SOUTHBROOM AMATEUR CLASSIC 2022

4th – 8th July 2022

The 32nd Men’s Southbroom Amateur Classic was played from Monday 4th – Friday 8th July 2022. It was a successful tournament played in pristine South Coast winter conditions with lots of entertainment, food, drink, friendship and laughter involved!

Congratulations to the winners, the top 12 being:

The 32nd Mens Amateur Classic was once again, a great success. As the country finally moved away from most of its Covid regulations, Southbroom was able to put on a ‘restriction free’ tournament for the first time in what seemed an absolute age!

The tournament cannot be had without the players, and they obliged. 160 men from all over the country, some from overseas, made the trek down to Southbroom to make it a truly special, full event.

The Classic moved back into its more regular mid-winter slot rather than last year’s early September date. True to form July delivered 4 pristine Southbroom winter days which allowed for a competitive, high scoring classic.

While there were many teams who threatened the summit, there was one team who couldn’t be beaten for consistency. Grant Poppesqou & Norman Leys started on Monday with an incredible 47 points, albeit only 1 point ahead of second, and managed to keep mistakes to a minimum. Scores of 47, 43, 43 & 45 saw them win the 2022 Men’s Amateur Classic by 5 points ahead of second place finishers, Andrew Rex & John Beaumont.

Considering the floods KZN experienced in April this year, the course played well. Well done to Charl and his team for their hard work.
The evenings were full of entertainment. Monday night Ricky Muso played, Dix thoroughly entertained us on Thursday and The Gentry rocked the final night. Gavin and his team did a wonderful job navigating the dreaded, ever-changing load shedding schedule. The food was superb!

On the Tuesday night, Xavier Pollett and his team at Beautiful East put on a great evening for the Classic players and their partners. Showcasing their beautiful Guesthouse, they put on Live music, food and drink for all and a chance to see if you can out-drive a Professional long drive Champion. Well done Xavier and your team on a superb evening!

Thank you to Alan Hall and Hibiscus Brokers for their Umbrella sponsorship, his team entertained all on the 10th tee on the final day with some much needed drinks.
Gary, Rene, & Deanne Purtell at Realty One looked after the players with Beaver Creek Coffee, Whiskey and a Keg through the week. I’m sure many players enjoyed that small break from golf, thank you!
Xavier and the guys from Crank, tested the players length off the tee on Monday. Quite scary how far Thorn hits it!

Thanks to our Southbroom ladies helping starting each day.  We extend a massive thanks to all our all our sponsors and players who love and support Southbroom and the South Coast.  Well done to Michelle & Thembi &  Club house Team for all the great meals  that continually flowed out and to Nick Van Deventer for the Splendid Potjie on Thursday evening.

It was wonderful seeing golfers from all over South Africa join us in Southbroom for this very special tournament, we look forward to seeing them all again in July 2023.

Click here to view all the wonderful memories made on our Facebook page.
This year we also have fantastic professional photos taken by Jhenae de Heer of all the players. You can view them all here, and if you would like to purchase any of them, please contact Jhenae  on her facebook page  or directly. 082 303 1563

Click here to be placed on the 2023 invitation list – Monday 3th to Friday 7th July 2023

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