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Article: Golf is the new African happening. (Sporting Business).
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- African Business
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- June 1, 2003
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Want to get ahead in business? Then take up golf. President Thabo Mbeki and an increasing number of Africans are now realising that more business deals are made on the golf course than in boardrooms. MILAN VESELY describes the rise and rise of golf in Africa.
Africa's athletic, soccer, and cricket A teams have been making waves in the world of international sport and now there is a new kid on the block: Golf. Long the preserve of celebrity professionals such as Ernie Els and Gary Player, golf is now gaining a whole new wave of African converts, many up-and-coming black businessmen taking up the sport both for both business and leisure reasons.
"A lot of ...