Groenewald finishes third at Classic
The star says confidence is the most important single factor in the game of golf.
Local golf star Coert Groenewald finished third in the recent CA Academy Classic at Wingate Park Country Club.
He was the first round leader and closed with a 71 to finish at nine under before Centurion golfer Jacques Kruyswijk took over the lead the following day.
The 26-year-old said confidence is the most important single factor in the game of golf.
“It’s the one thing all the leading players in the game have in common. There is only one way to get confidence and sustain it. You have to work at it constantly, but we lose sight of that sometimes in that constant battle to qualify, to make cuts and to make enough money to keep our cards,” he said.
Groenewald won the IGT Tour Race to Q-School at Wingate Park in December and graduated from the country’s premier developmental Tour with a fifth place ranking at the end 2014.
A month later, he finished in a tie for eighth at Qualifying School and packed his bags for the Sunshine Tour.
FINAL SCORES
200 – Jacques Kruyswijk 68 66 66
206 – Phillip Kruse (AMA) 68 71 67
207 – Coert Groenewald 66 70 71
208 – Danie Van Tonder 72 68 68
Want to receive news alerts via WhatsApp? Send us an SMS/ WhatsApp message with your name and cellphone number to 079 414 6709.
Familiarise yourself with our WhatsApp service disclaimer.
Do you perhaps have more information pertaining to this story? Email us at roodepoortrecord@caxton.co.za (remember to include your contact details) or phone us on 011 955 1130.
For free daily local news on the West Rand, also visit our sister newspaper websites Randfontein Herald, Krugersdorp News and Get It Joburg West Magazine
Remember to visit our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages to let your voice be heard!
