Norgarb's Sports Academy formed Active Golf back in 1998 and is being run by the current WP Golf Captain, Cameron Johnston. The mission was to promote and grow the game of golf to all ages at primary schools throughout the Western Cape. Today there are more than forty pupils enrolled as the game continues to grow and grow. Classes are held very Friday and are forty-five minutes in duration. The grade one's and two's attend class on the Koos Eksteen field where we turn the field into a mini driving range.

 

This is an introductory phase where the pupils are introduced to the game of golf and learn all about the safety aspects of hitting golf balls on the range as well as rules and etiquette and learning to play in groups etc. We encourage the pupil to bring his/her clubs along but we do have an assortment of clubs should they need to borrow.

In grade three the student then joins us at the Wagner's Driving Range in Durbanville. It is here that they are exposed to the proper greens, flagsticks, fairways, bunkers, tee boxes, club house, putting greens, chipping greens and of course a proper golf hole.

Here they are also taught what a pitch mark repairer is, how to repair a pitch mark, what a tee is, a marker, why do we shout 'Fore' when our ball is about to hit someone and the why we carry fourteen clubs in our golf bags, why we all can't hit at the same time and what is a golf handicap?

All Active Golfers become members of the club, which entitles them to a handicap and fifty percent discount on all green fees and practice balls.

As golf is all about muscle memory it is important that you keep swinging as much as you possibly can even if it is for only ten minutes in the garden every night swinging at the daisy's.

For further information please contact Cameron Johnston on 082 897 4017.