May 2024
how to play. what to play. where to play.
tee sheet
PINNACLE POINT
The clubhouse
and 18th hole at
Pinnacle Point in
the Garden Route.
6
Editor’s Letter
Memories of Limpopo courses.
BY STUART MCLEAN
Mind
10
Zimbali Lakes & Ernie Els
KZN North Course project becomes signature course.
BY STUART MCLEAN
12
Undercover Caddie
When we get too involved, things get messy.
WITH JOEL BEALL
14
Lesson with ChatGPT
How does the AI chatbot stack up against the game’s all-time teaching greats?
BY JERRY TARDE
16
Golf Turn-ons and Turn-offs
When looking for love on the course, attraction isn’t the only thing that matters.
WITH COLEMAN BENTLEY
Body
18
Recapture your swing
Use these strategies to get back to your best tempo.
BY LYNN MARRIOTT & PIA NILSSON
20
Get your speed right
Use this drill for three-foot putts.
100
Shank it on command
How to hit hosel rockets so good, you'll never do it again.
BY SAHITH THEEGALA
104
What’s in my bag
PGA Tour’s Nick Dunlap.
WITH MICHAEL JOHNSON
Features
24
Bomb it like a kid again
Add metres and take years off your drives.
BY PADRAIG HARRINGTON
32
Until Valhalla
The five holes that will decide the PGA Championship.
BY DEREK DUNCAN
40
You need this club
Many of the best players in the word carry a 7-wood, so why don’t you?
BY MICHAEL JOHNSON
86
The Swing Maker
One move – straightening your trail arm at the right time – can upgrade your entire game.
By MICHAEL BREED
94
Sunshine Tour review
Ryan van Velzen is new No 1.
50
Return of the Golf Digest rankings
Six years on, criteria changes have impacted its evolution.
BY STUART MCLEAN
64
Country Club sits out
Too early for renovated course to be included.
68
Five new entries
Jackal Creek, Magalies Park debut in Top 100.
70
How Courses are Ranked
All six criteria are explained.
72
Plattners celebrate
30 years of Fancourt ownership.