Huge blow for Zim golf

WELL-RESPECTED golf development coach Roger Baylis believes Zimbabwe has wasted a golden opportunity to showcase the significant strides the country has made in reviving the sport, after the Zimbabwe Golf Association (ZGA)’s failure to enter a team for the World Amateur Team Championship to be held in Japan.

DANIEL NHAKANISO

Zimbabwe has participated in every single edition of the prestigious biennial tournament, which is also known as the Eisenhower Trophy, since the inaugural edition held at the famous old course at St Andrews, Scotland in 1958.

The country will, however, miss out this year after ZGA failed to enter team for this year’s edition of the tournament to be held from September 11-14 in Japan before the registration deadline.

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