The Sunshine Tour tees off its new 2024/25 season this week with a new tournament in the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions powered by Attacq, which features a unique format aimed at showcasing a gathering of champions throughout South African golf all chasing a first prize of R1 million.
The 34-player field for this week’s tournament, which will be played at Royal Johannesburg Golf Club’s East Championship Course from 2-5 May with live coverage on SuperSport, has brought together the winners from all corners of South African golf competing over a nine-hole format that they will play twice each day for four days.
Golf fans will be treated to a stadium-like atmosphere around what will serve as both the ninth and 18th greens, giving unrivalled viewing access to a selection of the finest golf talent in the men’s, women’s and amateur game in South Africa. There will also be a separate competition for the leading golfers from the South African Disabled Golf Association (SADGA).
Champions from various sectors of South African golf have qualified to compete in a tournament offering R2.5 million in total prize money, but with a lucrative R1 million up for grabs to the professional winner.
The Sunshine Tour will be represented by all of its available champions from last season and led by Ryan van Velzen, the winner of last season’s Sunshine Tour Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy.
Robin Williams, the winner of the Sunshine Tour’s Fortress Rookie of the Year last season, will also tee it up.
The Sunshine Ladies Tour will be represented by a selection of this season’s winners including South Africa’s Cara Gorlei, Casandra Alexander and Gabrielle Venter, as well as India’s Tvesa Malik and Scotland’s Kylie Henry.
The Altron Big Easy Tour, the main feeder tour for the Sunshine Tour, will feature Order of Merit winner Leon Vorster.
And elite South African amateur golf will be represented by Altin van der Merwe, winner of the inaugural Africa Amateur Championship at Leopard Creek in February and who also recently won the Sunshine Tour Qualifying School, as well as top GolfRSA women’s amateur Kesha Louw.
About Waterfall Management Company:
Waterfall Management Company (WMC) is the property, asset and operational manager for the Waterfall City land. WMC is responsible for managing and coordinating all the current and future developments on and for the Waterfall City development, on behalf of the Landowner. WMC has been working with developers and investors since 2004, to create the largest mixed-use development in Africa. The company holds extensive expertise in the field of leasehold and as such are the appointed specialists in the leasing agreements for the developments in Waterfall City.
Each year sees Waterfall City expand, offering more top-notch facilities to its residents, commercial tenants, visitors and communities in the surrounding area, making it a truly remarkable development within Gauteng. It is a modern city that takes into consideration unique design aesthetics to ensure Waterfall City lives up to the development’s goal of offering integrated stay-work-play environments that provide unsurpassed quality of life in a vibrant urban setting.
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About Attacq Limited:
Attacq Limited and its subsidiaries is an innovative Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), based in South African and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), with a vision to create sustainable value for all stakeholders through a value-based strategy, ensuring a positive impact in our communities and the environment we operate in. Attacq is well-positioned to deliver on its purpose to create smart, safe and sustainable community spaces providing remarkable experiences in our managed hubs.
Attacq’s portfolio is diversified across different asset classes, geographies and quality counterparties, providing the building blocks for resilience and enabling additional value added real estate opportunities.
Attacq’s focused approach is on: (1) Waterfall City, comprising its completed real estate portfolio, developments under construction and leasehold land; (2) Rest of South Africa, comprising the remainder of its South African completed real estate portfolio; and (3) Other investments, comprising a 6.5% interest in MAS P.L.C. (MAS) and its Rest of Africa retail investments. Going forward, business diversification will be the fourth focus area, achieved through investing in opportunities complementary to Attacq’s real estate portfolio.
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