Get the latest edition of Compleat Golfer, which features Players Championship winner Si Woo Jim on the cover after his breakthrough win at TPC Sawgrass.
What lies ahead for the talented 21-year-old South Korean is the ‘curse’ that many winners of the ‘fifth Major’ tend to struggle with at the US Open, which will be played at the first time at Erin Hills in America’s midwest.
All eyes will be on world number one and reigning US Open champion Dustin Johnson who missed The Masters in somewhat bizarre circumstances. Last year, Johnson overcame a controversial final round penalty in yet another rules fiasco for the PGA Tour.
In the mag, we take a look at Johnson from then to now, the course itself and all the key numbers that may decide who takes home the coveted trophy on 18 June.
We also revisit Ernie Els‘s win at the 1997 US Open and Tiger Woods‘ triumph in 2000.
On the local front, we bring you the story behind Oliver Bekker, who recently won the Lombard Insurance Classic in Swaziland, as well as a feature on Tyrone van Aswegen, who continues to plug away on the PGA Tour as a small fish in a big pond.
We catch up with Playing Editor Louis Oosthuizen, and he talks us through his Players experience, while also providing instruction on how to stop the ball quickly around the green. Last month, we gave away a 20-round playing card at Ebotse Links, which also happens to be our Course of the Month, and this month you stand a chance of winning a Callaway Epic driver.
Butch James, a World Cup-winning Springbok, discusses his other love and reveals which former Springbok and Sharks teammate struggles badly on the course.
All this and so much more in the biggest selling golfing magazine in the country, on sale now across South Africa for just R34.90!
