is when, if at all, will another South African claim a Major win? Between 1949 and 2012, our golfers lifted 22 Majors between them…Its now 11 years since the last Major triumph…but not in this particular tournament. Dare we dream?
And in our soccer segment, we also look ahead to the final week of the Dstv Premiership season. There’s a mini race unfolding for second spot and that final Caf Champions League spot. A two-way shootout between Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United…
Who will occupy the priceless top-eight sports and a ticket into the lucrative MTN8 and are we finally going to see the back of Chippa United and pesky Chippa Mpengesi and his travelling circus?
And…find out who Trevor an Sibongiseni’s FLOP and GOLD STAR of the week are in this very popular feature.
