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Contents 

REGULARS 

8 Editor’s Comment 

14 Letters 

16 Golf SnapShots 

28 Tuition 

136 Batty About Golf 

FEATURES 

54 CLUB SPOTLIGHT 

Augusta Golf Club 

25 STAR FEATURE 

Samuel L. Jackson 

62 THE BRITISH OPEN 

A preview of golf’s most lucrative 

tour, past and present players 

34 PGA TOUR 2014 


tour, tournaments and players 

RULES 

76 The R&A launches Online Rules 

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1958 

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1959 

1961 

1971 

1984 

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42 54 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

OVER 150 YEARS OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP . 

READ ABOUT BROKEN REPUTATIONS, HOW IT 

PROMPTED SCENES OF UTTER DESPAIR AND 

UNTRAMMELLED JOY. 

GOLF TOURISM 

THE MOUNTAIN 

GORILLA 

UGANDA’S 

PRIZED ASSET 

66 

2014 KEY 

INSTRUCTION 

ISSUE 

TOP TIPS FROM 

3 TEACHING PROS 

From hilarious to splendid, 

check out how our local 

golfers’ dress on the course 

STAR 

FEATURE 

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FILMS TO FAIRWAYS 

PHIL MICKELSON 

GUNNING FOR US OPEN 

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MANAGING EDITOR 

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62 

TUITION 

66 Bunker Shots 

The correct set Up for successful 

Bunker shots 

70 Tee Instruction 

How to create controlled 

power from the tee 

72 Swing 

How do we control the distance? 

74 Pitch Shot 

How to pull off the straight-arm 

pitch shot 

SPECIALS 

32 EQUIPMENT 

Our expert blows the lid on some 

of golf’s biggest misconceptions 

20 TEE OFF IN STYLE 

Check out who made it to our list 

of trendy dressing on the course 

30 JINJA GOLF CLUB 


tour, tournaments and players 

34 TOUR TALK 

A preview of PGA, golf’s most 

lucrative tour, tournaments and 

players 

38 KENYA OPEN 

A talk with Jake Roos on winning 

the Kenya Open 2014 

48 ONITO MEMORIAL 

A tribute to the godfather of 

Uganda golf - Sadi Onito and how 

he influenced the game thus far. 

61 FORWARD TEES 

How bregman won the zambia 

ladies open 

SNAP SHOTS 

8 Local, Regional and 

international stories doing 

the rounds and so much 

more captured in this 

section. 

24 GOLF TRAVEL 

The mountain gorilla 

26 ON THE TEE 

Mwanja Baker 

58 COVER FEATURE 

Mickelson wants Fourth Masters 

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YOUR 

LETTERS 

LIRA GOLF 

COURSE NOW 

PICKING UP THE 

PIECES. 

Last year, the Lira Golf Course saw its first piece of action in 

eight years! Mukwano Group of Companies through its Aqua 

Sipi brand threw its weight behind the Lira Open. The tournament 

returned some familiar winners in the Entebbe Club pair 

of Willy Deus Kitata for gross and Vincent Byamukama in the 

professionals, to mention but two. 

There were smiles at the prize giving ceremony, but there was 

no running away from the fact that courses in the countryside 

such as Lira grapple with numerous travails. Lira Golf 

Course’s eight-year lull was attributed to financial bottlenecks 

that meant that various equipment couldn’t be at its disposal. 

Thankfully, the Uganda Golf Union has promised to avail Lira 

Sports and Golf Association with a gang mower and green cutter. 

This will no doubt come in handy for the association. 

Truth be told, a return to its glory days is still some way off! 

Lira Golf Course was once upon a time an 18-hole links golf 

course. It prided itself in having the longest par five in the Commonwealth. 

The par five in question stretched a jaw-dropping 

600 plus yards! Now, the links is without doubt a shadow of its 

former self. 

Lira Golf Course has however been redesigned. A nine-hole 

golf course has been carved out from the remaining piece of 

land and still boosts of the ninth(eighteenth) hole that is still a 

three piece hole even for the long hitters. But it does still in dire 

need of support to enable the small playing membership at the 

club maintain the existing facilities since the major part of the 

course was eaten up by developers. 

Doug Omony, Lira 

8 | Golf Uganda - IssueOne 2014 

TEAM UGANDA TAKES A 

STEP BACK FOR EVERY 

TWO IN FRONT 

An eighth placement at the just-ended Africa Zone VI Golf 

Championships represents a downswing for the national 

amateur golf team not just because they finished sixth in the 

same tournament the last time they participated in 2012, but 

because a lot was done to make Team Uganda competitive. 

In a bid to make Team Uganda formidable, a grueling qualification 

process swung into action. Team Uganda hopefuls 

were expected to bring their A game to the qualifiers that 

took place at both the Entebbe and Kitante golf courses. 

Past reputations counted for nothing during the qualification 

process as indeed reigning Uganda Open champion, 

Peter Ssendaula, can attest. The form book was shredded as 

Ssendaula failed to make the cut in what, by all measures, 

was an intricate process. 

The team got to Stellenbosch in time to acquaint itself with 

the picturesque 18-hole championship golf course at Devonvale 

Golf & Wine Estate that straddles 5,075m. A university 

town just east of Cape Town, South Africa, Stellenbosch had 

congregated a dozen countries that among others included 

the hosts South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Swaziland and 

Kenya. 

Uganda never recovered from an inauspicious start that saw 

it collect a whole of two points during the opening singles 

round of this tournament that’s played on the match play 

format. Adolf Muhumuza and the quietly effective Robert 

Oluba were responsible for the points after securing varying 

wins. While Muhumuza had to grit his teeth en route to 

shrugging off Malawi’s Sam Mayuni 1up, the unassuming 

Oluba saw off Mozambican Domingo Maibasse 7&6. 

Big guns like team captain Phillip Kasozi (lost to Botswana’s 

Nabeel Desai 3&2) and Willy Deus Kitata (lost 6&4 at the 

hands of Kenya’s Tony Omuli) fell by the wayside. 

Uganda has traditionally fared dismally in the four-balls and 

foursomes, so no eyelids were batted when a combined 

three points were tallied from eight of those rounds on day 

two. The final singles round on the third day yielded four 

points, with Kitata beating Namibia’s Douw van Wyk 4&3. 

Oluba continued in his purple patch, seeing off Zambia’s 

Peter Munyinga 2up. The same score was replicated by 

Kasozi who got the better of Lesotho’s Yuliang Tsai, Ronald 

Rugumayo was the other Ugandan to register a win, beating 

Kenya’s top dog Tony Omuli 1up. 

In all truth, though, it was a bitterly disappointing campaign. 

A lot needs to be done to make Team Uganda competitive. 

It was invariably going to be difficult to upstage the likes of 

South Africa, which has 19 titles tucked under its belt, but at 

least a top five finish would have sufficed. So, hello drawing 

board, it is. Or is it! 

Robert Madoi, Kampala 

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INTRODUCTION 

FROM THE EDITOR 

New beginnings 

Walking towards a tee box for the very first time can be such an 

intimidating -- even frightening -- prospect. With new beginnings come 

great apprehensions. Fear of the unknown, though, is known to have 

stopped many from scaling the heights. 

We hope you will conquer your fear of the unknown and commence 

on a new beginning with us. Ours is a golfing read that is unparalleled 

across the country. We have set out to bring you up to speed with what 

happens when you have your golf spikes on and when you don’t; when 

you have a gin and tonic in hand and when you don’t. 

In this edition of Golf Uganda, we have put the spotlight on one of the 

world’s most amazing courses -- Augusta. We give a lowdown on the 

picturesque host of the US Open and the history of the course. 

Take time to read this well-assembled edition! 

We also dwell on the new era that Uganda Golf Union president, 

Kiryowa Kiwanuka, is trying to tee off. KK, as he is affectionately known, 

has some big plans under his sleeve for the national amateur golf team. 

We put them under the microscope. 

The first major of the year teed off at Augusta National and the big 

hitting Bubba Watson exhibited his A game taming the famed par 

fives with his humongous drives, perfect approaches to the extremely 

lightening greens to win his second green jacket in three years in a 

thrilling battle on masters Sunday. 

As well as putting our finger on the pulse of the game, we keep you 

updated about what professional lady golfer Norah Kagonyera has been 

up to and we also highlight the upcoming major events. 

We hope you will enjoy leafing through this edition, and above all that 

you will get a hang of it! 

Good Golfing! 

Edwin Tumusiime 

Editor 


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TOUR GOLF 

The PGA TOUR and Sky Sports have announced 

an extension of their existing 

broadcast agreement for the United Kingdom 

and Ireland whereby Sky will continue 

to have exclusive rights to televise live 

all PGA TOUR tournaments through 2021, 

including the biennial Presidents Cup. 

In addition to all Fed Ex Cup tournaments 

and the Presidents Cup, the PGA TOUR will 

also license Sky additional live content for 

its television and digital platforms. This will 

include featured group coverage of European 

members of the PGA TOUR several 

times per year. 

“Sky is the preeminent sports network in 

the United Kingdom and has been a valued 

broadcast partner of the PGA TOUR,” said 

PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem. 

“The TOUR and Sky strongly believe in 

the value of our existing relationship and 

are excited about the future, a future that 

includes compelling new content that is 

tailor-made for tournament telecasts in the 

U.K.” 

Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky 

Sports, said: “Sky Sports is the U.K.’s home 

of golf, with more of the best coverage of the 

best players competing in the best events 

than anywhere else. This new agreement 

with the PGA TOUR is huge for us, enabling 

us to guarantee our viewers long-term U.S. 

golf coverage for the next eight years.” 

The customized content is the first deliverable 

from the TOUR’s new Transmission 

Hub, a mobile production facility that was 

developed to greatly enhance the TOUR’s 

capability to produce and distribute specific 

live content for digital platforms and international 

television broadcasts directly from 

tournament sites. The Hub has the capability 

of taking 10 simultaneous live feeds from 

the golf course, from single camera to full 

production. 

“We are very excited about what we will be 

able to accomplish through the Hub,” said 

Rick Anderson, PGA TOUR Executive Vice 

President for Television & Digital Media. “Delivering 

customized content to markets like 

the United Kingdom allows us to better serve 

our fans by providing deeper coverage of the 

players they want to follow.” 

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Bowditch 

hangs on to 

win Valero 

Texas Open 

“Every time I got out of check, looking 

ahead to the Masters and winning 

golf events and making my speeches 

before I was finished, I had to pull 

myself in check every time” 

Steven Bowditch held on to win the 

Valero Texas Open in windy conditions 

Sunday for his first PGA TOUR victory 

and a spot in the Masters. 

The 30-year-old Australian bogeyed 

the par-5 18th for a 4-over 76 for a 

one-stroke victory. 

“I’m over the moon. I really can’t 

believe it,” said Bowditch, who 

attempted suicide in 2006 and has 

fought depression throughout his 

career. 

It was the highest closing score by 

a winner since Vijay Singh finished 

with a 4-over 76 in the 2004 PGA 

Championship, and the highest in a 

non-major since Fred Couples had a 

5-over 77 in the 1983 Kemper Open. 

Bowditch finished at 8-under 280 

at TPC San Antonio and earned 

$1,116,000. 

“Every time I got out of check, looking 

ahead to the Masters and winning 

golf events and making my speeches 

before I was finished, I had to pull 

myself in check every time,” said 

Bowditch, wearing a green shirt. 

“And it happened a lot today.” 

Bowditch, based in Dallas, 

entered the week 339th in the 

world and had only two top-10 

finishes in eight years on the 

TOUR. He won once on the 

Australasian circuit and twice on 

the Web.com Tour. 

“He’s been a battler. He’s gone 

through a lot in his life,” said John 

Senden, a fellow Australian who 

won the Valspar Championship 

a few weeks ago. Senden waited 

about an hour after his round to 

shake Bowditch’s hand. 

“That last putt wasn’t his best, but 

to finish it off he was as cool as a 

cucumber really,” Senden said. 

“I’m proud to be his mate.” 

Will MacKenzie and Daniel 

Summerhays tied for second. 

MacKenzie shot 70, and 

Summerhays had a 71. 

Chesson Hadley and Ryan Palmer 

missed chances to get into the 

Masters through the top 50 in 

the Official World Golf Ranking. 

Hadley, the Puerto Rico Open 

presented by seepuertorico. 

com winner, needed at least a 

sixth-place finish, but closed 

with an 80 to tie for 56th at 5 

over. Palmer needed a topthree 

finish and had an 82 to 

also tie for 56th. 

