{"id":310390,"date":"2011-03-15T06:41:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T06:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/namibia-npga-set-for-golf-showcase\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T06:41:32","slug":"namibia-npga-set-for-golf-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/namibia-npga-set-for-golf-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: NPGA Set for Golf Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59.5461741425\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/59a688e4namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>11 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A field of 154 World class professional golfers will next week be competing in what is expected the &#8220;greatest golf showcase&#8221; for the year in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian PGA forms the sixth and last leg of the South African Summer Tour, with golfers from 11 countries &#8211; South Africa, England, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Finland, Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho and Switzerland &#8211; taking part.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>They are expected to test their skills on the newly reconstructed and designed Windhoek Golf &#038; County Club course on March 17 to 20, said Namibia Professional Golf Association president Adri Basson.<\/p>\n<p>Basson said he was particularly looking forward to seeing how top Namibian players Joe Nawanga and Francois Hanekom fare against the classy field.<\/p>\n<p>Previous winners such as<\/p>\n<p>TC Charamba, Hennie Otto and Marc Murless are all expected to make an impression. Jean Hugo, James Kampte, Darren Fichardt, Jbe Kruger, Brandon Grace, Doug McGuigan, Jake Roos, Niel Schietekat, Ulrich van den Berg will also all be vying for the top prize.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Presently on form players will be in action,&#8221; said Basson.<\/p>\n<p>Basson added: &#8220;The first player to record a hole-in-one on the ninth hole during the final round of the MTC Namibia PGA Championship, will receive a Volvo 5602.OT valued at N$310 000.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He urged sport enthusiasts to go and watch this prestigious event any time during the tournament week.<\/p>\n<p>Last week MTC announced a total sponsorship of N$1,8 million for the championship. The seventh year of the tournament will be the last one under the current sponsorship deal with MTC, who previously announced that they would not renew their contract.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103150241.html\" title=\"Namibia: NPGA Set for Golf Showcase\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namibia: NPGA Set for Golf Showcase<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 11 March 2011 A field of 154 World class professional golfers will next week be competing in what is expected the &#8220;greatest golf showcase&#8221; for the year in Namibia. The Namibian PGA forms the sixth and last leg of the South African Summer Tour, with golfers from 11 countries &#8211; South Africa, England, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Finland, Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho and Switzerland &#8211; taking part. They are expected to test their skills on the newly reconstructed and designed Windhoek Golf &#038; County Club course on March 17 to 20, said Namibia Professional Golf Association president Adri Basson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia: NPGA Set for Golf Showcase - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/namibia-npga-set-for-golf-showcase\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Namibia: NPGA Set for Golf Showcase - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"11 March 2011 A field of 154 World class professional golfers will next week be competing in what is expected the &quot;greatest golf showcase&quot; for the year in Namibia. 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