Beaver is still ‘King’ at the Wild Coast
THERE’S never a dull moment when you play or pitch up at Sun International’s Wild Coast Sun Country Club. You will receive a welcome like in no other golf venue in the country. There’s something about the place that tells you that you are in for one of the best days of your life.
That’s all because of one man, who has become a legend in his own right and who has built a reputation of enjoying life to the full.
That man is the big burly Fred Beaver, who turns 62 in August. A true professional and a gentleman you can trust when you desperately need a game at the last minute if you are in the vicinity of the Wild Coast Sun Country Club.
“We are in the hospitality and those who are in my position – no matter where you are based – must understand that golf is going through tough times locally and in the rest of the world. We’ve got to be accommodating. We have to be flexible but most important enthusiastic about being in this job as a PGA professional,” Beaver said.
Over the years Beaver has hosted the likes of Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Nick Price, Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Jose Maria Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club and has learned a lot while being part of Skins and other top international events there.
The big man has been the only PGA professional at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club since the day it opened its doors in September 1982.
“It has been a wonderful journey – the Wild Coast Sun Country Club is a magic layout and has never been altered, re-shaped or re-designed from day one. Everyone – there have been world class players out here and everyone has enjoyed the challenges this course has