Bowditch played the front nine 

in 3-over 39, making a double 

bogey on the par-4 fourth. 

He countered a bogey on the 

par-3 13th with a birdie on the 

par-5 14th and made three pars 

before missing a 3-foot par putt 

and settling for a bogey on 18. 

On the par-3 16th, he got upand-down 

after missing the 

green. He pushed his drive on 

the par-4 17th, hit his approach 

on the green and two-putted, 

and then pulled his tee shot 

left on 18, recovered with 

a shot to the fairway and 

reached the green in three. 

“I just drew back on some 

experience,” Bowditch said. 

MacKenzie made a 13-foot 

birdie putt on the 17th to pull 

within a stroke of Bowditch, 

but the Australian tapped in 

from 2 feet for his birdie at 

No. 14 to push the advantage 

back to two. 

Matt Kuchar and Andrew 

Loupe shot 75s to tie for 

fourth at 6-under. 


SNAP SHOTS 

LEADERBOARD 

Overall Winner 

Sam Zaramba 39 pts 

Gold 

Okullo A 33 pts c/b 

Platinum 

Apuuli Basaliza 27 pts 

Muhinda R 

Silver 

33 pts 

Diamond 

Onyango G M 34 pts c/b 

Egaddu G 38 pts 

Kareeba C 34 pts 

Rutta A. R. 33 pts Bronze 

Kazinduki F 34 pts c/b 

Suresh P 34 pts 

Date: 2014 

Event: Smile telecommunications Seniors Tourney 

Venue: Kitante Golf Course 

Winner’s Cheque: 

Zaramba smiles away at 

Smile Seniors tourney 

Sam Zaramba unleashed his A game at the first senior’s event 

of the year sponsored by Smile telecommunications. The 

tournament was held at the Uganda Golf Club’s par 72 Kitante 

course. 

Dr Zaramba returned an amazing 39 stable ford points on the 

dry and fast running course to emerge overall winner of this 

event meant for male players aged fifty five and above. The 

golfers were categorized in five different age groups of platinum 

(80 years and above), Diamond (70 to 79 years), Gold (65 to 69 

years), Silver (60 to 64 years) and bronze (55 to 59 years). Each 

category returned a different winner. Francis Kazinduki Francis 

won the bronze group on count back with 34 stable ford points. 

GM Onyango was the top dog in the silver group thanks to a 

return of 34 points. He too won on count back. Anthony Okullo, 

with 33 points, emerged victor in the. George Egaddu returned 

38 points to win the diamond category. The platinum age 

category was won by Apuuli Basaliza from Tooro Club. 

In the subsidiary event for men not of age and women (they 

all are not of age, aren’t they!), groups A, B, and C winners were 

Oballim Michael with 39 points, Onaba Gavin with 37 points and 

Ansasira Badru with 36 points respectively. 

Meanwhile, the ladies displayed some amazing golf with Monica 

Ntege returned 42 stable ford points to win category A and 

Mukuru Connie carding 40 points to win category B. 

Date: 2014 

Event: Jinja Caddies Golf Open 

Venue: Jinja Golf course 

SAMANYA BEATS 

CADDIES IN JINJA 

It was emotional but worthwhile after home boy David Samanya claimed 

the Jinja Caddies Golf Open held at the par 72 Jinja Golf course. 

Samanya who plays off handicap six was good to go on his own turf as he 

claimed the overall gross crown on a day when he beat 55 other caddies 

and artisan golfers. The Jinja based caddy that has been playing golf since 

the age of 8 returned 38 at the front and 36 on the second nine for a two 

over parr score of 74 gross. 

“I am lost for words and I don’t know what to say,” an emotional Samanya 

said. “I have won several awards in tournaments here with my fellow 

caddies but this one was a special one for me.” 

Brian Omirambe, was the men’s nett winner with 64 while John Koto was 

runner-up with 65. The women’s crown went to Julia Nampewo with 70 

nett while Loyce Bako was runner-up with 71 nett. The junior’s category 

was won by Rogers Eyoyo with 62 nett and Godfrey Nsubuga came 

second with 64 nett. The best artisan was Jersey Odiiri with 77 gross. 

The tournament was sponsored by Footage Innovations, Gomba Fishing 

Industry, Jinja Club and some individual members of Jinja club. It was 

organized by former national team golfer, Abbey Bagalana, who intends 

to make it a rotational event amongst other Clubs. 

The tournament attracted caddies from Jinja Club, Entebbe Club, 

Namulonge golf club, Mehta 


Gross 

Winner David Samanya 74 gross 

1st runner-up 

Ashiraf Bagalana 78 gross 

2nd runner up 

Phillip Kasango 79 gross 

3rd runner up 

Joram Obita 80 gross 

Artisans Winner 

Jessey Odiri 77 gross 

Runner up 

Ronald Mabonga 81 gross 

Nett Winner 

Brian Omirambe 64 nett 

1st Runner up 

James Koto 65 nett 

2nd Runner up 

Jimmy Okware 66 nett 

Junior Winner 

Rogers Eyoyo 62 nett 

Runner up 

Godfrey Nsubuga 64 nett 

Ladies 

Gross winner 

Joweria Namanda 101 gross 

Runner up 

Violet Nabachwa 102 gross 

Nett Winner 

Julia Napewo 70 nett 

Runner up 

Loyce Bako 71 nett

Mercedes releases 

high tech golf cart 

If carrying your bag, having a caddie, using a pushcart, 

taking a gas cart, taking an electric cart, or using 

Bubba’s hover-cart doesn’t work for you, Mercedes just 

might have the answer. 

With help from submissions from the golfing public, 

Mercedes released their design for a new cart during 

the British Open, which is not yet in production. 

Coupling the future “Vision Golf Cart” owner’s needs 

with their own “Sensual Purity” philosophy, Mercedes 

got rid of the standard clunky steering wheel and 

replaced it with a joystick that sits between the driver 

and passenger seats -- so there are no more awkward 

arguments about who gets to drive. 

Date: 2014 

Event: UPGA 

Little to choose 

from amongst the 

professional golfers 

The new season for the Ugandan professionals has returned four different 

winners. All tournaments were held in March and April. Deo Akope led 

the way when his one under par score of 71saw him pick up the Lady 

Captain’s Prize at the Uganda Golf Club Kitante course. Akope held his 

nerve on a terribly wet day to win the season-opening tournament by 

two strokes from Brian Mwesigwa. 

But if the first tournament was a little straightforward, the second was 

anything but. The Captain’s Prize saw Fred Wanzala, Vincent Byamukama 

and Herman Mutawe all return scores of two under par 70 to the Uganda 

Golf Club (UGC) clubhouse and thus a tie for the lead. This meant that a 

sudden death playoff was needed to separate the trio starting with the 

12th hole. Wanzala’s superb tee short gifted him a simple approach short 

to the green and a two putt for par on UGC’s stroke index one hole left 

the other struggling for their breath. Byamukama’s tee short had gone far 

right and Mutawe’s had gone left into lake kareeba; the famous water 

hazard on the left of the hole named after Mr Charles Kareeba, a former 

captain at the Club. The two only managed to make it to the green in 

four and five shorts respectively handing the pint-sized Fred Wanzala 

from Jinja Club a rare victory. 

When the Uganda Golf Union President’s Shield took centre-stage oiled 

by Serena Hotels and resorts, it was Dennis Anguyo’s chance to shine. 

Fresh from playing in his maiden Kenya Open where he -- together with 

Akope -- failed to make the cut, Anguyo followed up his day one score 

of one under par 71 at the Palm Valley Golf and Country Club course 

with a one over par 73 at the Kitante course for a total of 144 gross 

score. This was enough to designate the towering golfer with the top 

dog’s crown. Many go the golfer had found the going tough at the par 

72 Kitanate course, but none more than Herman Mutawe, the day one 

leader fizzled out of contention after shooting an incredibly bad round 

of 12 over par 84! This was a far cry from the Mutawe who had tamed 

the Palm Valley greens on day one when he returned a two under par 70 

to the clubhouse. 

Vincent Byamukama shot 148 gross (73, 75) to place second and Deo 

Akope on 149 gross (76, 73) came in third. Saidi Mawa with 151 gross 

(77, 74) and Brian Mwesigwa on 152 gross (74, 78) completed the top 

five positions. Ten million shillings was up for grabs in the tournament. 

In the fourth event of the new season held in Kabale during the Easter 

holidays at the par 68 hilly and tricky Kabale golf Club, 

While there were four different winners in the first three tournaments 

held under the Uganda Professional Golfers’ Association umbrella, there 

was one unifying strand. Throughout the various tournaments, that 

eyesore of professional golfers caddying was commonplace. Akope, 

who had a caddie, says that nothing much should be read into such 

goings-on. He adds that, “at times the pros don’t want to get distracted 

by the caddies who often want to advise one on how to play”. 

Not so very convincing, Deo! Certainly, there’s more than meets the eye! 

The failure of a growing number of Ugandan professional golfers to hire 

caddies points to probably a deep malaise. That, though, is a topic for 

another day! 


Phillip Kasozi claims the MTN grand finale. 

National golfer Philip Kasozi won the MTN mug of mugs on Friday at the parr 72 Uganda 

Golf Club course when he returned a one under gross score of 71 beating Gerald Kabuye 

into second position on count back. Kasozi playing off handicap plus 2 beat a strong 

field of over 160 golfers to claim the overall prize in the men’s category and his day was 

crowned when he also won the longest drive contest. 

Allan Muhereza playing off handicap 8 was winner in the men’s group A with 65 nett and 

also the nearest to the pin prize while Group B was taken by Wu Kun with 63 nett. Dan 

Muzaale claimed group C with 69 nett on count back. 

In the ladies category, Flavia Namakula playing off handicap 1 returned 71 gross and 

hence claimed the ladies’ group A prize with 70 nett; she also won the nearest to the pin 

prize and the longest drive as well. 

Group B ladies was taken by Annette Kiconco with 71 nett. 

PGA to move 2016 

Championship due to 

Olympics 

If it wasn’t already close enough to the 

British Open, the PGA Championship is 

moving back into July in 2016. 

Due to golf’s return to the 2016 Olympics, 

the PGA of America will have to vacate its 

traditional spot in mid-August and move 

its championship to the final week of July, 

“I’m 99 percent certain that’s when it will 

be,” said chief executive officer of the PGA 

of America Pete Bevacqua. 

The 2016 PGA Championship will be 

hosted at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, 

N.J, 

“It’s a better time to host a major championship,” 

he said of the late July date. “More 

people are around and in the swing of 

things. Less people are on their summer 

vacations. We think it’s actually going to 

work out to our advantage.” 

The 2016 Olympics will be held August 

5-21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

KAGORO WINS ORANGE /CASTLE LITE GRAND MUG OF MUGS 

attended event attracted over 120 

golfers from all over the Country. 

The 28 handicapper Marvin Kagoro who took 

on the game just six months ago surprised 

himself when he returned 68 net to conquer 

the entire field at the Orange /Castle lite 

OVERALL WINNER NET 

Kahindi Dennis 74 net 

Kagoro Marvin 68 net 

MENS GROUP C (H/C 19 - 28) 

GROSS WINNER 

Dusty Hill 71 net c/b 

Kitata Willy 73 gross 

Muzaale Dan 71 net 

MENS GROUP A (H/C 9 AND BELOW) Zuber J 76 net 

Basabose John Paul 76 net c/b LADIES 

Mwaka Patrick 76 net 

Winner; 

Kisembo Isaac 77 net 

Nabukenya Diana 66 net 

MENS GROUP B (H/C 10 - 18) 

Runner-up; 

Mukasa Elly 72 net 

Nakalembe Irene 71 net 

14 | Golf Aritua Uganda C ollins 73 - IssueOne net 2014 

sponsored grand mug of mugs event 

played on the tree lined pines of Entebbe 

golf course in honor of the late Danny 

Nkata, who helped in the redesign of the 

eighteen hole course at Entebbe. The well 

Handicap plus 3 national player 

Willy Deus Kitata was the overall 

gross winner when he returned 

a two over par round of 73 

gross. The other winners in the 

men’s categories A, B and C were 

Basabose John Paul on 76 net 

beating Mwaka Patrick on count 

back, Mukasa Elly in with 72 net 

and Dusty Hill with 71 net also 

beating Muzaale Dan on count 

back respectively. 

