This Week We Travel to South Africa
for the Nedbank Challenge
Played at the Gary Player Country Club
7981 yards par 72
Defending Champion is Tommy Fleetwood
In the TH last year the winner was JJ
I don’t have to use embarrassing photos . . . I choose to
This event has been around since 1981 when it was the million dollar challenge. That first year it was a five person event with Jack, Johnny, Lee, Gary and Seve. Johnny Miller won in a playoff when Seve three putted on the ninth hole of sudden death. For his win Johnny received $500,00 out of the $1 million purse. The field increased over the years up to 30 with the total purse also going up with the winner receiving a million starting in 1987. In 2016, it became a full field event on the European Tour.
FUN FACT: In 1982 at the second running of the event, Ray Floyd won in a playoff but only earned $300,000. The field had been increased to 10 and everyone got a check, last place received $50,000. Sounds like . . . LIV?
We continue the playoffs this week, so for those still in the running the usual rules are still in place. For the rest of us it is . . .
Four and an Alt
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“Insomnia sharpens your math skills because you spend all night calculating how much sleep you’ll get . . . if you’re able to ‘fall asleep right now.”