The River Club

New Member Benefits

We are working hard on improving the range of benefits you can enjoy as a golf member of the River Club. Mowbray, Rondebosch, Stellenbosch and Milnerton golf clubs have agreed to offer our members substantial discounts on the visitors green fee. We are also talking to Kelvin Grove, Fitness Zone and Planet Fitness about reciprocal benefits.

In addition we will be having a monthly member golf day where you can bring guests and there will be fantastic prizes up for grabs. We will also sponsor a hole-in-one competition with prize money of R2000!

For further information please click here to email us or contact the River Club on 021 447 3757.

Ladies Golf

The River Club hosts a ladies day every Wednesday morning which includes a free golf clinic from Logical Golf Academy. The clinic starts a 10:30am every Wednesday and we encourage you to invite a few friends who want to improve their game. Tea and sandwiches compliments of Players Restaurant will be served afterwards.

For further enquiries please click here to email us or contact the River Club on 021 447 3757

New Tenant

The River Club would like to welcome a new tenant in the Golf Shop. The Golf Resorts Club markets holidays at golf resorts across the country and we believe that there is great synergy in having them here.

At the Golf Resorts Club, you will have access to a selection of beautifully appointed luxury houses on South Africa’s finest golf estates and upmarket leisure resorts. As a member you are entitled to the use of the club accommodation and its facilities at the prestigious estates every year in perpetuity. The Golf Resorts Club is ideal for corporates to use as incentive schemes, client relationship building, or much needed “de-stressing”. You will find that where you stay is as magnificent as where you play.

Currently on offer:
BUY 1 WEEK AT ANY RESORT AND HAVE ACCESS TO AN ADDITIONAL 5 WEEKS AT ANY OF THE OTHER GOLF RESORTS LUXURY HOUSES PER ANNUM.

To take advantage of this offer click here to email us or contact Taryn on 021 448 8577. For further information on the Golf Resorts Club log onto www.golfresortsclub.co.za.

Ideal Corporate Event

With all the new enthusiasm and excitement being injected into the team by new guy Vernon, we are chomping at the bit to host your teambuilding session, corporate golf day or charity event. Why not treat your staff to a day at the River Club? If you are pressed for time the mashie course is ideal, and we welcome hackers! There is simply no better place to introduce your staff to the game of golf than at the River Club where you can learn the game in a relaxed environment – as opposed to some of the more established and exclusive clubs which tend to be intimidating to first timers. It is a lot of fun and economical too.

Charity Golf Day an Overwhelming Success

The Charity Day Golf Day Arranged by Mr Terry Dickinson with the help of his friends proved to be an overwhelming success. Through the generous efforts by sponsors and well doers the golf day was able to raise R 47 257.00 in aid of people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.

Many participants and contributors are to be thanked including Mr. Robbie Simpson, Auction Alliance, Magica Roma, Ms Diane Niagle, The Wild Fig Restaurant, The Hydro in Stellenbosch, Ken Forrester Wines, Spier Wines, Constantiaberg Wines, Logical Golf, Mr Kevin Doyle, Mr Des Scott, Brown Fillery and the Player Restaurant at the Riverclub.

Other contributors were David Curling, Val de Klerk, Karen Dobbie, Vanessa Hindley, Gavin Hunter, Susie Macdonald, Piers Montague Evans, Des Scott and Terry and Lindy Dickinson.

Lastly a special thanks to the players without which the game would not be possible and the River Club staff.

We encourage you to consider hosting your Corporate or Charity golf day at the River Club.

We invite you to consider hosting your own Corporate or Charity at the River Club. Click here to request a quote or for further information please call the River Club on 021-447 3757

Golfing news and golfing tips are kindly provided by LOGICAL GOLF, our on-site golf professionals, who are there to help you improve your game exponentially. (Tel. 021 448 6358)

Congratulations to Lucas Clover for winning the U.S Open this past week.

His world ranking moved up from (71) last week to 18. The big surprise was the form of David Duval who has been in the wilderness for such a long time. With the U.S Open result the former world number one has moved from (882) last week to 142 in the world

Rule of the Month

Question: A fellow Competitor’s drive may have landed in a water hazard as it cannot be located. Your competitor asks to drop his ball behind the hazard and incurs a one-stroke penalty. Should you allow this?

Answer: The rules don’t allow it and neither should you.

Rule 26-1 states that in the absence of knowing or being virtually certain that the ball entered a hazard; it must be treated as a lost ball.

Golfing Tip of the Month

Starting the Down Swing

The down swing happens in less than a second, is the culmination of the golf swing and the result of proper alignment, stance, grip and back swing. It requires a fluid movement of your body in a powerful and unified sequence of events. The three major phases of the downswing are:

1. Shift
2. Rotate
3. Hit

In the beginning of the down swing, the arms and hands are passive, essentially in free fall from the top – The movement of the knees toward the target and the turning of the left hip and side back to the target initiates the downswing. This in turn sets up a chain reaction, whereby the power created by the resistance of the hips and shoulders is transferred into the back of the ball. At the top of your back swing, your upper body has completed its wind up and ideally the lower body has initiated the downswing.

Common Mistake: Do not start the downswing with your upper body, by first lunging at the ball with your head. Rather, you should feel the weight transfer from the ground up. Beginner golfers tend to swing hard with their arms and upper body, which in turn creates many problems. Swinging too hard will throw off your balance and weight-shift, which will actually reduce the power of your swing. A squarely hit ball will travel much further than a forcefully hit one.