In the ladies category, Nabukenya 

Diana playing off handicap 36 was the 

lady of the day with an astonishing score 

of five under par 66 net beating handicap 

6 national player Irene Nakalembe into 

second with 71 net in her round. 

The grand mug of mugs at Entebbe is also 

used to crown the year’s best golfers over 

the twelve months where Mwebaze Ivan 

was the overall men’s winner with 647 

points and Irene Nakalembe with 602.5 

points was the overall ladies winner.

NEW LOCAL GOLF CHIEF HAS AMATEUR GOLFERS ON GUARD 

When the curtain came down 

on Amos Nzeyi’s Uganda Golf 

Union (UGU) presidency early 

this year, it was a given that 

the local golf governing body 

would try to inject young blood into its top brass. 

A couple or so of hats were thrown in the ring, but 

when the dust settled, it was Kiryowa Kiwanuka 

at UGU’s helm. Fondly known as KK, the new UGU 

president is a Kampala advocate with Kiwanuka 

and Karugire Company Advocates. He is no 

stranger to golf administration having diligently 

served as the Chairman of the vibrant Entebbe Golf 

Club from 2008 to 2012. 

The election of Kiwanuka was yet another dining 

endorsement for the club that is just a tee shot 

away from the Entebbe International Airport. It was 

under Kiwanuka’s chairmanship that Entebbe Golf 

Club first snatched the hosting rights of Uganda’s 

premier golf tournament -- the Uganda Open. 

That was in 2009; Vincent ‘Araali’ Byamukama was 

beaten by Peter Ssendawula on the eighteenth 

hole, both golfers who honed their skills set on 

the par 71 Entebbe course’s broad and tree-lined 

fairways, won the amateur’s crown that year. 

The Open was again played at Entebbe golf course 

in 2013, with homeboy, Peter Sendaula carrying 

the day again. By then, Kiwanuka had handed over 

the Entebbe Golf Club’s chairmanship to Innocent 

Kihika. Ironically, Kihika will also be serving on 

the UGU executive as Honorary Secretary. Other 

members on the executive are Johnson Omolo 

(Vice President) and Jonathan Bakwega (Honorary 

Treasurer). JB Tumusiime and Herbet Rwamibazi 

will in the meantime serve as committee members. 

The early force of the UGU has -- from the looks 

of it -- been to make the national golf team 

formidable. A gruelling qualification process to 

select the national team was initiated from the 

outset. Qualifiers were played at both the Kitante 

and Entebbe golf courses in February to select 

national team players. 

After 54 holes of golf, 23 players were selected 

purely on the basis of their performance. A 

lion’s share of these players came from Tooro 

and Entebbe -- in that order -- golf clubs. The 

players were then placed in six groups with each 

group comprising four players; a round-robin 

competition ensued. Three matches of match play 

took centre-stage, with the winners in each group 

qualifying to represent Uganda at the Africa Zone 

VI Golf Championships in the South African city of 

Cape Town. The runner ups in each group went toe 

to toe to take up the four remaining slots on the 

nine man-strong national team. 

The group winners who secured automatic 

qualification were thus: Adolf Muhumuza (group 

A), Lawrence Muhenda (group B), Robert Oluba 

(group C), Ronald Rugumayo (group D), and 

Ronald Otile (group E). All golfers in Group F 

together with the runners up in the other groups 

went for the dreaded playoffs. 

In it all, Willy Deus Kitata, and Kagyenzi Gideon 

made the cut. They were joined by the team 

captain Phillip Kasozi who wasn’t subject to the 

rigors’ of qualification. This meant that reigning 

Open champion Peter Ssendaula remarkably 

missed out on representing the country! KK’s tough 

methodical approach had already secured its first 

high profile casualty. Doubtless, amateur golfers 

regardless of their reputations will be on guard in 

the run-up to national engagements! 

Karen to host the Barclays Kenya Open 2014 tournament. 

The Barclays Kenya Open 

will be held at the Nairobi 

Karen Golf and Country 

Club, organizers revealed. 

The tourney which is part 

of the European Challenge 

Tour will be held at the 72 

par course for the second 

time in two years after the 

successful 2013 leg that 

saw Spaniard Jordi Garcia 

Pinto claiming his maiden 

European Challenge Tour 

title beating his playing 

partner Tim Sluiter by a 

single point. 

The Tournament has 

attracted elite golfers from 

all over the world and 

is currently the second 

oldest event under the PGA 

European Challenge Tour 

in Kenya and has been an 

event on the tour schedule 

since 1991. It was founded 

in 1967, and has been held 

at Muthaiga Golf Club near 

Nairobi every year except 

1968, 2004–2008, and 2013, 

when the tournament was 

held at Karen Country Club. 

Making the announcement, 

KOGL Chairman Peter Kanyago 

said the premier Golf event 

which will be held between 

March 6th and 9th is expected 

to attract over 150 players 

across Africa and the rest of 

the world. The tourney will 

be preceded by two Pro Am 

tourneys that will be held on 

5th March in Muthaiga Golf 

Club and Karen Golf Club 

respectively. 

Barclays Bank of Kenya will 

be the title sponsor of the 

tournament for the third year 

running as part of the three 

year contract renewed in 2012 

where the financial services 

provider forked out Ksh 85 

million towards the tourney’s 

organization. 

On his part, Barclays Bank 

of Kenya Managing Director 

Jeremy Awori said that, 

“Barclays has over the years 

demonstrated its commitment 

towards sports and we are 

again proud to be part and 

parcel of the corporate that 

are working towards the 

betterment of the golfing 

sport in Kenya. 


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After a slow start in the first 

round being 4 over through 

the first 9 holes, Stacy 

Bregman romped to an 

eight stroke victory at the 

SLT Zambian Ladies Open 

carding three rounds of 

71-69-71 (8 under). 

BREGMAN 

WINS THE 

ZAMBIA OPEN 


South Africa’s Stacy Bregman was simply sublime from tee to green 

as she steered her way to a runaway victory in the inaugural Zambia 

Ladies Open Championship at Ndola Golf Club. The Ladies European Tour 

campaigner delighted the local fans with a master class in accuracy and 

course management, putting together a two-under-par 71 to break a six 

year winning drought with winning score of eight-under-par 211. Kim 

Williams closed with a 74 to finish eight strokes back in second alongside 

Monique Smit, who fired a third successive 73. Bregman was all business as 

the stalked the 5,955 meter layout for 54 holes. However, once the final putt 

dropped to seal her victory, Bregman beamed a broad smile at the cheering 

crowds that revealed exactly what the victory meant to the 27-year-old from 

Johannesburg. 

“This is so much more than just another victory for me,” an emotional 

Bregman said. “This week has been a real breakthrough. I have struggled with 

patience for so long, and I finally conquered that demon. It feels like I have 

knocked two monkeys of my back. 

“I’m so thrilled with this win and to the first Zambia Ladies Open 

Championship trophy.” 

Bregman began with a two shot lead overNobuhleDlamini after earlier 

rounds of 71 and 69. 

The Swazi golfer mounted a spirited challenge on the front nine, and lagged 

just a shot behind when Bregman took the turn at five under. 

The champion’s newfound patience won the day, though. 

“In the first round, I dropped four shots on the front nine but rallied with six 

birdies over the back nine, and in the second round, I also made my birdies on 

the back nine,” she said. 

“I knew I had to bide my time. I managed myself well on the front nine to drop 

just the one shot at the fifth. The last nine holes have definitely been kinder to 

me and I knew I could score on the home stretch. I just had to bide my time.” 

Dlamini dropped at the 10th and 13th, while Bregman reeled in birdies and 

reached eight under when she knocked a 10-footer in for birdie at the parfour 

15th. She dropped again at 15, but although she was out of the running, 

Bregman still felt pressure coming down the stretch. 


“As the highest ranked player in the field, I was under pressure to win 

and I guess I carried that around all week,” she admitted. “I didn’t want 

to start making mistakes with three holes to go, so I just willed myself to 

settle and stay patient. It was a real life lesson out there.” 

Bregmanparred the last three holes and Williams moved to joint second 

when she parred against a bogey from Dlamini at the final hole. The 

Swazi golfer finished fourth on one over 220 with a 78. The champion 

was thrilled that she eventually made the trip to Zambia. “I played 

so much golf in the first three months of this season, that I really just 

wanted a break,” Bregman said. “But I decided to come and support the 

Sunshine Ladies Tour and Murphy’s Law, I win. 

“I have a lot of people to thank for this, because my team has been 

amazing with their support. I dedicate this to my family, my coach 

Neville Sundelson, my trainer Ian Corbett at the World of Golf, the Gary 

Player guys at the World of Golf, my mentor Helen Alfredsson and sport 

psychologist MarethaClaasen, whom I started working with a while ago. 

“I would like thank the Zambia Ladies Golf Union for hosting their first 

professional women’s golf tournament and I am very proud to be their 

first champion.I hope the young golfers will learn from me and that they 

will keep on practicing and never, ever give up.” 

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STAR FEATURE 

FROM FILMS 

TO FAIRWAYS 

Samuel L Jackson talks 

about playing golf and life 

away from the camera. 


STAR FEATURE 

He’s the ice-cold, Jedipowered, 

snake-battling 

cat that won’t cop out, 

and one of Hollywood’s 

top golfers. Golf Uganda 

tees off with Samuel L 

Jackson. 

charity day, the FitFlop Shooting 

Stars Benefit. This year, as well 

as raising money for his own 

foundation, Jackson has chosen 

Make-A-Wish UK, which helps 

children with life-threatening 

illnesses, as his designated charity. 

It is, as he says, a “win-win”. 

There comes a time in a man’s life 

when he finds God or golf. Unless 

you’re Alice Cooper, in which case 

you find both. For Jackson, it came 

at 50, when he was finally coming 

to terms with some of the issues he 

had had with drugs and drink. “Golf 

came into my life at a time when I 

needed some focus,” he explains. “It 

gave me a place where I could let my 

thoughts go and hang out. Believe 

me, I needed that.” 

But while Jackson’s new habit is 

We’re standing by the 18th 

green of Wentworth’s East 

Course on the one hot day 

that constitutes the British 

summer. Behind us, just 

off the putting surface, 

is a young man, maybe 

30, playing against what 

may or may not be his 

grandfather. As he practises his chip swing from the 

light rough, he’s becoming increasingly agitated by the 

constant clicking of GQ’s camera, stepping away from 

his ball, throwing his arms in the air and casting the 

kind of disapproving stares more typically seen in a 

magistrates’ court. 

Eventually, with their match complete, the pair shake 

hands and walk off the green towards us. It’s only then 

that our model turns round and reveals himself to the 

golfers. “Is there a problem?” asks Samuel L Jackson, 

officially the highest-grossing actor of all time. Not now, 

there isn’t. 

Jackson, legendary golfer and occasional film star, is 

here in Surrey’s stockbroker belt to host his annual 

more socially acceptable than his old one, it’s proved 

no less addictive. Not only does he play most days, but 

he also has his own putting green in the grounds of 

his Beverly Hills home and is even said to have golfrelated 

clauses shoehorned into his movie contract 

guaranteeing him time off to indulge on local courses. 

While filming Star Wars: Episode II, Jackson would throw 

his lightsaber in his golf bag and practise his technique 

while waiting for his turn on the tee. 

Jackson looks ten years younger than the 62 he has on 

the clock, and as he takes some practice swings with 

a driver, his action looks like that of a man maybe 30 

years younger. It’s clean, compact and uncomplicated. “I 

had no intention of having lessons when I started, but I 

played in a golf tournament and at the end, when they 

asked who had the lowest score, I put my hand up,” he 

recalls. “It turned out the prize was free golf lessons.” 

Jackson’s progress since then has been phenomenal. 

Now a regular fixture in the top ten of Golf Digest 

magazine’s Hollywood 100, he plays off a handicap of 

four, although he has been as low as 2.3. It’s a hell of 


an achievement given his late start 

in the game. Not that he’s content. “I 

just want to be able to say that I was 

scratch for at least one month in 

my life so that when people see the 

certificate in its frame on my wall 

they’ll say, ‘You played off scratch?’ 

And I can say, ‘Yes. I. Did!’ When that 

happens, I’m gonna stop practising. 

When that happens, I’m done.” 

