We wish BSI Golf Coach and PGA Diploma graduate Tyrone Gibb tremendous success in the next chapter of his career, as he heading off to Jakarta, Indonesia to take up a Head Coach position at Clement Golf Academy.

Tyrone has had a major impact on the students under his wing with his commitment, motivation, guidance and mentorship.  We are excited for the new adventures that await him.  Best of luck Ty, from all your BSI Family!

Major Success

Massive congratulations to Mental Training client Casandra Alexander on her first Top 10 finish in a Major Championship, with T7 in the AIG Women’s Open at the iconic St Andrew’s Old Course.  Casandra shot rounds of 73, 68, 73, 72 for a 2 under par total just 5 shots back of winner Lydia Ko.  Well done also to BSI Mental Coach Mark Fairbank for his solid work behind the scenes.

 Hole-in-alert!!

Huge shout out to BSI Junior Academy graduate and Elite Academy golfer Pranay Kapur for his Hole-in-One on the 14^th at Royal Johannesburg West Course in our BSI 18-hole medal on Friday 23 August 2024. Nice one Ace!

Pranay Kapur

BSI Tournament Results

BSI Premier Division 18-hole medal (22 August)

Well done to Gilbert Chalwe, for his win in the BSI Premier Division 18-hole medal on Thursday 22 August, with a 6-under par 66 played on Royal Johannesburg – West Course. With this win, Gilbert has won three BSI medals in a row and has shown that he has overcome his injury 5 months ago and is pushing to constantly improve his game. Well done Gilbert, continue going from strength to strength.

Personal Best: Bjorn Ludewig 77

Gilbert Chalwe

Bjorn Ludewig

BSI Junior Academy 18-hole Medal

Congratulations to Connor Olfsen, on his win in the BSI Junior Academy 18-hole medal, with a score of 73 on Royal Johannesburg – West Course on Friday 23 August. This is Connor seventh win in BSI medals and he is two from two, going for the 3-peat this week. Connor has actually had an exceptional Winter with his selection to the CGGU U17 team last week. Great going Connor, keep the focus whilst always smiling!

Personal Best: Lu’ay Hsu 77, Mongezi Ntombini 78, Kean Buytendorp 80 & Nate Mc Lellan 81

Connor Olfsen

Lu’ay Hsu, Kean Buytendorp & Mongezi Ntombini

BSI Premier Division 18-hole medal (23 August)

Well done to Gilbert Chalwe on him winning the BSI Golf Premier medal with a score of 69, 3-under, in the 18-hole medal on Friday 23 August, played at Royal Johannesburg – West Course. Wow, we say the treble on the Thursday and Gilbert goes one better with a four from four performance in BSI medals. Is it a ‘fifer’ this week? Great going Gilbert, we love your work!

Personal Best: Douglas Afundi 73 & Alex Kivi 84

Gilbert Chalwe

Douglas Afundi & Alex Kivi

External Tournament Results

 Ladies European Tour – AIG Women’s Open; St Andrews, Old Course (22nd – 25th August)

T7 – Casandra Alexander

Sunshine Tour SunBet Challenge Times Square Casino; Wingate park CC (21 – 23 August)

T4 – Ryan van Velzen

T35 – Keagan Thomas

Bushveld Tour Series #9; Benoni CC (19 – 21 August)

2^nd – Warwick Purchase

T11 – Jules Helary

T20 – Jacques van der Merwe

Uganda Ladies Open Golf Championship 2024; Entebbe Club (22 & 24 August)

12^th – Keisha Kagoro

 Courier Guy 9 Hole Challenge – CGGU vs GNGU; Waterkloof GC (25 August)

Huge Shout out to Connor Olfsen and the CGGU Juniors who won the inaugural Courier Guy 9-Hole Challenge against Gauteng North. Central Gauteng beat Gauteng North 37-31.

Connor was selected to the U17 Boys team, with clients Grant Labuschagne and Gia Raad also being chosen for CGGU.

Well done to all the players!

The CGGU Junior Winning Team

ALUMNI

PATHWAY TO SUCCESS

 More BSI graduate success, as Juan-Dee Ungerer is appointed as Assistant Greenkeeper at the prestigious Glendower GC.

JD graduated in our PGA Diploma class of 2023 and then enrolled in our Greenkeeping course as his ‘4th year’ to round out his training and qualifications for the golf industry.

He has been conducting his practical hours at Royal Johannesburg under the guidance of fellow BSI alumni Jerry Steyn, and JD’s dedication to work and learning has enabled this appointment even before he completes the course.

JD Ungerer

2 more PGA Diploma graduates making in-roads in the golfing industry

Two of our PGA Diploma graduates following their passion and doing amazing work in the South African golf industry. We’re proud of you Carl Nebbeling and Alfred Sutton. Carl has his own business in Apex Golf, which is a Virtual Golf and Custom Club Fitment Centre based in the south of Johannesburg and Alfie, a regular face at professional events as Srixon Golf’s club-fitter.

Carl Nebbeling and Alfred Sutton

Not Just Golf

Football Academy

 WOLVES FC SOCCER CAMP

Our annual Wolves FC Soccer Camp from 25-27 September 2024.

We are hosting a Junior Camp for 7 to 12 year olds, and a High Performance Camp for 13 to 18 year olds. Both camps are for 3 days, are non-residential, and include an exclusive Wolves Camp Soccer Kit.

Our International Academy Partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC enables us to host these camps, with Wolves sending out 2 of their highly qualified Academy Coaches to train our local talent.