BY SABELO GWEBU
GOLF – An impressive field of 60 golfers will take to the Mbabane golf course greens for the first MTN Monthly Masters competition on Saturday, February 25.
The competition will be played under the individual Stableford format. Registration according to Mbabane Golf Club secretary Thabiso Gama will be from 8.15 am to 915am, with golfers teeing it off at 9.30 am, bomb start style. For registration, golfers are expected to Gama on 76337229.
“Prominent players including MTN CEO Wandile Mtshali, Central Bank Governor Dr. Phil Mnisi, Mbabane City Council CEO Gideon Mhlongo, FSRA CEO Ncamiso Ntshalintshali, EEC MD Ernest Mkhonta, FINCORP MD Dumsani Msibi, to mention just a few will be on show,” Gama said.
After the day’s competition, it is expected that the sponsor, MTN, will announce this year’s sponsorship package and how the competition will be played this year to make it exciting for golfers.
The Individual Stableford aims to accumulate the most number of points over the course of 18 holes. Depending on a players handicap a certain number of strokes are allocated on each hole and the table of points is based on the net score of the individual player (after handicap adjustment) or the best team score.
For the first time, the MTN Monthly Masters will be played in four golf courses being Mbabane Golf Club (five competitions), Nkonyeni Golf Estate (three competitions), Manzini Golf Club (two competitions), and Mananga Gold Estate (two competitions) with the Master of Masters slated for December at Nkonyeni Golf Estate.
Effectively, this means that for the first time, the MTN Monthly Masters will be played across three regions; Hhohho, Manzini and Lubombo in 2023.
MTN MASTERS DRAFT DRAW
1 Fisiwe Vilane Wakie Lawrence Frans Strauss Wandile Simelane
1B Phil Mnisi Ernest Mkhonta Ncamiso Ntshalintshali Wandile Mtshali
2 Clement Dlamini Albert Mavuso Jordy Shiba Mike Zwane
3 Thulebona Masilela Kenneth Nkambule Nelisiwe Mathabela Zwelisha Dlamini
3B Brian Mayisela Teboho Mohapeloa Musa Motsa Roger Kunene
4 Cosmo Mthethwa Ndzingeko Dlamini S’khumbuzo Mohammed Sandile Chonco
4B Phumlile Zwane Nikiwe Tsabedze Nosmilo Kgomo Nokuthula Dlamini
5 Behlule Dlomo Mthokozisi Dube Kenneth Dlamini Robinson Hlophe
6 Phillip Tiriwepi Muzi Shongwe George Mzungu Fanie Mthethwa
6B Tata Dlamini Eerfaan DaDa Siphiwe Dlamini Sibusiso Ndzabandzaba
7 Albert Mhlanga Andrew Mkhonta Frank Hlophe Josefa Bhembe
7B Musa Shongwe Mpumelelo Makhubu Samkelo Mavimbela Mandla Tshawuka
8 Vusi Ngcamphalala John Mngometulu Patson Dlamini Dumisa Gama
9 Mongi Dlamini Gideon Mhlongo M.A Dlamini Dumsani Msibi 9B Rasheed Mohammed Colani Dlamini Sam Richards Thabiso Gama
