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THE Sunshine Tour yesterday took temporary control of Royal Harare Golf Club for this year’s edition of the FBC Zimbabwe Open golf tournament, which tees off on Thursday through to Sunday. Sunshine Tour director, Garry Todd, was given the greenlight to host the country’s premier golf event.
“We are happy as the Sunshine Tour to be back here in Zimbabwe, and we are grateful to Royal Harare management and staff for giving us the course.
‘‘We promise that we will make sure we will try to leave it in the good condition as we saw it,” said Todd.
The club was founded in 1898 by a group of golf lovers. The course was established on the current location in 1901.
The original course, with its ‘‘sand greens,’’ was very differently laid out from the current design.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe golf team, which left the country for Eswatini for the Region five championship is confident of doing well.
The region five tournament will tee off this morning at Ezulwini Golf and Country Club.
The team captain Kelvin Muchenje, said he is happy to be representing the country.
“It is an honour to be part of the delegation, and I am looking forward to doing well.
“We have a strong team, and we are looking forward to the tournament,” said Muchenje.
Bunjiwe Mkwananzi