South Africa to host the largest golf purse in the world

This is quite interesting news and honestly was bound to happen at some point. The largest winning purse in modern golf is going to be competed for right here in Sunny SA. Here’s a bit of info: The Sunshine Tour will make leading golfers choose between the world’s richest tournament in South Africa and Tiger Woods’ charity event in California from next year. A new $10 million World Golf Championships event to be hosted by the tour was heralded by Sunshine commissioner Gareth Tindall on Tuesday as the launch of “a world tour” and “the most significant thing that has happened to South African golf in its history.” Tindall, emboldened by Charl Schwartzel’s Masters victory on the 50th anniversary of…
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