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Senior golf team upbeat ahead of Region V tourney

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The senior men golf team has left for Lusaka, Zambia for the 2024 Region V competition PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The senior men golf team has left for Lusaka, Zambia, where a strong field of golfers is waiting to tee off in the 2024 Region V competition set for May 27 until 31.

The team will face off against nine other countries from the region being Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Ahead of the competition, two team members, Diane Lucas and Kesentseng Dube got a moral booster when their World Amateur Rankings (WAR) improved. Lucas jumped 1 349 places up on the rankings after winning the Orapa Closed, landing in position one, 120 worldwide while Dube climbed up 491 places up to being in number four, 105 in the world.

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Senior golf team upbeat ahead of Region V tourney

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