{"id":21784,"date":"2013-08-09T01:02:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T23:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sunshine-tour-makes-history-on-womens-day\/"},"modified":"2013-08-09T01:02:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T23:02:42","slug":"sunshine-tour-makes-history-on-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sunshine-tour-makes-history-on-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Tour makes history on Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=12942\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12942 \" alt=\"Michiel Bothma and his fellow Sunshine Tour professionals have faced a tough test from Annika Sorenstam's Euphoria Golf Estate course during this week's Vodacom Origins of Golf tournament. The Swedish legend is one of the few female golf course designers in the game. Photo: Petri Oeschger \/ Sunshine Tour.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/11dbb_MichielBothma.jpg\" width=\"327\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michiel Bothma and his fellow Sunshine Tour professionals have faced a tough test from Annika Sorenstam\u2019s Euphoria Golf Estate course during this week\u2019s Vodacom Origins of Golf tournament. The Swedish legend is one of the few female golf course designers in the game. Photo: Petri Oeschger \/ Sunshine Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunshine Tour will make history on National Women\u2019s Day, due to this week being the first time that the <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/kruger-returns-to-bushveld-for-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\">local men\u2019s professional circuit has held a tournament<\/a> on a golf course designed by a woman.<\/p>\n<p>The Vodacom Origins of Golf tournament has been played at the Euphoria Golf Estate in the Waterberg region north of Pretoria this week, and finishes on National Women\u2019s Day. The course was designed by legendary Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam.<\/p>\n<p>Generally the country\u2019s professional golfers are more used to playing <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/els-at-the-top-of-south-africas-sport-rich-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">golf courses designed by the likes of Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Ernie Els<\/a>. But the severity of Sorenstam\u2019s 7 040-metre layout has certainly caught a few of the men\u2019s professionals by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot tougher than you\u2019d expect from a woman designer,\u201d said Desvonde Botes. \u201cIt\u2019s actually quite a long, hard golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich van den Berg agreed that Sorenstam\u2019s layout was more than a test for them this week. \u201cShe\u2019s created a course here where you need to play really good golf to score well. It\u2019s a trying course. 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The Swedish legend is one of the few female golf course designers in the game. Photo: Petri Oeschger \/ Sunshine Tour. 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