Africa-Press – Eswatini. Despite not winning the tournament, Eswatini golfers fairly competed in the recently-ended King’s Cup Golf.
The tournament, which was played at Ezulwini and Country Club, was played from Friday to Sunday.
Eswatini professional golfers won a combined E90 440.
Winning the biggest chunk was James Pennington, who won E28 500 after carding a combined score of 141, while Meshack Zwane won E21 208.
The latter finished on a score of 142 over the two days, Saturday and Sunday.
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Coming third under the Eswatini category was Raymond Mathonsi, who carded a score of 144 to earn E11 306.
Another professional golfer Mandla Dlamini Junior also earned the same amount as Mathonsi as they were both ranked 16th.
Oscar Dube and Peter Dlamini also made E9 060 each after carding a score of 145.
Pennington said he enjoyed the overall event.
“I thought it was organised well and the course was in a beautiful condition.
I am truly disappointed not to win the event as it is a special event and one that means a lot to us as the host nation.
I unfortunately could not replicate my good scoring from the qualifier the week before, but fought hard and gave my all on both days,” said Pennington.
He said as players they were so grateful to the sponsors of the event, Eswatini Royal Insurance Corporation (ESRIC), Eswatini Electricity Company ( EEC), MTN and Nedbank for their contributions to the event.
“Personally I am extra grateful to ESRIC for providing me a platform to play and help achieve all my dreams.
We are already looking forward to next years’ edition and I am going to be working hard to achieve the goal of winning such a prestigious tournament,” he said.
Meanwhile, Zwane thanked His Majesty King Mswati III, organisers and sponsors for hosting the event.
“It brings together players from all over the continent.
We hope for better growth of the event in near future.
As emaSwati we hope to see more events before the main event to allow more emaSwati to be more competitive.
emaSwati are showing a big improvement and we hope for better sponsorship to allow growth,” said Zwane.
He also said they hoped their fair showing in the tournament would inspire the youth.
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