adminA total of 24 women golfers from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana will feature in the A and B triangular series practice round at Chapman this morning.
The tournament has four representatives from each country in the foursomes and singles format.
Zambia are the defending champions and they are bullish about their prospects of defending their title.
Zimbabwe have a strong side that has new and seasoned players.
Sally Preston is now the team captain and, having travelled with the team last year, is expected to bring in the experience.
Marita Kahwema, the ZLGU president who is the former B division captain, is also in the team.
Meanwhile, veteran professional golfer Nicholas Nyamazana, who passed away on Saturday, was laid to rest at Warren Hills cemetery yesterday.
Nyamazana (64) suffered from ulcers.
He won several accolades as an amateur golfer before turning professional in 1987 at Gleneagles.
He won the Castle Cup golf tournament (1981), the Rothmans Cup in 1984 and the Gleneagles Open.
“It is with great sorrow that we learnt of the death of a fellow golfer who was committed to the development of the game,” the Zimbabwe Professional Golfers’ Association said in a statement.
“To his family we pass our condolences and we are with them in these trying times.”
Zimbabwean golfer Brendon de Jonge finished 19th at the John Deere Classic in the US PGA in Illinois on Sunday.
De Jonge as impressive and consistent in all four rounds as he shot 68, 68, 67 and 69.
Zach Johnson won the tournament after a playoff with Troy Matteson.
They were eight strokes clear of De Jonge.
Online Reporter