Media Release – 2 April 2010

Mossel Bay Golf Club – which prides itself on its friendliness – will be hosting 30 Days of Golf this April.

“We’ve got organised events on every day of the month,” said the Club’s CEO, Bertu Nel. “But, although we’re expecting to be very busy, we’ll always have room for visitors who want to play.

“And April to July is the best time for golf on the Garden Route – because this is the time of year when we enjoy perfect, windless, sunny weather.”

He said that the recent successful opening of a new borehole on the course had helped playing conditions considerably.

“We’ve been through a serious drought, and we’re still all praying for rain – which is the best water of all. But I’d almost say that we have a grateful course, because of the speed with which it’s recovered since we started watering.

“The course is looking good already – but it’s getting better all the time, and I think we’ll have it in top quality condition in a week or so.”

Mr. Nel said that highlights of the month’s programme included an At Home Day on Thursday the 15th, when the lady members of the Club would entertain ladies from all the other golf clubs in the Garden Route; the Park Primary Fund Raiser on Saturday the 17th; and the Jack Nicklaus Golf Day on Friday the 30th, which is part of a national series – of which the eventual winners will travel to the USA to play with Mr. Nicklaus himself.

“For visitors, one of our most exciting events of the year will be the launch of the Garden Route Golf Pass on the 15th of April,” said Mr. Nel.

Five different passes will allow access at preferential, pre-paid rates to the region’s many championships courses.

The ‘Par’ Passport costs, R550.00, and buys a round each at the Mossel Bay Golf Club, the George Golf Club, and the Kingswood Golf Estate (in George); The ‘Birdie Passport’ costs R750.00, and includes Plettenberg Bay Golf Club, Goose Valley Golf Club (also in Plettenberg Bay), and the Pezula Championship Golf Course in Knysna; the ‘Standard’ Passport costs R990.00, and includes rounds at George, Kingswood, Mossel Bay, Pezula, and the Plettenberg Bay Country Club; the ‘Eagle’ Passport includes Pinnacle Point Golf Resort in Mossel Bay, Oubaai Golf Estate near George, and the Mossel Bay, George, and Kingswood courses – all for R1,500; and the ‘Albatross’ Passport includes Pinnacle Point, Oubaai, Pezula and the Simola Golf Estate in Knysna as well as golf cart hire for just R1,850.

“The Passports are valid until the 15th of October, and offer incredible value for money for anyone who loves playing here in the Garden Route, which really is South Africa’s Capital of Golf,” said Mr. Nel.

Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm said that both Mossel Bay Golf Club’s April Programme and the Garden Route Golf Passports fitted in well with the town’s Domestic Marketing Campaign.

“We’re promoting the idea that Mossel Bay is ‘The South African’s Destination During This Year’s World Cup’,” she said. “And that while the rest of the world would be filling the host cities for the games, South Africans can still escape to their favourite holiday town – and it won’t cost them a fortune, either, as the Golf Passports have shown.

“We’re very much looking forward to welcoming our countrymen this Easter – and during the long winter holidays to come,” said Ms. Holm

More information from www.visitmosselbay.co.za and www.grgolfpass.co.za.

ENDS 595 WORDS

NOTE TO EDITORS: MOSSEL BAY GOLF CLUB PROGRAMME FOR APRIL 2010

Thursday 1 April – Ladies & Social Golf
Friday 2 April – IPS & Social Golf
Saturday 3 April – Comb. Bogey Plus
Sunday 4 April – Social Golf
Monday 5 April – 4 B All Stableford
Tuesday 6 April – SA Police & Sages
Wednesday 7 April – PSG Chicken Run
Thursday 8 April – Ladies & Social Golf
Friday 9 April – Mosselkrakers & Social Golf
Saturday 10 April – BB Medal
Sunday 11 April – Social Golf
Monday 12 April – Open @ 10:00 for Social Golf
Tuesday 13 April – Mosselkrakers & Seniors
Wednesday 14 April – BB Stableford
Thursday 15 April – Ladies @ Home Golf Day
Friday 16 April – Mosselkrakers & Social Golf
Saturday 17 April – IPS – Park Laerskool
Sunday 18 April – Social Golf & Sunday Mixed Competition
Monday 19 April – Ladies League & Social Golf
Tuesday 20 April – Mosselkrakers & Social Golf
Wednesday 21 April – Philren Monthly Medal
Thursday 22 April – Mikeva Golf Day
Friday 23 April – Mosselkrakers & Double Whammy
Saturday 24 April – Srixon Super Saturday – BB Bonus Bogey
Sunday 25 April – Social Golf
Monday 26 April – Open @ 10:00 for Social Golf
Tuesday 27 April – Combined Stableford
Wednesday 28 April – Sakemanne Golf Day – BB Stableford
Thursday 29 April – Ladies & Social Golf
Friday 30 April – Mosselkrakers & Jack Nicklaus Golf Day

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