His home course is MountainGate 

Country Club in Los Angeles, a 

spectacular 27-hole layout in 

the shadow of the Santa Monica 

Mountains. “It’s my kinda club,” he 

shrugs, as another practice chip 

threatens the hole. “There’s no pomp 

or circumstance. I mean, there are golf 

clubs out there that won’t let you wear 

shorts even when it’s 100°F.” 

And he is wringing everything from 

his passion. He has played some of the 

greatest courses in the world (Pebble 

Beach, Winged Foot and Merion, to 

name a few). He’s played with Arnold 

Palmer and Tiger Woods, shooting 78 

on his first round at St Andrews’ fabled 

Old Course. And he notched a hole in 

one at MountainGate the day before 

his 55th birthday. There is one more 

thing on his golfing to-do list, though. 

“Yeah,” he shrugs, as another chip 

rattles the flagstick. “I want a Green 

Jacket.” 

Samuel L Jackson’s technical tips... 

Driving 

“Try swinging at 75 per cent. Guys see 

Dustin Johnson and Tiger going after 

the driver, but you’re never going to hit 

as far as them. Instead, aim for great 

contact. Too many people just want to 

kill it. Sure, you can let the big dog eat, 

but the big dog can only eat what you 

feed it.” 

Chipping 

“Give me a six-iron from 180 yards and 

I’m pretty accurate, but my chipping 

needs some work. I don’t yet have that 

mindset where I’m trying to chip the 

ball in, rather than just chip the ball 

close. I’ve got to realise I can do it. 

You’ve got to give the ball a chance.” 

Bunkers 

“I could always get out of bunkers and 

I’m getting better at it the older I get. 

I used to have trouble getting out of 

fairway bunkers and those bunkers 

75 yards from the green still fill me 

with trepidation. There’s alwaysa 

chance you could skull it through the 

green or hit it fat.” 

Putting 

“You’ve got to put the hours in. I have 

a putting green at home and it’s been 

a great investment. It’s not real grass, 

but I can make it as fast or as slow 

as I want, or I can take a broom and 

sweep the nap up. It’s running about 

12 on the stimp at the moment. It’s 

fast, but it’s no Augusta.” 


Samuel L Jackson 

Attitude advice from 

Samuel L Jackson 

1. Look the part 

“When I’m playing golf, I dress according 

to my mood. I’m not Payne Stewart, so I 

won’t be wearing plus fours, but I do like 

a good tartan. Or maybe a bright pink or 

yellow - it helps people find me when 

I’m lost in the rough.” 

2. First-tee nerves 

“I’ve never suffered from first-tee nerves. 

What’s to feel nervous about? Nothing. 

Just take a club you feel comfortable 

with and swing it like you do on your 

home course. Don’t think about the 

gallery. Just play your game.” 

3. Focus 

“There’s always someone who tells you 

on 17 that you’re three under and then 

you crumble. It’s like, ‘Why did you tell 

me?’ as you walk off 18 with a quadruple 

bogey. Worry about what you can do and 

not what the other guys are going to do.” 

4. Play fair(ish) 

“Some say if you’re not cheating you’re 

not trying. But I don’t do that with my 

friends. OK, so there might be a bit of 

this [starts repeatedly ripping the Velcro 

fastening on his glove] when they’re 

swinging but...” 

5. Keep your cool 

“I’ve never thrown a golf club, and I’ve 

never hit anyone with a shot. I’ve been 

hit, though. [Late comedian] Bernie Mac 

drilled a three-wood into my back from 

about 40 yards. It brought me to my 

knees. I finished the round though.” 

Copy credit: Gavin Newsham 

Photos by Levon Biss 

Adapted from gq-magazine.co.uk 


GOLF 

TRAVEL 

The Mountain 

Gorilla; 

Uganda’s 

prized asset 

The tracking 

experience 

can be 

combined 

with other 

activities like 

visiting the 

tree climbing 

lions in 

Ishasha. It 

is somewhat 

uncommon 

for lions to 

actually climb 

trees. 

The mountain gorilla is one of the two 

subspecies of the eastern gorilla. There 

are two populations. One is found in 

the Virunga volcanic mountains of 

Central Africa, within three National 

Parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; 

Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and 

Virunga in the eastern Democratic 

Republic of Congo (DRC). The other is 

found in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable 

National Park. As of November 2012, 

the estimated total number of mountain 

gorillas is around 950. 

Sadly, species that once flourished are 

now endangered. Thankfully, there is 

great care taken to protect the remaining 

and also allow the world to experience 

them in their natural habitat. A trek to find 

the gorillas is fascinating. 

It is humbling and educational. For 

people looking for a true wilderness 

adventure, it does not get much better 

than hiking within dense tropical forests 

to find the wondrous gorilla. Treks are 

taken with rangers and guides for your 

safety and enhanced experience. 

The trek starts at 8:30 a.m. and can 

last from 4 hours till all day, 

depending on how quickly 

you find the family group. 

Once found, you can observe 

the gorillas, potentially from 

just yards away, for one hour, 

so as to bring limited human 

disturbance. 

Permits to trek are limited 

and in high demand, so you 

will want to book as soon as 

possible. Permits are ONLY 

reserved when purchased 

and paid in full. According 

to Uganda Wildlife Authority 

(UWA), there is no avenue for 

reserving a permit without 

payment. 

The tracking experience can 

be combined with other 

activities like visiting the tree 

climbing lions in Ishasha. It 

is somewhat uncommon for 

lions to actually climb trees. 

There are no more than 2 

populations in whole world 

of such lions that do actually 

climb trees as one of their 

day after day behavior. One 

of these populations is found 

within the Ishasha sector 

which is found in the southern 

part of Queen Elizabeth 

National Park. 

You can also play a round 

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completed Savannah Hotel 

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Jake Roos 

is no Joke 

Words by Alex Galisonga, Photos by Bernard Ology 

Roos found himself ahead going down the last, requiring only a par to clinch the 

title, and he held his nerve with two superb shots to the fringe at the par five 18th 

before leaving himself with a two-putt from 15 feet to finish ten under for the 

tournament and claim a one shot victory. 

Jake Roos hailed it as a “careerchanger” 

after the South African emerged 

from a titanic battle to lift the Barclays 

Kenya Open, claiming his maiden European 

Challenge Tour win and full exemption for 

the remainder of the 2014 season. 

In a thrilling final day in front of massive 

crowds at Karen Country Club, the lead 

exchanged hands numerous times right 

until the concluding moments of the first 

event of the Challenge Tour season, with 

up to five players sharing the lead midway 

through the final round. 

But it was Roos who emerged from the 

pack, despite thinking his chance had gone 

when he bogeyed the 16th, having claimed 

back to back birdies at the previous two 

holes. 

But the 32 year old from Pretoria benefited 

from a double-bogey at the 17th hole from 

Frenchman Adrian Bernadet, who was one 

shot clear at that point. 

Roos found himself one clear going down 

the last, only requiring a par to clinch the 

title, and he held his nerve with two superb 

shots to the fringe at the par five 18th 

before leaving himself with a two-putt from 

15 feet to card a two under par 70 and finish 

ten under for the tournament, one shot 

clear. 

“It’s unbelievable,” said the six-time 

Sunshine Tour winner. “It’s a great privilege 

to have been able to play in this event so 

to actually win it and be able to play some 

events in Europe is just huge for me. 

“I’ve only been playing on the Sunshine 

Tour to this point so it’s a real careerchanger 

for me. The crowds were just 

amazing here and I love when you have so 

many people out watching. 

“The vibe was awesome and I was hosted 

by a local family this week so it was just a 

great week for me, I will never forget it. It is 

special to win in Africa too. 

“I felt good all day and I’ve been playing 

really nicely lately. I made a bogey at 16 and 

I thought I was a shot behind. Then I didn’t 

hit a great approach shot on the 17th and I 

thought it was a real missed chance. 

“But then coming up 18 I suddenly realized 

I was ahead again so it was just a blessing 

that it worked out like that. At the end 

of the day you just have to focus on your 

own game no matter what, so I’m just very 



KENYA OPEN 

Jake Roos 

grateful that it went my way.” 

While Roos is not yet a full Challenge 

Tour member, he is expected to take up 

membership this week, when he will be 

instated into the 2014 Challenge Tour 

Rankings at the top of the pile. 

Having played on an invite this week, the 

man who plays out of Centurion Country 

Club will now have to change his whole 

schedule for the year and he is thoroughly 

relishing the opportunity to fight for 

graduation to The European Tour. 

“I will have to completely rearrange my 

year,” he said. “I was planning most of my 

year in South Africa so it’s really exciting for 

me and I’m really looking forward to it. 

“I have played on the Challenge Tour before 

so I know the standard is really high. I think 

some European players might have come 

here a little off-guard because it was the first 

event of their season, whereas I’m off the 

back of six co-sanctioned events so I think 

that counted in our favour. 

“I know once I get to Europe the 

competition is going to be very strong 

there, but I’ll give it a go. I think this is 

going to give me a great opportunity to 

go on and get into that top 15 but its early 

days. It certainly sets up a great year for me 

though.” 

Three players – Frenchman Adrien 

Bernadet, Denmark’s Lasse Jensen and 

Pedro Oriol of Spain – shared second place 

on nine under par having all been top of 

the leader board at one point during a 

rollercoaster final day. 

Jensen collected his second runner-up 

finish in his last two appearances at the 

event, having lost out to Seve Benson in a 

play-off two years ago, but the 29 year old 

was keen to take the positives from the 

week. 

“At the moment I have so many different 

emotions,” said the Copenhagen man, who 

signed for a two under par 70. “When you 

start the week obviously you are going for a 

win but you would take a second place. 

“But how I played this week and how it all 

went, maybe I feel in the end that it could 

have been my turn this week. I was playing 

really well and I had the chances on the back 

nine but maybe the next event will be mine. 

I’m definitely playing well.” 

Bernadet, meanwhile, was left ruing a crucial 

double bogey as he also carded a 70, but he 

was philosophical about it and was happy to 

record the best finish of his Challenge Tour 

career. 

“I played well the whole week,” said the 29 year 

old. “I missed very few shots during the whole 

tournament but I struggled on the greens. 

“When I moved to 11 under there was a lot 

of pressure and I was trying to relax. I was 

nervous all day really but I missed one shot 

on 17, it was a flying lie from the rough and I 

tried to do something big and made a double. 

That’s golf. I’m happy to finish second and 

there are lots of positives.” 

Oriol, who played alongside Roos and posted 

a one under 71, was also happy to have earned 

the best result of his career and the 27 year old 

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Jake Roos of South Africa in action 

during the first round of the Turkish 

Airlines Challenge hosted by Carya Golf 

Club in Belek, Turkey. 

“I played really good but Jake played really 

well and he deserved it,” said the Madrid 

man. “I made a big mistake on the par five 

third and made a bogey there but I made 

no bogeys from there and did my job. I’m 

really looking forward to the year now. 

I’m in a great position and I’m feeling very 

confident now.” 

Roos was born in Pretoria. He was 

the number one ranked South African 

amateur golfer before turning professional 

in 2005. He has played on the Sunshine Tour 

since 2006, winning three times. His first 

victory came at the 2008 Suncoast Classic. 

His second victory came the following 

year at the Nedbank Affinity Cup. In 2012, 

Roos picked up his third victory on Tour 

at the Platinum Classic after he defeated 

Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on 

the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff. 

[1] He picked up his second Sunshine Tour 

victory of the year in June at the Lombard 

Insurance Classic after defeating Justin 

Harding in a playoff. Roos entered the final 

round four shots back of Harding but fired 

a 63 (–9) to force a playoff. Roos would 

pick up his third victory of the 2012 season 

and fifth Sunshine Tour victory overall in 

November, when he won the Lion of Africa 

Cape Town Open in a four-man playoff 

with birdie on the second playoff hole. 

Roos would pick up his sixth over Sunshine 

Tour victory in April 2013 when he won the 

Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open by a single 

stroke. Roos started the final round four 

shots back but fired a final round 67 to take 

the victory. 

Roos has also won six tournaments on the 

Golden State Tour, a mini tour in California. 

LEADERBOARD 

278 J Roos (RSA) 69 68 71 70. 

279 A Bernadet (Fra) 70 69 70 70, L Jensen (Den) 67 71 71 70, P Oriol (Esp) 69 69 70 71. 

281 P Widegren (Swe) 69 69 72 71, S Brown (Eng) 70 72 71 68, D Kemmer (USA) 69 73 71 68, D Van Tonder (RSA) 

70 69 70 72, T Linard (Fra) 71 70 71 69. 

