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Molefe's golf career takes giant leap

Giant stride: Molefe is part of the senior team. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Giant stride: Molefe is part of the senior team. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Lerako Molefe has graduated from the junior golf team to join his senior counterparts at just 19. Molefe recently left for Zambia to represent Botswana in the Africa Region 5 golf tournament and before he boarded the plane, he sat down with MmegiSport Staff Writer, CALISTUS KOLANTSHO who traces his rapid rise

Beaming with confidence after being awarded his first senior national team golf cap, Lerako Molefe was amongst some of Southern Africa's finest golfers at the Lusaka Golf Club in Zambia. The tournament ends today, but the memories will be forever etched in Molefe's mind.

Molefe told MmegiSport that being selected to play alongside golfers he looked up to in his young career is a huge achievement. Born in Gaborone 19 years ago, Molefe started his preschool at Peo Nursery School, then went to Rainbow School before proceeding to Maruapula School for his high school education.

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