HARARE Royal Golf Club captain Audley Chatora enjoyed an all-expenses-paid trip to the recent Investec South Africa Open in Durban, courtesy of the Bard Santner Road to SA
Challenge that allowed him to enjoy world-class golfing and hospitality facilities in one of the region's premier tourist destinations.
Since its launch in October 2024, the Bard Santner Road to SA Challenge, held in partnership with Royal Harare Golf Club, has rapidly grown to become Zimbabwe’s premier
corporate golf tournament.
The Bard Santner Golf Challenge is a series of monthly tournaments held at the prestigious Royal Harare Golf Club in the capital.
The challenge, which began in October 2024 and will run until October 2025, offers participants a chance to win all-expenses-paid trips to top golfing events, including the
Investec South Africa Open in Durban and the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City. Chatora, an avid professional golfer and president of the Zimbabwe Institute of Quantity
Surveyors, who has participated in various tournaments, went for Investec South Africa Open in Durban after a bruising local battle with talented and determined competitors, although lady luck also smiled on him in the process.
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As the first four legs of the challenge concluded — marked by tension, anxiety and unexpected twists and turns — it was Shoib Ghodiwala who emerged tops, clinching the
ticket to attend the SA Open in Durban from February 27 to March 2.
However, fate had other plans. He could not make it.
Due to passport issues, Ghodiwala was unable to travel, triggering an unexpected twist in the competitive tournament race.
With the runner-up slot now determining who would replace Ghodiwala, a rare three-way tie set the stage for an electrifying playoff between Chatora, Tendayi Gwatiringa, and Stewart
Matuzula on February 20.
In a tense showdown at Royal Harare, where every stroke counted, Chatora triumphed by a single shot after 18 pressure-packed holes.
As part of his prize, which included the option to travel with a guest, Chatora chose to be accompanied by his son, Tanaka, a rising amateur golfer.
The duo was hosted in Durban by Tatenda Hungwe, Bard Santner executive director in charge of wealth management, who ensured that their experience was as outstanding and
memorable as the event itself.
The Investec SA Open, which is part of the prestigious DP World Tour, was played at the scenic yet rain-soaked Durban Country Club, a premier championship golf course with world-class facilities, scenic greens and iconic Durban views in Morningside.
