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CHARITY

The Championship Charity

The South African Open Championship proudly supports The Pebbles Project.

The Pebbles Project is 5 years old today! We are celebrating –

5 years

of working with farm worker communities in the Stellenbosch / Somerset West, Paarl areas

5 farms

that we originally started working with, increasing to 12 over the last 5 years

R5 million

raised since we started and spent on all our activities

5 areas of our work

crèches, after-school clubs, training, toy library and parent workshops

55 staff members

Pebbles staff and all the crèche and ASC staff on the farms

500 children

supported in crèches and after-school clubs

50 different programmes /activities

for crèches, ASCs and parents

5 years

of being involved with FASD awareness campaigns

PARTNERS

THE VENUE

Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate

Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate will host the South African Open Championship in 2011 and 2012. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Serengeti is the first 27-hole golf course in Gauteng and was recently named “Best New Golf Course” by Golf Digest.

The 18-hole course called Masai Mara, which means “wide open plains” in the language of the Masai, has a rugged grassland and dune-scape look. One of the unique features on the course is the par-five eighth hole with its island green. The nine-hole course called Whistling Thorn has a more classic feel.

The courses were constructed in accordance with USGA specifications, with cool season grass that provides green vistas all year round. Designed as a strategic and technical masterpiece that will test today’s best players, the sunken design of the course with its wide corridors is ideal for tournament purposes and provides optimal spectator value on almost every hole.

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