Times of Eswatini

Top 40, over 50k for Nobuhle

- BY SANELE JELE

MBABANE – Talk about starting the year on a high note.

That is the story of Lobamba-born ace golfer Nobuhle Dlamini, who looks determined to reach for the stars in this season’s Sunshine Ladies Tour. She has just earned herself E51 116.80 in the Investec South African Women Open, which was concluded this past weekend. Her opening

Date 10/02/23 10/02/23 15/02/23 22/02/23 01/03/23 08/03/23

DLAMINI SUNSHINE TOUR RECORD SO FAR:

Event

Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am Cape Town Ladies Open

Jabra Ladies Classic

Joburg Ladies Open

Investec SA Women’s Open

round of 69 proved to be the difference on the road to finishing on a fair threeunder-par 285 after four rounds.

The competitio­n was played at Steenberg Golf Club from Wednesday to Saturday. Overall, Dlamini came position 33 out of over 130 golfers. According to informatio­n sourced from the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s website, Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa clinched the Investec South African Women’s Open Championsh­ip by a four-stroke margin. “In the end, the final round of Buhai’s fourth national title was something of a victory lap,

Rank best round ScoreWinni­ngs (E) 14= 70 222 60 000 8= 67 209 5 000

7= 15= 33=

72 73 69

210 289 285

28 825 98 430 51 116.80

as she started the day with a four-stroke edge.

Her four-under-par 68 to finish the Sunshine Ladies Tour and Ladies European Tour’s co-sanctioned tournament meant the gap was still four after runner-up Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain also carded a 68,” reads the shared informatio­n in part.

After the Investec, Dlamini has managed to rake in E243 371 in less than three months.

She earned E65 000 in the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am and over E28 000 in the Jabra Ladies Classic and E98 000 in the Joburg Ladies Open, among other winnings.

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