4 Tour winners for FNB Nkonyeni Challenge
MBABANE – Big guns will take to the greens this morning in the FNB Eswatini Nkonyeni Challenge at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate.
The field to tee off this morning includes four of the last five winners on the Sunshine Tour, with Herman Loubser, Albert Venter, Rourke van der Spuy and Dylan Mostert all in the country for the E1 million-sponsored tournament.
According to the sunshine tour. com, Ryan van Velzen, who is currently leading the Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year race, is also in the field. Van Velzen has had a strong season FIRST ROUND DRAW: so far including a finish of tied fourth in June’s KitKat Group Pro-Am and has missed only one cut in his last five Sunshine Tour tournaments.
The 54-hole tournament on a championship golf course located on the banks of Usuthu River tees off with the winner set to take home about
E150 000, according to sources.
“The tournament also signals the start of an important stretch of tournaments through to November including the Vodacom Origins of Golf series, the SunBet Challenge Series and several new tournaments. It’s a crucial part of the season for the local professionals as they hone their games for the upcoming summer tournaments co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour,” reads part of the article on sunshinetour.com.
The Sunshine Tour’s Papwa Sewgolum Class of transformation professionals will also be well represented in this event, including Dylan Naidoo and Heinrich Bruiners as well as younger stars such as Franklin Manchest and Karabo Mokoena.