282 G Snow (Ken) 70 68 71 73, O Bekker (RSA) 71 70 68 73, B Ritthammer (Ger) 74 69 69 70. 


ONITO 

UGANDA’S FINEST GOLF AMBASSADOR 

Having started playing golf with so little, it is amazing and even 

inspirational that he came from so far to win so much on the course, 

a record 12 Uganda Open wins between 1976 to 1996. Off the course 

at hole 19, Onito was respected for his talent, humility, and eagerness 

to teach and encourage, never a harsh word spoken to or spoken of. 

He was an inimitable player and gentleman. 

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18 

YEARS IN MEMORY 

Sadi Onito (RIP) began 

his golfing career 

as a bag carrier in 

1972. He went on to 

become a caddie, a 

player and graduated 

into a champion of 

champions. 

All he had was the 

right attitude, great 

determination to be the best that he 

could. Having started playing golf 

with so little, it is amazing and even 

inspirational that he came from so far 

to win so much on the course, a record 

12 Uganda Open wins between 1976 to 

1996. Off the course at hole 19, Onito was 

respected for his talent, humility, and 

eagerness to teach and encourage, never 

a harsh word spoken to or spoken of. He 

was an inimitable player and gentleman. 

Born in Kitgum 60 years ago, Onito grew 

up in Kibuli, where he learnt how to play 

golf. 

He died of cancer on September 29, 2006. 

He was admitted to Kibuli Hospital that 

year where he had an operation. He was 

later admitted to Lacor Hospital and 

later at the Nile Breweries clinic, where 

he died. 

His story and achievement inspired 

many young and under privileged 

boys who could have seen obstacles, 

but instead saw an opportunity to be 

somebody through the game. These 

guys have matured into young men 

of incredible talent and through the 

friendship and support golfers give 

HIS STORY AND ACHIEVEMENT INSPIRED MANY YOUNG 

AND UNDER PRIVILEGED BOYS WHO COULD HAVE SEEN 

OBSTACLES, BUT INSTEAD SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE 

SOMEBODY THROUGH THE GAME. 

a gentleman off it. We lost a precious 

man who still had good years ahead of 

him. 

Hon. Brig Jim Muhwezi said this of 

Onito: When he played well, he won, 

when he played badly he came second 

and when he played terribly, he came 

WHEN HE PLAYED WELL, HE WON, WHEN 

HE PLAYED BADLY HE CAME SECOND AND 

WHEN HE PLAYED TERRIBLY, HE CAME 

THIRD. WHAT A TALENT, WHAT A GUY. 

In his final years, Onito worked with 

Nile Breweries as a truck driver. 

We will always be grateful to Nile 

Breweries for making his final days 

comfortable and keeping his dignity. 

In his honor, Nile Breweries sponsors 

the Onito Memorial golf tournament 

annually at Jinja Club, the Club where 

the great Onito crafted his golfing 

skills; to keep his flame burning. 

We are however sure that his legacy 

will live on and the inspiration and 

confidence he gave all golfers will be 

passed on to the new generation of 

players. 

and take of each other. A number of 

these guys have been sponsored at 

various educational institutions, an 

opportunity they may, not have had if it 

were not for the inspiration of one man 

who like them, had nothing but sheer 

determination to be the best he could. 

He was loved by many people. He 

was a great credit to golf and to our 

country. Golf lost a great man. He was 

truly a great ambassador for the game, 

a true sportsman on the course and 

third. What a talent, what a guy. 

Like another great golfer, Payne 

Stewart (USA), who also passed away, 

and who had unique talent and sense 

of fashion, Onito will be remembered 

for making difficult shots seem all so 

easy and bringing colour to the game. 

He always wore red or yellow trousers. 

If you missed seeing the incredible 

shot, you saw the trousers and you 

knew the good scores would soon be 

on the board. 

The most important lesson we shall 

never forget Onito for, whose life began 

with little hope and opportunity is: 

Never see the hurdles life present to 

you with hopelessness. Onito believed, 

as we should believe, that IMPOSSIBLE 

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AUGUSTA NATIONAL 

Million 

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Views 

THE 13TH AND 15TH HOLES 

AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL 

ARE THE ULTIMATE RISK- 

REWARD HOLES. WITH 

TWO SOLID SHOTS, EAGLE IS 

POSSIBLE ON EITHER HOLE. 

Sixty years ago, a brash amateur pushed his tee shot to the 

right side of the 13th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club. 

It was the final round of the 1954 Masters Tournament, and 

Billy Joe Patton faced a momentous decision on the tempting 

par-5 hole. 

Should he play it safe and layup, or go for it? 

“I didn’t get where I am by playing safe,” Patton said to the gallery. He did 

go for it, and he paid the price. His 4-wood shot found the tributary of Rae’s 

Creek that guards the green. He wound up with double bogey. 

Two holes later, at the par-5 15th, Patton hit it into the water again. This time 

he made bogey, and he finished one shot out of the Sam Snead-Ben Hogan 

playoff to be held the next day. 

Patton certainly wasn’t the first, or the last, golfer to be tempted by Augusta 

National’s par-5s on the second nine. But it is a question each golfer who 

wants to don the green jacket must answer on a Sunday afternoon in April: 

Play it safe, or go for it? 

A momentous decision 

The 13th and 15th holes at Augusta National are the ultimate risk-reward 

holes. With two solid shots, eagle is possible on either hole. But with water 

guarding both greens, a mishit second shot can lead to bogey or worse. 

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from doing it, and that’s what – that was really frustrating.” 

He made par after going to the drop area, pitching just beyond 

the hole and sinking a putt. 

“I was in between clubs, and I took the longer club and tried to 

cut a ball off that fairway, which is really difficult to do, but it was 

the only way I had a chance of getting it close,” he said. “My 4 iron 

wouldn’t have made it, and the hybrid, if I hit it normal, is too 

much. So I tried to cut it and came out of it and hit it where you 

can’t hit it.” 

Ken Venturi, a two-time Masters runner-up before his long career 

in the CBS broadcast booth, had a simple rule about going for the 

green in two. If you have the lead Sunday, don’t chance it. When 

you go for it, “you factor six into the equation,” Venturi often said. 

Cabrera, who won the Masters in 2009, didn’t heed that advice 

last year as he played his second shot from the pine straw. Like 

Snedeker, he also found the water at 13. 

“I had a very good angle, and I had a very good lie,” Cabrera said. 

“And I was thinking about making a birdie. I told my son (his 

caddie) that, you know, we could do an eagle, also.” 

Cabrera’s iron shot off the pine straw almost hit the green but 

came up just short. It bounced back into the tributary, and he also 

took relief at the drop area. His pitch came up about 20 feet short, 

and he made bogey to fall out of the lead. 

The 13th had claimed two more victims. 

The exceptions 

When Tiger Woods won the first of his four green jackets in 1997, 

he dominated the par-5s with a display of power not seen in 

Augusta since Nicklaus dominated the tournament in the 1960s. 

Woods and fellow bomber Phil Mick¬elson could reach the 15th 

with short irons, and the long par-4 holes were not as challenging 

as they had been for previous generations. 

Augusta National has changed since then. A total of 510 yards has 

been added to the course, and numerous trees have been planted. 

That’s how course architects Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones 

intended them to be played when the course was built in the 

1930s. 

No. 13 is only 510 yards, and the modern Masters competitor can 

usually reach the green with a mid-iron for his second shot. 

“Whatever position may be reached with the tee shot, the 

second shot as well entails a momentous decision whether or 

not to try for the green,” Jones wrote in Sports Illustrated in 1959. 

No. 15 is a tad longer at 530 yards, and the approach shot now 

calls for a longer iron, hybrid or fairway metal. 

“A pond in front of the green provides the penalty for the long 

player who fails to make a perfect second shot,” MacKenzie wrote 

in the 1934 tournament program. 

Although statistics show that Nos. 13 and 15 are the two easiest 

holes in tournament history, that’s not often the case on a 

pressure-packed Sunday afternoon. 

Only five players have made bogey or worse on one of those 

holes in the final round and gone on to win the Masters. 

“It’s a hole you have to take advantage of,” CBS announcer Peter 

Kostis said as the final groups made their way through No. 13 last 

year. 

Both Brandt Snedeker and Angel Cabrera, in the final twosome in 

2013, found the tributary of Rae’s Creek at No. 13. 

Snedeker’s hybrid shot from 223 yards landed short of the hazard 

and splashed into the water. 

“That one really got me mad,” said Snedeker, who grimaced and 

held his club as if he was going to break it. “Because I knew I still 

had a chance. I had a lot of birdie opportunities left, and (I was) 

just disappointed with the way I hit that shot. I know you can’t hit 

it over there, I know what I did wrong, and I couldn’t keep myself 


Nicklaus, who has long advocated limiting how far the ball goes, 

applauded Augusta National for making the course play as 

MacKenzie and Jones had originally intended. 

“Augusta, in my mind, is the only golf course that I know that has 

actually been successful – and had enough money – to be able to 

take the golf course and make it probably play similar with the golf 

ball to what it used to be,” Nicklaus said. 

The course still favors a long hitter who can attack the par-5s with 

a more lofted club, but big hitters don’t always win. Mark O’Meara 

birdied the final two holes to win in 1998, and Mike Weir took home 

the green jacket in 2003. Zach Johnson famously laid up on every 

par-5 hole in the 2007 Masters and converted enough birdies (11 of 

16), thanks to a stellar wedge game, to claim victory. But those are 

the exceptions, not the rule. 

Mickelson hit one of the most memorable shots in Masters History 

in the 2010 final round. With his tee shot in the pine straw right of 

the 13th fairway, Mickelson hit a 6-iron from 207 yards through the 

pines to 4 feet. He missed the short eagle putt, but had solidified 

his third Masters victory and place in Augusta lore with the gutsy 

move. 

Even a gambler such as Mickelson said he doesn’t feel as if he has to 

go after the par-5 holes in the final round. 

“It depends where you are in the tournament,” he said. “No, I don’t 

think so. I mean 13 more than 15. I don’t think you have to go for 

15. Fifteen can be penalizing, and sometimes 5 can be fine on that 

hole.” 

Earning a spot in the Champions Locker Room takes guts and 

courage. The winners earn a special place in the game’s history, and 

that factors into the decision. 

In 1957, Doug Ford reached a similar crossroad at the 15th hole 

Sunday. The day before, he had hit a 3-wood, but his shot hit the 

bank and rolled back into the pond. 

“When I got into the clubhouse, I was three strokes behind leader 

Sam Snead, and a couple of old-time pros said if I got a chance at 15 

tomorrow to lay up,” Ford said. 

“Well, on Sunday I led by one and drove in the exact same place on 

15. My caddie, Fireball (George Franklin), said to lay up and wouldn’t 

let me take the 3-wood out of the bag. He said to take the 4-iron 

and layup. We were fighting over the club and arguing so much that 

the gallery started laughing at us.” 

With Snead breathing down his neck, Ford made up his mind. 

“‘They don’t remember you here unless you go for it and win,’ ” 

he said he told his caddie. “I finally got the 3-wood out of the bag 

and hit it on the green and two-putted for birdie. So I took the 

tournament there.” 

Perhaps former PGA champion-turned-analyst Paul Azinger 

describes the temptations of Augusta National best. 

“The fact that every hole can be birdied and every hole can be 

double-bogeyed, and it is a game of degrees and inches,” he said. 

“So a degree or two of that club face can make the difference 

between a birdie and a double bogey at Augusta National, and 

when your eyeballs are flashing because your heart is hitting you 

so hard in the chest from the inside out and you’ve got to deal 

with degrees and inches, it’s a hard game. But the great thing is 

somebody is going to pull it off, and when they do, they’re revered 

for it. That’s what makes it so great.” 

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LOCAL CLUB SPOTLIGHT 

JINJA GOLF CLUB 

Jinja Club 

remains resilient 

in the face of 

tough times. 

In existence since 1935, Jinja club 

has failed to lift off really. The course 

has tremendous views of the Nile 

and Lake Victoria and the second 

green is within a ‘lob wedge’ of the 

source of the Nile but still struggles 

to generate resources from its 

location and membership to sustain 

its facilities. 

But that could all be a thing of the 

past. Great plans for the ailing club 

are being nursed. 

“We have a grand plan of converting the course 

into a standard class 18-hole golf course and 

also probably change the name of the club,” 

Bernard Mbayo, the club captain, says, adding, 

“We are talking to Engineer Gad Musasizi, a 

golfer and a course designer, together with 

Eskom to convert the course into a bigger and 

better golf course that will attract international 

events.” 

