Swaziland, or the Kingdom of Eswatini As it has been known since 2018, a country on the East Coast of South Africa, with a population of 1.1 million inhabitants and two golf courses, 55 Olympic athletes in its history and only 684 golfers between amateurs and professionals, only three ranked, He put his flag in front of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open after the first day.
The exercise was conducted by Nobuhle Dlamini, the reference athlete, who threw 68 strokes, knew how to handle the wind that entered late in the day and with six birdies and two bogeys equal in the lead with the Scottish Kelsey Macdonald. The only professional golfer in the country near Mozambique tried the LPGA qualifying school with no luck in 2017.
The 29-year-old African started playing for her father, a self-taught person who, at the turn of the century, opened a program for young people to which his daughter joined in 2004, while alternating it with football, basketball and athletics. Six years later, she assiduously won tournaments and, between the Royal and Ancient and a South African soldier, they paid the expenses to go on a scholarship to the University of Pretoria, where she increased her skill with the sticks. After adding several degrees during his student years, he turned professional in 2014.
“It was a difficult day because the wind changed direction and it was difficult to know which club to choose, but I think I managed it well. I love this course, “said the Johannesburg-based golfer.
Among the Spanish, Mara Hernndez, with 70 strokes, is fifth, and Ana Pelaz, thirteenth with 71, the only two who managed to beat the Terramar Golf Club course in Sitges.
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