Golf Digest South Africa - May 2025

Features 46 Riding the Rory Coaster McIlroy at the Masters. BY DOTTIE PEPPER 56 South Africa’s Top 100 Courses BY STUART MCLEAN 78 Steal from the pros Nine moves you can do. BY MARK BLACKBURN 86 US PGA Preview Green Mile at Quail Hollow. BY DEREK DUNCAN

6 Editor’s Letter BY STUART MCLEAN Mind 8 How Much Golf Is Too Much Golf? BY JERRY TARDE 10 Journeys ROBIN WILLIAMS, WITH KEELY LEVINS

12 Undercover Pro WITH JOEL BEALL

14 Be the Hare, not the Tortoise BY CHRISTOPHER POWERS

92 Zimbali Lakes BY STUART MCLEAN

16 That thing is in my way RULES BY RON KASPRISKE

104 Sunshine Tour Review of 2024/25 season. 117 Golf Digest 75th How we got here. BY SHANE RYAN 124 The Best I Ever Did For three weeks in 1971 Lee Trevino had it all. BY JAIME DIAZ What to Play 96 Our equipment experts explain why tour players are ditching hybrids for fairway woods (page 98). When is it OK to play old golf balls – and when should you throw them out? (page 100). Every club in Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s bag (Page 102).

18 Undercover Caddie WITH JOEL BEALL

20 Ask the greenkeeper BY DREW POWELL

22 Farewell Dave Pelz BY MIKE STACHURA How to Play 28 Aberg’s indoor drill BY DREW POWELL

30 Make mid-range putts BY JAMES SIECKMANN

32 Crunch your right side BY CHERYL ANDERSON

35 The Core Workouts to get fit. BY RON KASPRISKE

38 Fix your shanks now BY DAVID LEADBETTER

40 Calvin Peete’s tips BY LUKE KERR-DINEEN

42 Flex your sand skills BY TODD ANDERSON

44 Optimise your launch BY CHRIS MAYSON

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