Meshack is ESRIC Golf Pro champ
EZULWINI – Professional golfer Meshack Zwane is the new Eswatini Royal Insurance Corporation( ESRIC) Professional Golf Tournament champion.
Zwane displayed a stellar performance in the ESRIC Professionals golf tour nament to dethrone the longest reigning champion, Raymond Mathonsi. Zwane netted 146 points followed by Oscar Dube with 147 and third place winner Brandon Rennie, who scored 149 points. The latter has managed to defend his championship five consecutive times before giving in to Zwane.
The two-day tournament which started on Saturday and ended yesterday on t he green soft he Royal Swazi Spa featured 11 professional golfers and 23 amateurs who participated in the final day of the competition.
With a sponsorship package of E60 000 to be played for in six months, the professionals competed f or E10 000 cash prize and the amateurs shared E2 000. Half of the cash prizes were awarded to the champions and the balance was shared by the other top scorers.
Taking to the podium where he received his prize from ESRIC General Manager Mandla Dlamini, Zwane thanked the Eswatini Professional Golfers Association, the sponsor and the other golfers for their contribution to the success of the competition.
“I believe next time it will be harder for me to get up here. I would like to thank all the golfers for participating in the tournament because without them I wouldn’t be a champion. Thank you to the sponsor and the committee for their dedication and commitment,” said Zwane.
Encouraged
On behalf of the E PG A, golf er S if is oDh la mini encouraged other golfers, caddies and lovers of the sport to share constructive ideas for the betterment of Eswatini golf and appreciated the sponsor for giving the professional golfers game time despite the prevalent circumstances resulting from the outbreak of COVID- 19.
“Not all ideas come from the committee. We are servants of the people and would like to have an inclusive sharing of ideas in a constructive and respect able manner. Let us try and build this together and make it our own ,” said Dhlamini.