Compleat Golfer

Compleat Golfer is the longest standing South Africa golf magazine and has been entertaining golfers for more than twenty years. Covering all aspects of the game, both locally and internationally, and focusing on courses, equipment, travel and instruction, it’s a one-stop shop for golfers looking to be educated and inspired about the game they love.

WELCOME • Many felt Rory McIlroy ‘choked’ and gift-wrapped a second US Open to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst No 2. Three bogeys, including short missed putts in the last four holes, support that theory. Sport, hey.

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Now you Know … • A selection of some stranger stories that have made the news over the past month or so

Facelift for the Old Lady • Compleat Golfer's playing editor continues to explore the world as his career develops, but his heart has always been in South Africa. This is the latest of his popular monthly column

Destination Paris

AGONY & ECSTASY • Bryson DeChambeau won a second US Open in one of golf's most dramatic finales. It was a day made for a Netflix production.

PLAY IT AGAIN! • The last two occasions The Open Championship was played at Royal Troon – in 2016 and 2004 – it produced two memorable finishes. Here we reflect on those final days – and the course itself – ahead of 2024

OPEN FOR BUSINESS • The 152nd Open Championship will be staged at the Royal Troon Golf Club from 18-21 July. We crunch the numbers of the famous event

LOYALTY PAYS THE BILLS • One of the Sunshine Tour's most down-to-earth players is going from strength to strength. Long may it continue.

Picture it … • In this instruction piece, PGA professional Grant Hepburn demonstrates how to visualise what you're planning to do

Path to Success • Another in our series of columns by one of the country's leading wellness and fitness coaches to help you develop on and off the course

Not So Smart

Pros Don't Get Preference • The latest in our series of monthly columns from one of the Sunshine Tour's leading officials to help you get the best from your game

WELL-OILED MACHINE • Centurion Country Club is entering a new era with rounds per year reaching new highs. When you manage to spend a few days on the estate, the reason becomes more apparent.

CENTURION COUNTRY CLUB • 8th hole, par three, 138m

Magic of The Open

Making Life Easier • This month we have a look at the clubs that help most amateurs gain a couple of shots around the course

What Goes On Tour • Another monthly update of the amateur action as overseen by GolfRSA takes us to the UK

THE 17th JOHN COLLIER ANNUAL TOP CLUB AWARD

FIT FOR A KING • The fifth in the 2024 series of E4A has been held and Compleat Golfer is a proud media partner to the worthwhile charity

Managing the Blues • South Africa's No 1-ranked ladies golfer again takes us into her world and gives us insight into the life of a Major champion

JULY • PICK OF THE MONTH THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 18-21 JULY

Locked and Loaded • In the 10th of our series on southern Africa's most momentous achievers, we have a look at the magnificence of Bobby Locke.

FINDING HIS FEET • Compleat Golfer is media partner to the Sunshine Tour and each month we have a look at a player making their way.

No Place Like Home

FROM WING TO SWING • This instantly recognisable Rugby World Cup winner talks about unearthing black athletes through his foundation, the biggest lessons in the rise and fall of James Kamte and having his albatross caught on camera in 2022.

22 July 2017

Open And Closed • Over 152 years, The Open Championship has been hosted by 14 venues. These days, however, only 10 form part of...