Garen Niemand finished his junior tournament career off in style by shooting a fine 5 under par 67 in the KeNako Junior Series event held at Kingswood Golf Estate on Sunday.  Garen had not been sure that he could play because he is in the midst of his matric exams, so he was a late entry into the event.  It was a popular win for this likeable young man who has spent the last 4 years at KeNako Academy.  Garen has developed his game from a technical, physical and mental point of view to the point where the KeNako professionals believe that he has the knowledge and the skills to keep on progressing with his game when he leaves the Academy in a few weeks time. He has decided to study accounting at Stellenbosch University and he will make final decisions about his future career path after completing his degree.

There were other notable performances from KeNako students at the Kingswood tournament.  Malcolm Flanegan and Reinhardt Claassen produced their best performances of the year and the applause they received was well deserved; a 73 for Malcolm (Tied 2nd Place) and a 74 for Reinhardt represented a step forward and is just reward for the effort they have been putting into the program.

Malcolm has bounced back from a run of disappointing performances which were fully expected with the technical changes that he went through after he enrolled at the Academy in July.  A similar initial performance graph has happened to probably 90% of the students who have enrolled at KeNako, but everyone eventually shows the benefit of working on sound basics, improved technique and constructive practice.

15 year old Reinhardt has shown steady progress throughout the year; he has better technique, a vastly improved physical condition and his mental application is more disciplined.  These factors have contributed to an improvement in his confidence levels and his scores are starting to come down.

Another 15 year old Franklin Manchest continued his excellent progress and finished in a tie for second place with Malcolm.  The improvement in Franklin’s golf over the past couple of years has been amazing and KeNako is very proud of his achievement in making the Southern Cape U19 IPT team due to play in the IPT Nationals in December.

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