Golf challenge coming to Namibia

Namibia has been awarded the bid to host the 2020 All Africa Golf Challenge Trophy. The tournament will attract close to 20 countries from Africa to compete in the golf competition. The tournament was recently held in Lesotho and three golfers from Namibia took part. Namibia came fifth in the tournament where only six countries took part.Each country is allowed to enter a team of up to four golfers but Namibia only featured three golfers, Adri Pienaar, Angie Lohmann and Brenda Lens.Pienaar, a senior golfer said that she has been playing golf for 18 years and their poor performance at the tournament was due to the fact that one of their team members was not present. “She had to stay behind due to a family emergency but the tournament was organised very well and we build positive ties with our neighbouring ladies golf unions,” Pienaar explained.She said golf as a sport is a growing adding that it is very expensive to take part for both male and female players. “There are many young golfers across Africa except for Namibia as it is expensive. In order to promote the sport, coaches need the right qualifications as well as sponsors as equipment is costly,” she said. The three-day challenge takes place every second year and teams from Southern Africa regions compete for the honour to be regional champions. Limba Mupetami

Golf challenge coming to Namibia

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Namibian Sun 2025-03-07

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