This tournament takes a long time.
It all started officially on Wednesday evening with the opening ceremony being held in the Superbowl of the Sun City resort. Wonderfully decked out in flowing white material, flashing lights galore and celebrities, members of government and players dresses in thier best to impress. I even saw a couple of journalists there for some wine and food.
Mango Groove were the star performers of the evening, doing the classics and a couple of new songs. Thier new album should be a good one after hearing the music. Claire Johnston is still a star performer and the band is tight and well rehearsed.
The golfers took up thier spots on the stage after a legnthy speech by one of the members of the Executive Council of the North West Province. All looking very good and all looking very happy to be at the City of the Sun for a week at the beginning of thier season.
Thursday was the washed out pro-am with the morning field missing a few holes due to lightning and rain and the afternoon field also being cut down to allow the weather to pass. Sadly, the WWCoG will be all about the weather. Rain and just plain yuck has been predicted for the whole weekend and if you do not have your rain shoes on, don't even try to walk the course. The temperature is still warm, so be ready for a little sauna.
Play has got underway and I will bring updates as they come along.
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