The Uganda Golf Union is on a drive to have 

many standard courses dotting the country. 

Jinja has been earmarked as one of the courses 

due for an upgrade to an eighteen hole course 

since the land is available. 


“I intend to propose to change the name of the 

club at our next general meeting from Jinja club 

to the Source of the Nile,” Mbayo says. This is 

intended to attract both local and International 

tourists. “The club has lost a number of corporate 

members who have migrated to other clubs 

and there is need to change so that we can 

attract new members. [We] also [need to] invite 

members from other clubs to visit and patronize 

the Club.” 

To revamp the club, authorities have turned to a 

Kenyan, Geras Khakali, who has been serving as 

manager since the beginning of the year. With a 

wealth of experience from Kitale Golf Club where 

he served for a dizzying 22 years, Khakali has 

been handed a three-year contract. 

A former top amateur who won several accolades 

during his heydays, Khakali will have his work 

cut out as he bids to get the putter going. The 

Kenyan native’s task is to attract more and more 

visitors as well as new members. 

We understand that Khakali has advised the club 

to build 10 rooms for visitors plus a conference 

room that can accommodate 100 people. He also 

wants a functional reception area to be incepted. 

Jinja club has leased the Dam Waters Rugby 

grounds for two years to Iluima Uganda Limited. 

“We are purely a members club with 35 active 

golfers but there has been a general lack of 

members as most of them have migrated to other 

clubs and that has affected the club,” Mbayo 

laments. “We have now introduced a cashless 

card system at the club which will enhance cash 

collection for the Club in order to realize more 

money for the club.” 

Jinja club is on lease of five years. The premium 

for the club is yet to be footed. 

The Jinja course has been invariably described 

as the best kept secret in Uganda. Here is why: 

its location just a tee shot from the source of the 

Nile gives it a rich textured backdrop. 

It’s only a nine hole (18 tee) golf course and 

famously had a local rule allowing a free drop 

of the ball if it came to rest in a hippo’s hoof 

print but its dearth of carpeted fairways makes 

it quite challenging. After a tough round of golf, 

you can take off your spikes and wind down 

in a swimming pool. You could also, for good 

measure, order for a gin and tonic from the club’s 

excellent bar and restaurant. One can also work 

up a sweat from the squash and tennis courts.

Caption: Hon. Daudi 

Migereko and Nokwanda 

Mgeni - managing 

director ESCOM hand over 

a prize at the ESCOM 

Jinja open. 

The Jinja 

course 

has been 

described 

as the best 

kept secret 

in Uganda. 

Here is why: 

its location 

just a tee 

shot from the 

source of the 

Nile gives it a 

rich textured 

backdrop. 

With three slight doglegs and a wildlife theme, 

the golf course is hard to escape. 

Below, STUART RITCHIE describes how he went 

about navigating the course. 

Hole one: On the 1st hole, a 385 yard par 4, 

trees line the right side of the fairway, but there’s 

plenty of room to bail out to the left. Thereafter, 

your mid-iron shot to the green must keep right 

of the ‘jungle’ which funnels in from the left 

towards the green. So care is necessary. Given 

the dangers around, our excitement at teeing off 

where the Nile tees off, and the usual 1st hole 

stiffness, maybe we should accept a bogey at the 

start, happy that we have not hooked a ball to be 

carried in a swift current to Cairo. 

Hole two: The 2nd, a 163 yard par 3 over 

a deepish gully, just requires a good strike to an 

unprotected green. Still a good chance of getting 

our par if we don’t quite make the green. Birdie 

able, but it’s just a bit early in the round. 

Hole three: On the 3rd, a 496 yard par 

5, we tee off with a slight rise in front of us, but 

pylons in the distance give us a good line. We 

should not miss the broad, broad fairway which 

takes a long, straight sweep down to the green. 

A good drive and a good 3 wood followed by an 

accurate pitch to the green, avoiding the bunkers 

short and left, will give us our first birdie. So back 

to par after three holes. 

Hole four: The 520 yard par 5 4th (550 for 

the inward half) would be straightforward were 

it not for a couple of huge trees encroaching well 

into the fairway just at the corner of the dogleg 

where you want to be playing your pitch to the 

green. Back up the gentle slope we’ve got bags of 

fairway for a real go with the driver. The 3 wood 

to follow is the crucial shot at this hole. We must 

take the long route up the left of the fairway. 

Then we should have a shot to the green round 

or over the aforesaid trees. And it’s a small green, 

dropping off sharply at the back. All in all, we’re 

more likely to end up with a bogey than a par. 

Hole five: The 5th, a short 306 yards par 

4, gives us an immediate opportunity to recoup 

that loss. A good drive with plenty of fairway to 

work with, followed by an accurate pitch and putt 

gives us our birdie. 

Hole six: We need to be careful on the par 

4 402 yards 6th. Driving at an angle to a quite 

narrow tree-lined fairway, we require accuracy 

rather than distance off the tee. Thereafter, a 

good middle-to-long iron will take us to the 

green, avoiding a large bunker short right. We’ve 

played that hole well to keep us level after six. 

Hole seven: The 7th, a 197 yards par 3, 

is really only protected by its length. Par is very 

achievable. We take a short walk through the 

trees to the 8th tee and the best viewpoint of the 

source of the Nile. Superb! But back to business. 

Hole eight: The par 5, 520 yards 8th requires care 

off the tee, but a well-hit drive avoiding trees to 

the left and the desperate rough on the right 

down towards the Nile, and a well-hit 3 wood 

into a widening fairway sets us up for a shortto-middle 

iron to the green. However, we must 

under no circumstances drift short right into a 

greenside bunker which will have us reaching 

for our Hamlets. Birdie is possible, but let’s be 

thankful that we are where we are and be happy 

with par. 

Hole nine: The par 3 205 yards 9th shapes 

up perfectly for drawers of the ball. But for me it’s 

a high, well-hit 3 wood that needs to sail over the 

tall trees on the left and drift down to the largest 

green on the course. Two putts and we’re round 

in par. 

Let’s not push our luck by playing another nine, 

particularly when an appropriately named Nile 

Special awaits us in the clubhouse. 

Jinja has been widely described as the adrenaline 

center of East Africa and with good reason. There 

are so many tourism hotspots that dot this former 

industrial town -- the second largest in Uganda. 

We visited some of them and -- in no particular 

order -- give a lowdown about them. 


THE 7 

WONDERS 

OF JINJA 

SOURCE OF THE NILE 

Jinja plays host to the birthplace of the world’s longest 

river -- the Nile. Source of the Nile water spills out from 

Lake Victoria and journeys to the Mediterranean. Exploring 

the Nile by boat is thrilling as indeed is sampling life on 

the western bank of the river where the Source of the Nile 

Gardens and monuments for John Speke and Mahatma 

Ghandi will be sure to strike you. Part of Ghandi’s ashes 

were scattered in the white Nile, and this explains why 

there is a statue of the great man at the great river’s banks. 

There is also bird life at the source of the Nile. So, it’s 

definitely a place that will leave you in awe! 

BIG GAME MINI GOLF 

You can enjoy mini-golf around something of an African 

safari themed course. Imagine showing a good short game 

in the midst of a snake. Well, literally. How about holding 

your cool under the jaws of a, well, hippo! And then 

tagging a tiger! It all happens at this great little mini course 

with splendidly crafted holes. All the holes have an animal 

theme about them, and are sure to bring out a funny 

side. They are certainly not as competitive as Uganda Golf 

Club’s stroke index one hole 12. They are all about a subtle 

lighthearted pleasure. 

SAMUKA ISLAND 

Arguably Uganda’s ultimate getaway destination, Samuka 

Island has such magnetism about it. The island’s calling 

card is undoubtedly its unique bird life. A splendid offshore 

resort, Samuka Island is a 20-minute boat ride from the 

source of the Nile. It offers pristine accommodation 

conditions for its visitors. A haven for birdlife, Samuka 

Island has a staggering 50 or so species of migratory and 

resident birds on its stamping ground. It prides in being 

one of only two known breeding sites for the long tailed 

comorants and little egrets in Uganda. The blue waters of 

this offshore resort are as soothing as they should be. 

MEZZANINE 

It offers such a compelling view of the mighty Nile River. 

It might have simplicity about its African-hut outlook, 

but it does churn such sumptuous, luxurious tapa menus. 

Renowned for its legendary fried tilapia and wood-fried 

pizzas, the Mezzanine is something of a food paradise. Its 

extensive menu literally takes you around the world. Oyster 

mushroom, salsa verde, chilli salt squid…name them all, 

they are all at the Mezzanine. 

QUEEN’S PALACE 

This has got to be Jinja’s ultimate watering hole. It 

certainly has everything to assuage the thirst of the 

reveller and brings sports aficionados up to speed. 

Plastered with seven plasma screens showing live sports 

games or video music remixes by VJs -- no small beer in 

this part of Uganda -- Queen’s Palace certainly has the 

ingredients to wow anybody. A word of caution though; 

if you love watching your football from the counter, you 

have to exercise a sustained degree of care seeing as the 

waitresses have raunchiness about them. They even climb 

the counter to remarkably make orders. You have to see their 

unconventional modus operandi to believe me! 

SUNSET HOTEL INTERNATIONAL 

Jinja isn’t dotted with five-star hotels. It, however, has some 

pretty decent three-star hotels and tourist camps. Sunset 

Hotel International is one of the three-star hotels that 

managed to capture our imagination. Located off Kiira Road, 

the hotel is popular with tourists. While we were there we 

managed to establish that medical doctors from the Western 

world who had come to treat Jinja natives were residing 

there. And so were students from the West on exchange 

programmes. 

JINJA CLUB 

It squats on 64 acres and has a nine-hole golf course, rugby 

pitch, swimming pool as well as courts for lawn tennis and 

squash. If you love to work up a sweat, this is certainly the 

place for you to be! The club has been in existence since 1935 

and has been retouched with the odd fresh coat of paint to 

keep up with the times. 

WHEN IN JINJA 

Be sure to ensure that you get your adrenaline going. What 

with white-water rafting and bungee jumping! 

DON’T go looking for five-star hotels in the town. They aren’t 

any! But there are some pretty decent accommodation 

facilities, certainly some good three-star hotels and motels. 

DO go white-water rafting. There are grade IV and V rapids 

on the upper stretch of the Nile which offer a rollicking 

that births one of the most awesome white-water rafting 

destinations. The intensity of the some of the rapids has not 

stopped first-time rafters from having a plunge. The Bujagali 

Dam, however, ate up some of the rapids. This though hasn’t 

entirely put the likes of Adrift and Nile River Explorers out 

of business. White-water rafting and bungee jumping still 

abound here in Jinja. 

DON’T go bungee jumping or white-water rafting if you 

don’t have the nerve! Bungee jumping and white-water 

rafting can be quite numbing. Thankfully, safety is of the 

essence. In the case of white-water rafting, a fleet of rescue 

kayaks and a safety boat are always within touching distance 

to ensure that everything remains prim and proper. As for 

bungee jumping, the foot-tie system developed in New 

Zealand is a ‘lifesaver’. 

DO go for a horseback safari. You can ride horses along the 

hills above the Nile River. The section along the banks of the 

Nile has proved to be a popular one. The longer rides are also 

just as stunning as journeys through hills overlooking the 

Nile valley right through transfixing plantation vistas before 

settling in the tranquil Mabira Forest Reserve. The sunset 

rides that pan out every Friday and Saturday afternoons 

from 4pm include a boat ride for good measure! There are 

also pony rides for kids as well as short safaris -- straddling 

anything from one to three hours -- for horseback riding 

upstarts 

DO go mountain biking. There are guided rides that usually 

climax with a boat ride to the source of the Nile River. 

Hardcore, if not daring, trips through the Mabira Forest 

Reserve are another option. 

DO grab your fishing gear and go fishing! Yes, if fishing is 

your cup of tea, then Haven or Mezzanine restaurant can let 

you live you dream or be it if you part with $150. You can 

go ahead and land a Nile perch from the tranquil waters of 

the Nile. 

DO take a sunset canoe cruise with Kayak the Nile or even 

a booze cruise with Nile River Explorers. A steam-powered 

African Queen can offer you a two-hour cruise at a princely 

sum. There are cheaper options such as Ripon Landing 

Boat’s 30-minute to and fro ride at the source of the Nile that 

knocks off just Shs 40,000. The longer trip takes on to the 

Samuka Island where lots of other things can be done such 

as birdwatching and fishing. 

