Yize kuwumqansa uMajola akalilahli ithemba ngegalofu
Insizwa yasePhoenix iqwala idwala lomdlalo wegalofu ezingeni labakhokhelwayo. USabela Majola ofunde igalofu enkundleni yaseRoyal Durban Golf Club eThekwini udlala kwBig Easy Tour kulezizinsuku. Ngesonto eledlule udlale emlenzeni walomncintiswano obuse Akasia kanti kuleliviki udlale enkundleni iBlue Valley. Zombili lezizinkundla ziseGauteng.
Njengezingane eziningi ezikhulela emalokishini aseNingizimu Afrika, umculi weSunshine Tour uSabelo Majola wayengenaso isifiso esincane sokuthatha igalofu njengomdlalo azikhethela wona, ingasaphathwa eyokudlala lo mdlalo ngobungcweti.
Lokhu kudalwe kakhulu wukungabi bikho kwezindawo zokudlala igalofu elokishini KwaMashu KwaZulu- Natal lapho akhulele khona. Isizathu sesibili sasihlobene nokuntuleka kwezinsiza, ezezimali nokunye, okudlala indima enkulu ekuthuthukisweni nasekuphumeleleni ekugcineni kwanoma yimuphi umdlali wegalofu.
Ngakho-ke, umdlalo ocacile wokukhetha kwakuyibhola.
Kwathi ngo-2009, futhi esemncane, uMajola wethulwa kuJoseph Kunene, umphathi webhodi leKwaZulu-Natal South African Golf Development Board, nokuyilapho uhambo lwakhe lwegalofu lwaqala khona. Yize kungamhambeli kahle lomdlali ongumakoti ezingeni labakhokhelwayo unephupho lokuphumelela kulomdlalo, kanti futhi uzimisele ukusebenza kanzima.
“Inhloso yami wukuba ngibe kwabayishumi abaphezulu emidlalweni esele yesizini ukuze ngithole ikhadi lami leSunshine Tour. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke kube lula, kodwa ngizimisele ukukusebenzela. Uyazi, bathi ithalente lilodwa alanele; kufanele usebenze kanzima. Ngithatha igalofu njengomsebenzi wami futhi ngichitha isikhathi esiningi ngisebenza ezintweni okufanele ngizithuthukise”, kusho uMajola.
Nakuba iBig Easy Tour iyizinga labakhokhelwayo kepha izinga elikhokha kakhulu yiSunshine Tour. Yingakho nje uMajola ephokophele ukuthola ikhadi lokudlala khona.
Yize kunezinhlaka nabantu abazamayo ukusiza uMajola nabanye abadlali begalofu boHlanga kuyenyukela ngoba lomdlalo udinga izimali ezishisiwe ukuze umdlali abe sesimweni sokunqoba.