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Julien Sale Wins Plett SCJOOM with Fantastic 65!
Julien Sale won the Southern Cape Junior Order of Merit tournament played at the Plettenberg Bay Golf Club on Sunday with a fantastic career best round of 7 under par 65. Julien has been through something of a lean patch in the past few months as he worked with Head...
Roger’s Reflections
The unveiling of 20 year old Tiger Woods to the world of professional golf in 1996 brought an unprecedented interest to the game. Although Jack Nicklaus remains arguably the best golfer to play the game the modern media made Tiger Woods a superstar to people across...
Gary Player to Captain SA Olympic Golf Team
It has been announced that Gary Player is to be the captain of South Africa’s first Olympic golf team competing at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. A couple of years ago Gary heard about some of the good work being done by KeNako Academy and he took the time to...
Career Best 72 Hole Scores for Caylum, Alan & Julien
3 KeNako students Caylum Boon, Alan Lones and Julien Sale had career best 72 hole totals in the Southern Cape Open played at Knysna Golf Club this past weekend. Caylum and Alan finished on 285, 3 under par, and Julien on 287, 1 over par. All 3 boys started slowly...
Andre Nel 4th in Southern Cape Open
Andre Nel finished 4th in the Southern Cape Open played at Knysna Golf Club this past weekend. Andre had rounds of 69, 69, 66 and 72 for a 4 round total of 12 under par 276. Andre is currently South Africa's No.3 ranked golfer and his continued excellent and...
Meet some of KeNako Academy’s Younger Students
It takes some time before the students at KeNako Academy are regularly in the headlines! We thought that we would introduce a few of our younger students today. In this picture Francois, Koka, Michael and Janco can be seen practicing their chipping at the private...
Franklin Manchest 5th in Africa Junior Open
Franklin Manchest finished 5th in the Africa Junior Open played at the Fish River Sun. Franklin had an outstanding final round of one under par 71 to move up through the field. His result meant that 2 KeNako Academy students finished in the top 5 at the Africa...
Alan Lones 2nd in Africa Junior Open
Alan Lones enjoyed a career best NOOM result to finish in 2nd place in the Africa Junior Open played at Fish River Sun. The players experienced conditions that they are unlikely to encounter too many times in their future golfing careers, with gale force winds...