DO, if you can, go jet boating. A 90km/h speedboat trip over 

the Nile’s rapids is sure to bring a great thrill if not the odd 

spine-chilling silence. There are plenty of 360-degree spins 

during this high octane journey through the Nile that knocks 

off $75 from your purse. 

DON’T call Jinja “Jinja” when talking to the native inhabitants. 

Try mouthing it as “Dinda”. 

Jinja also boasts of a vibrant and robust nightlife. With 

dozens of bars including Bebes, Leo, Spot six, night clubs 

like Sombreros and Mayfair, casinos including the Nile View 

Casino, one can be spoilt for choice while in Jinja. 


FEATURE 

By Alex Galisonga 

Mickelson 

Gunning for 

US Open 

“I think that if I’m able to win 

the U.S. Open and complete 

the career Grand Slam, I 

think that that’s the sign of 

the complete great player” 

Tiger Woods was PGA 

Tour player of the year, 

Adam Scott was global 

golfer of the year and 

Henrik Stenson was 

the champion of the 

year on two tours. Phil 

Mickelson, however, was 

the story of the year in 

2013. 

From his sixth heartbreaking 

runner-up 

finish in the U.S. Open at Merion to his incredible 

final-round charge to the British Open Championship at 

Muirfield, it was classic Phil. 

“For me, personally, the British Open is the greatest 

accomplishment I could ever get in my career because 

of the shots that I had to learn and the challenge that it 

created for me over the course of my career,” Mickelson 

said in the aftermath of his closing 66 at Muirfield 

that left the rest of the field in his wake. “It was so 

difficult for me to play my best golf in the British Open 

under those conditions ... to win that is the greatest 

accomplishment for me in my career.” 

The victory in Scotland gave Mickelson the third and 

most unlikely leg of his quest to become the sixth 

golfer to win the “Career Slam.” It only amplified his 

frustration at the U.S. Open, where last June he yielded 

a 54-hole lead to Justin Rose and finished second in his 

national championship for a record sixth time. 

It was an impressive turnaround that separated his 

major season from the others. 

“In a matter of a month to turn it around, it really feels 

amazing,” Mickelson said. “I thought that it could 

go either way. You have to be resilient in this game, 

because losing is such a big part of it. And after losing 

the U.S. Open, it could have easily gone south; where I 

was so deflated I had a hard time coming back. 

“But I looked at it and thought I was playing really good 

golf. I had been playing some of the best in my career 

and I didn’t want it to stop me from potential victories 

this year. And I’m glad I didn’t, because I worked a 

little bit harder. And in a matter of a month I’m able to 

change entirely the way I feel.” 

The career slam is so at the forefront for Mickelson that 

at his first news conference of 2014 he was asked about 

this year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, where in 1999 

he earned his first runner-up finish, to Payne Stewart. 

“June is a little bit far away,” Mickelson answered. 


For all his desire to win the U.S. Open, 

Mickelson isn’t looking past the Masters. 

“I would love to win the Masters a fourth time 

every bit as much as I would love to win the 

U.S. Open a first time,” he said. “The Masters is 

really special.” 

His longtime caddie and friend, Jim “Bones” 

Mackay, laughed at the thought of Mickelson 

looking ahead. “When you talk about things 

that could never, ever, ever happen in life, 

one of them is Phil Mickelson looking past 

the Masters. There’s as good a chance of that 

happening as the Chargers being in the Super 

Bowl and him deciding not to watch.” 

Mickelson’s priority has been getting his game 

in order for Augusta. He tweaked his earlyseason 

schedule – dropping events where he’s 


From left to right: Phil 

Mickelson gets out of 

the bunker at Augusta 

in 2012, Phil beats Tiger 

at chess on hole 19 at 

Dubai Classic, Phil displays 

winning trophy 

won such as Riviera and Bay Hill and adding stops such 

as PGA National – and his results were inconsistent. 

“I’m still a little rusty,” he said at Doral. “I have not been 

mentally that sharp, and so to play better each day has 

been good for me ... But with Augusta right around the 

corner, it’s time to get going. 

“My game is starting to feel better, even though my 

results this year haven’t shown it. But I feel close, and so 

I’m not overly concerned.” 

Mickelson withdrew from the Valero Texas Open two 

weeks before the Masters because of a pulled muscle he 

suffered in the third round. 

“My back’s feeling great, my body’s been feeling great,” 

Mickelson said in a statement released by the PGA Tour. 

“I pulled a muscle on my downswing trying to hit the 

ball hard on the second hole. It just killed and it wouldn’t 

subside for 10 or 12 seconds.” 

If there is a place Mickelson can show up at less than 

his best and still be a factor, it’s Augusta National. At age 

43 and 10 years removed from his breakthrough major 

triumph in the 2004 Masters, Mickelson remains on the 

short list of favorites. 

“I’m not sure at what point it will change, but that golf 

course is just tailor-made for the way I like to play,” he 

said. “Short game, such a big factor. The way I know 

the greens. It’s so critical to know the intricacies and 

nuances, which I’ve learned over the years. I don’t know 

at what point I won’t be feeling as though I have a great 

chance to win, but certainly right now I feel I do.” 

That’s a feeling he never had at the British Open, which 

made his win last year all the more rewarding. 

“I don’t know how many times in the previous 10 or 12 

years leading up to that (2004 Masters) I finished in the 

top 10, had opportunities to win and whatnot, so I knew 

when I showed up at Augusta I was going to have a 

chance to win. 

“But I didn’t have that same feeling, obviously, at the 

British Open. I had very erratic performances. I had two 

times I finished in the top three, coming close, finishing 

second and third in ’11 and ’04.” 

After the Masters, Mickelson will set his sights on that 

elusive U.S. Open trophy to join his green jackets, claret 

jug and Wanamaker Trophy. It’s a club whose only 

members are Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, 

Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen. 

“I think that if I’m able to win the U.S. Open and complete 

the career Grand Slam, I think that that’s the sign of the 

complete great player,” Mickelson said. “And I’m a leg 

away. And it’s been a tough leg for me. But I think that’s 

the sign. I think there are five players that have done that. 

And those five players are the greats of the game. You look 

at them with a different light.” 


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Golf at its very best 

will be on display this 

July when The Open 

Championship returns 

to Royal Liverpool Golf 

Club, also known as 

Hoylake, from 13-20 

July. As the second-oldest seaside golf 

course in England, after Royal North 

Devon, it is a fitting host for golf’s oldest 

Major Championship. 

When Royal Liverpool last hosted The 

Open in 2006, it was following a 39 year 

absence at the Wirral links. Spectators 

turned out in droves to welcome the 

Championship back to Hoylake amidst 

unusually hot weather, walking the sunbaked 

fairways alongside the best players 

in the world. They were treated to a display 

of near-flawless shot-making by Tiger 

Woods, who used his driver just once during 

the Championship on his way to his third 

Open title. 

Many eyes will be on Woods in 2014, curious 

to see if he can turn out another winning 

performance at Hoylake, if he has recovered 

from his latest back injury, eight years on. 

Others will be sharply focused on defending 

Champion Phil Mickelson, hoping to catch 

a glimpse of the brilliance he displayed at 

Muirfield in 2013. 

Playing in his 20th Open, Mickelson surged 

back from a five-shot deficit in the final 

round, delivering four birdies in the last 

six holes to lift the Claret Jug for the first 


For over 150 years The Open Championship has been in 

the business of creating sporting history. It has made and 

broken reputations, and it has prompted scenes of utter 

despair and untrammelled joy. 

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time. Calling it “probably the best 

round of my career,” the drama and 

emotion of Mickelson’s Open victory 

will certainly be on the minds of 

spectators when he returns to defend 

his title this year. 

Among the other leading 

contenders will be the 2013 Masters 

Champion Adam Scott who came 

so close to claiming his first Major 

Championship at The Open at Royal 

Lytham in 2012 and contended at 

Muirfield again last year. A resurgent 

Rory McIlroy will be looking to win 

his third Major Championship crown 

at Hoylake and the likes of 2013 US 

Open Champion Justin Rose, Swede 

HenrikStenson, who finished runnerup 

at Muirfield and won the FedEx 

Cup and the Race to Dubai in 2013, 

and former world number one Lee 

Westwood, who finished four shots 

behind Mickelson at The Open last 


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year, will be among those to 

watch out for. 

The Open has a storied 

history at Royal Liverpool, 

stretching back to 1897 

when Harold Hilton won 

the Championship as an 

amateur for the second 

time. The venue has 

witnessed a string of 

particularly memorable 

Open Champions. 

In 1907, Arnaud Massy became 

the only Frenchman to have won 

The Open; Fred Daly became the 

first Irishman to do so, in 1947; and 

Argentine golfer Roberto De Vicenzo 

became the first South American to 

win a Major Championship when he 

lifted the Claret Jug in 1967 at the age 

of 44. 

In 1930, Bobby Jones won The Open 

at Hoylake on his way to becoming 

the first and only player to win the 

Grand Slam in a single year and the 

last player to have won The Open as an 

amateur. 

When Royal Liverpool hosts The Open 

for the 12th time this July, all the 

elements will be in place to deliver 

another memorable Championship 

near the shores of the River Dee. 

“We are looking forward to returning to 

Royal Liverpool where there has been 

some wonderful Open Championships 

over the years,” said Johnnie Cole- 

Hamilton, The R&A’s Executive 

Director — Championships. 

“Spectators turned out in huge 

numbers last time we were at Royal 

Liverpool and we are expecting 

another wonderful Championship this 

year,” he added. 

The Junior Open, which is held every 

two years, will be played at nearby 

West Lancashire Golf Club from 14-16 

July and will see an international field 

of over 100 girls and boys under the 

age of 16 take part. 

Spectators at The Open will have 

access to a free Wi-Fi mesh covering 

the grandstands, tented villages and 

other areas throughout the golf course. 

Users will be able to connect their 

mobile devices and follow the location 

of their favorite players on the course, 

view live scores and tune in to TV and 

radio coverage of The Championship. 

Electronic scoreboards will also be 

placed around the course, to provide 

up-to-date results and a wide range of 

digital content. 

Children under the age of 16 will be 

admitted to The Open free of charge. 


TUITION 

CREDITS: 

ALASTAIR BROWN PGA PROFESSIONAL,EMIRATES GOLF CLUB 

THE CORRECT SET 

UP FOR SUCCESSFUL 

BUNKER SHOTS 

The bunker shot is the weekend golfer’s most feared of all 

short game shots, but the Tour Pro much prefers this shot 

than an awkward pitch. Having no fear of the bunkers will 

also allow you to play more pressure-free iron shots. 

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THE CLUB 

I am using a 60 degree sand wedge and would 

recommend a minimum of 58 degrees. The 

standard SW in your set is 55/56 degrees. 

Those extra few degrees make all the 

difference. 

I want you notice how when the shaft of 

the club leans forward (which positions your 

hands in front of the club head) the sharp 

leading edge is the lowest point of the club 

which will result in the club digging too deep 

into the sand. Place the shaft in a neutral 

position (the club head directly under the 

handle) which will get the back edge as the 

lowest point this will also give the club better 

loft and will result in the club sweeping 

through the sand. 

SET YOUR STATION 

The set up is the most important part of 

this shot. The old school method (left) is 

to stand with the body open, the club face 

open loft and put the ball position forward. 

This leads to a swing path that moves 

along the line of the body and too much to 

the left of the target which creates sidespin 

to the right and also makes it difficult to 

propel the ball forwards usually leaving the 

ball in the trap. The correct way as with all 

other shots is to set your body square to 

your target line so that you can deliver the 

power through the sand to throw the ball 

forward with no sidespin. In practice 

I draw two parallel lines to help with my 

alignment (right). 


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CREDITS: 

ALASTAIR BROWN PGA PROFESSIONAL,EMIRATES GOLF CLUB 

I want you to see that I have turned my 

front open around 60 degrees but my 

toe is still on the parallel line, this in turn 

opens my knee which points over the 

toe and will help with my rotation around 

the left knee to the finish. The ball is 

opposite my left heel helping it feel more 

forward. Again draw a line with your club 

from your heel to ensure the correct ball 

position. My sternum (centre of chest) 

position is on top of the ball focusing 

on the ball. This is going to be where 

I will strike deepest in the sand. Also 

notice the neutral handle and clubhead 

relationship. 

