Randpark golfer keeps winning tournaments around SA

Star golfer Zethu Myeki (24) just cannot stop winning.

Randpark Golf Club can count its lucky stars the Eastern Province Championship and Mpumalanga Open winner decided to move from East London to Joburg, or Randpark Ridge specifically, to seek more competitive golf.

A member of the club since January, Myeki is still an amateur player sponsored by the Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation.

Even so, Myeki has outshone professional golfers at major tournaments ever since she won the Border Championship in 2015 – one of her greatest successes being winning a third-place finish at the PinkStig Series in Sun City in December, which was mostly a professionals’ tournament. She also won the matchplay award at the KZN Championships in mid-March.

“My golf is on a high,” she said with a smile during an interview at her new club.

“I am getting better and better and it is not always about winning. I want to do my best.”

Myeki explained that she is loving her amateur status and is not quite ready to go professional, although that is her dream.

“You can’t win everything so my goal is just to win at least three tournaments this year. I am also studying Golf Club Management through the Club Managers Association of America and will finish my three-year course next year.”

Myeki plans to reassess her amateur status when she has completed the course. If professional golf does not work out for her, she would like to work in club management.

Myeki’s golfing career started 10 years ago when she was heading home from school in Grade 7.

“I saw some girls hitting a golf ball around on a soccer field. One day I tried it and it was love at first sight.”

Myeki played golf on that soccer field for two months before joining the West Bank Golf Club and receiving formal lessons.

Little could she know that one day she would be the best women’s golfer in her province.

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