Frost, Els pay tribute to former pro Westner
SOUTH African professional golfer David Frost and golfing great Ernie Els were among hundreds of people who were saddened after hearing about former pro golfer Wayne Westner’s suicide at his home in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.
Hours after news broke that Westner, 55, had forced his way into his home on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast and shot himself in front of his wife, Frost – who has 30 professional tournaments to his name – paid tribute to Westner on social media site Facebook.
Frost, who posted pictures of himself and US president-elect Donald Trump enjoying a round of golf on New Year’s Day at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, later commented that Westner had contacted him two weeks ago asking for help with his golf machine, Instant Golfer.
Frost divides his time between his Florida home in the US and Paarl in the Western Cape, where he owns a wine business.
Els took to Twitter saying it was a “sad day, our friend Wayne Westner passed today. Great memories thank you my friend”.
Hundreds of people posted tributes online expressing shock after hearing about Westner’s death.
KwaZulu-Natal police said Westner‚ died of a gunshot wound to the right side of his head yesterday.
Police spokesman LieutenantColonel Thulani Zwane said: “An inquest was opened after a man allegedly shot himself in front of his wife at Pennington today.
“Wayne Westner died in a shooting incident at the Gwala Gwala Estate in Rahle Road, Pennington, at about 8am.” A postmortem would be held. Zwane said it was believed that Westner’s wife was moving to Johannesburg when he arrived at the estate and forced his way in. – TMG Digital