Having your weight lowered into the sand 

through your legs and feeling forward on 

your left side is important. Stay on your 

sternum line during the back swing rather 

than move off the ball. The energy is moving 

around you, rather than your body mass 

excessively moving. I like to feel the arms 

and club doing the work here. Focusing on 

rotating around the sternum line allows you 

to positively accelerate through impact. 

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How to create controlled 

power from the tee 

CREDITS: HENRIK STENSON PGA PROFESSIONAL, THE CUT 

At first glance, hitting greens in 

regulation seems like it’s all good iron 

play. However, don’t underestimate 

the importance of hitting the fairway 

first. It’s a whole lot easier to find 

the green when your ball is lying on 

cut grass. One reason I hit so many 

fairways is that I often favor my 

3-wood off the tee. But there are also 

two areas of my swing I’ve worked on 

that have allowed me to hit the ball 

consistently long and straight this year. 

I’m sure they’ll work for you too. 

1 - Starting Down: ‘Grip the Turf’ 

Your legs and feet are the only parts of 

your body connected with the ground, 

so they are a key source of power and 

stability. In my old swing, my upper body 

would race ahead in the downswing 

and pull me up and out of the shot (top). 

This cost me distance and accuracy. 

Now, as I start down, my feeling is 

grinding down into the ground with my 

feet(aboe). This move gives your swing 

that magic combination of stability and 

power. I won’t kid you - it takes time to 

groove this move. But if you put in the 

work, you’ll be rewarded with a powerful 

delivery position (right). 


2 - Time the Perfect Release 

In my swing sequence, I talked about 

how I generate club head speed 

through my arms. If you want to apply 

maximum pressure to the ball, you 

have to release the club coming into 

impactt, not exiting it(left). When you 

work your body too hard, as I was 

doing, you will tend to drag the butt 

through to the target(below). and never 

release the club head. This is a position 

that can only hit weak cuts. 

Practice makes perfect 

SPLIT HANDS FOR BETTER RELEASE 

Take your regular left hand grip, but 

hold the club down on the shaft with 

your right. Make a backswing: feel how 

the split hands encourage the right 

elbow to fold into your side as the club 

moves back. Because your right hand 

now has further to travel to reach its 

impact position it needs to work a bit 

harder and faster. Because of this you 

will find yourself squaring everything up 

underneath yourself more naturally, and 

more in sync with your upper body. Make 

some split-hand half-swings, feeling 

that more aggressive right-sided release. 

Slowly work your way up to a full swing 

and your normal grip, each time repeating 

the sensation of the full shaft under your 

chest at impact. 


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CREDITS: MARTIN STEEL PGA TEACHING PROFESSIONAL , ABU DHABI GOLF CLUB 

1 

IF YOU KNOW THE LENGTH OF YOUR SWING, 

YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR DISTANCE! 

Take a look at the three photos above. As you can see, the three swings depict three different swing lengths. If you imagine your golf 

swing as a clock face, you can see that you can control the length of your backswing if you know what time to stop at. The key here is 

to make sure that you start practicing three different length swings as this will help you to control your distance. 

Now notice the follow through to the 

right. There are two keys that will help 

everyone achieve the correct follow 

through. 

1 The follow through length should 

correspond with the backswing length 

(maybe a little more, as shown on the 

picture with the tick). For example, 7 

o’clock on the backswing will roughly go 

to 5 o’clock on the follow through. 

2 Chest and belt buckle faces the target 

with the weight on the front foot. 

MARTIN’S TIP: If you can tap 

your right toe three times on your 

follow through, you’ve successfully 

transferred your weight and to your 

lead leg. 


2 

IF YOUR TEMPO IS CONSISTENT, 

YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR DISTANCE! 

EQUAL TEMPO FOR ALL THREE SWINGS 

A common problem for any golfer trying to control 

the distance of their shot is a tendency to change 

the speed of their swing. They base this on how 

hard they want to hit the ball which leads to 

inconsistent strikes and inconsistent distance. The 

key to maintaining tempo is understanding that the 

tempo stays the same regardless of the swing you 

have made. For example: If it takes you one second 

to make the 7 o’clock swing, it should take the 

same amount of time to complete the 11 o’clock 

swing. 

HOW DO WE CONTROL THE DISTANCE? 

Most golfers carry two to three wedges, a lob wedge (60 degrees), a 

sand wedge (56 degrees) and a pitching wedge (48 degrees). By utilizing 

the different lofts with the different length swings, it is now possible to 

note the distance that the ball carries (always note the carry distance, 

NOT the final distance as surfaces will react differently from course 

to course). For example, the table on the right shows that the three 

different clubs and the three different length swings equate to nine 

different CARRY DISTANCES! 

CONCLUSION: 

So there you have the ultimate guide to distance 

control, easy as clockwork! 

If you can remember three swings and one tempo, you 

are on your way to pitching like a pro. 


TUITION 

CREDITS: 

CREDITS: GERALD HENRIK AYELLA STENSON UPGA TOUR PGA PROFESSIONAL, ENTEBBE THE CUTGOLF CLUB 

How to pull off the straight-arm pitch shot 

I 

was watching many players in the 

short-game practice area, and 

nearly all of them were pitching the 

ball with straight arms and little to 

no wrist cock. This style of pitching, 

made famous by Steve Stricker, is 

perfect for low-to-medium height 

pitch-and-run shots, where you 

have plenty of green to work with and 

don’t need to fly the ball in high and 

soft. For the average recreational golfer, 

it’s the safest and most efficient way 


to pitch the ball, 

since it takes the 

wrists out of the 

equation and all 

but eliminates 

the fat shot. The 

more wrist cock 

you have, the more 

prone you are to 

release the club 

head early and hit 

the shot fat or thin. 

It’s also a much 

easier way to play 

those very difficult 

30-, 40-, and 50- 

yard partial wedge 

shots. 

Hold the club 

shaft out in front 

of you with your 

arms parallel to 

the ground, and 

rotate the clubface 

a turn to the right 

to slightly open the 

face. Then re-grip 

the club. The higher 

and softer you 

want to pitch the 

ball, the more you 

open the face—or 

simply choose 

a higher-lofted 

wedge. 

For a low shot, 

play the ball 

approximately 

1 inch back of 

center in your 

stance (measured 

between your 

heels), with your 

hands slightly forward of center and 

your weight also slightly forward. The 

club shaft should lean forward with the 

butt end of the grip pointing just left of 

your belt buckle. Grip halfway down the 

handle for more control and feel, which 

will force you to stand closer to the ball 

than normal. 

Swing your left arm back to about 8 

o’clock, so that the shaft is parallel to 

the ground. There should be very little 

wrist deviation at all from your address 

position, meaning the relationship 

between your left arm and the shaft 

remains about the same. It should feel 

to you as if the wrists aren’t cocking at 

all, although they will some. You don’t 

want to create too much leverage on 

the backswing, as that will cause you 

to dump (i.e., early release) the angle 

between your left arm and shaft too 

soon. 

Simply turn your chest to the right on the 

backswing, keeping your arms and torso 

connected. The farther you want to pitch 

the ball, the farther you want to swing 

your left arm back and rotate your chest 

to the right. Note the angle between by 

left forearm and club shaft is less than 

45 degrees. A full wrist cock would bring 

this angle closer to 90 degrees, which 

steepens the angle of attack into the ball 

and adds more wrist components to the 

downswing. 

At impact, the club head should be 

moving down and trailing the hands, and 

the shaft should have a slight forward 

lean to it. Your hands should be everso-slightly 

forward of the club head, the 

left wrist flat, and the right wrist slightly 

bent. There should also be a straight-line 

condition between the left arm and club 

shaft. Critical: Make sure that the arms 

and torso remain connected through 

impact. If the body stalls, you’re not going 

to make solid contact. The proper feeling 

is that of the torso pulling the arms, and 

the arms pulling, or lagging, the club head 

into the ball. The farther you want to hit 

the ball, the faster you rotate your arms 

and torso through. 

Rotate your arms and torso through so 

that your chest is facing the target at the 

completion of the swing, and your arms 

are extended, very much mirroring the 

position of your backswing. Provided your 

arms and torso rotate together and the 

wrists don’t break down, the club head 

should remain out in front of your chest. 

There’s no rehinging of the wrists—the 

arms should feel nice and extended, with 

little change to the angle between your 

left arm and shaft from address.

FORWARD TEE OFF WITH...

Rules 

in Focus 

The R&A launches 

Online Rules 

Academy 

The R&A has launched a new free online course to help golfers 

and administrators improve their knowledge of the Rules of Golf. 

The Rules Academy is available at www.RandA.org/RulesAcademy and 

is based on the Etiquette Section and the Quick Guide to the Rules of 

Golf (a short summary of the most commonly occurring Rules). Users are 

guided by either Padraig Harrington or Suzann Pettersen, who are both 

R&A Working for Golf Ambassadors. 

The course features video, images and diagrams of Rules situations and 

includes revision questions after each section. It covers the essentials 

that all golfers should know such as sportsmanship, integrity and 

respect. It adopts a tee to green approach and tells you what you need 

to know at each point; from where to tee your ball, to taking relief from 

various conditions, to holing out and returning the score card 

At the end of the course, people can take a Level 1 Rules Exam and 

receive a certificate signed by their guiding player. 

Two-time Open Champion Padraig Harrington said, “The Rules Academy 

is a great idea for helping golfers to improve their knowledge of the 

Rules of Golf in a quick and easy way. A short online course will make the 

Rules and how they are applied much less daunting and the game more 

enjoyable as a result.” 

Suzann Pettersen, a former LPGA champion, said, “It’s easy to take the 

Rules for granted but in golf it is so important to understand the values 

of the game and show respect to your playing partners. Learning more 

about the Rules can help you get more out of the game so I would urge 

people to get online and take the course.” 

The R&A operates a three-tier Rules Education Programme and the 

Rules Academy is based on the Level 1 Introductory Rules Schools 

that it conducts around the world in conjunction with its affiliated 

bodies. 

David Rickman, The R&A’s Executive Director, Rules of Golf and 

Equipment Standards, said, “I’m delighted that we can now offer the 

online Rules Academy to those that want to master the basic Rules 

and Etiquette of this great game. The course will guide people as 

to how the game is meant to be played and the Rules that apply in 

particular situations which can happen to anyone out on the course. 

It may even save golfers the occasional precious stroke or two.” 

The Academy is free to view and should take no more than two 

to three hours to go through. The Exam costs £10 to take with the 

proceeds going to The R&A’s Working for Golf programme. Each year 

The R&A invests £5 million in the programme which supports the 

development of the game around the world. 

Golf Rules; Etiquette 

The spirit of the game 

Golf is played for the most part, without the supervision of a referee 

or umpire. The game relies on the integrity of the individual to show 

consideration for other players and to abide by the rules. All players 

should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating 

courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how 

competitive they may be. This is the spirit of the game of golf. 

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In practice, 

players who 

leave rakes 

in bunkers 

frequently 

leave them 

at the side 

or at the 

back of 

the bunker 

where it is 

easy to place 

the rake. 

Keeping Pace 

Play at a Good Pace and Keep Up:   

You should always play at a good pace. The committee may 

establish pace of play guidelines that all players should follow. It’s 

a group’s responsibility to keep up with the group in front. If they 

lose a clear hole and delay the group behind, they should invite 

the group behind to play through, irrespective of the number of 

players in that group. Where a group has not lost a clear hole, but 

it is apparent that the group behind can play faster, they should 

also invite the faster moving group to overtake them. 

Be Ready to Play:   

You should be ready to play as soon as it’s your turn to play. When 

on or near the putting green, leave your bags or carts just off the 

green on the way to the next tee. When the play of a hole has 

been completed, leave the putting green quickly. 

Lost Ball:   

If you think your ball may be lost outside a water hazard or is out 

of bounds, to save time, play a provisional ball. Players searching 

for a ball should signal the players in the group behind them to 

play through as soon as it becomes apparent that the ball will 

not easily be found. They shouldn’t search for five minutes before 

doing so. Having allowed the group behind to play through, they 

shouldn’t continue play until the group coming through has 

passed and is out of range. 

Priority on the course: 

Unless otherwise determined by the committee, priority on the 

course is determined by a group’s pace of play. Any group playing 

a whole round is entitled to pass a group playing a shorter round. 

The term “group” includes a single player. 


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