by Tammi | Dec 21, 2023 | Columns
A GRADE ONE IS A GRADE ONE… There are some cynics suggesting that because the Gauteng three-year-old champions Main Defender and Sandringham Summit didn’t make the trip to Cape Town, the R2 million Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas is “sub-par” this year. Hand on heart, it...
by Gary Lemke | Dec 20, 2023 | Columns
There were so many good stories around the Ryder Cup, that it’s disappointing the one that attracted the most attention was Patrick Cantlay not wearing a cap. He was capless, Sky Sports golf correspondent Jamie Weir ‘revealed’ to the world, in protest at no money...
by Tammi | Dec 20, 2023 | Columns
Gary Lemke highlights some of the biggest talking points following an action packed sporting weekend. ANOTHER GRADE ONE FOR DRAKENSTEIN STUD A year after Drakenstein Stud won the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas with Charles Dickens, another colt swooped late to take the...
by Gary Lemke | Oct 20, 2023 | Columns
We’ve now arrived at the point where the men’s Official World Golf Ranking means absolutely nothing. Zilch. However, it’s still being used as a springboard for players to enter the Majors, while some sponsors still attach a whole lot of significance to it when looking...
by Gary Lemke | Aug 20, 2023 | Columns
Back in 2004, Ernie Els played a practice round with Michelle Wie and after 18 holes he gushed, ‘To be honest with you, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a lady golfer swing the club as good as Michelle does. I think a lot of what Michelle did today reminds me a lot of...
by Gary Lemke | Mar 1, 2023 | Columns
In 2021 I had the privilege of being in the Covid-19 ‘bubble’ at the Tokyo Paralympics, coming less than a fortnight after spending three weeks inside that same 4km perimeter zone for the Tokyo Olympics. I had come back to South Africa for a week and then went back to...
