Gary Player has extended a personal invitation to Sunshine Tour professional Yurav Premlall to make his dream debut in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from 4-7 December.
In writing to the 22-year-old professional, Player said, “I am delighted to personally invite you to participate in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City this year. It has been an absolute pleasure to watch the development of your career as you’ve gone from being one of GolfRSA’s top amateurs and the winner of the 2021 Nedbank Junior Challenge, to a champion on the Sunshine Tour.
"I look forward to seeing you on the first tee at the Gary Player Country Club as you make your debut in ‘Africa’s Major’.”
Premlall was delighted to receive the invitation from Player.
“It’s such an honour to receive this invitation from Gary Player. He is a golfer who means so much to all of us as South African professionals. I cannot wait to make my debut in a tournament that I also grew up watching and wanting to compete in one day,” he said.
Premlall will feel quite at home at the Gary Player Country Club, having enjoyed previous success here.
In 2021 he lifted the Freddie Tait Cup as the leading amateur in his national Open when it was played at Sun City.
That same year he won the Nedbank Junior Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club.
He now returns to Sun City as a rising professional who claimed his maiden Sunshine Tour victory in 2024.
This year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player will also feature an enhanced hospitality offering.
The Hospitali-TEE Lounge – a VIP hospitality option for the public – is offering a first-of-its-kind in the history of “Africa’s Major”, with fans gaining exclusive 18th grandstand access as well as player autograph opportunities, a photo opportunity with the Nedbank Golf Challenge trophy at the Hospitali-TEE Lounge facility, a voucher to the value of R500 per Hospitali-TEE Lounge ticket purchased for official Nedbank Golf Challenge merchandise at The Pro Shop at Sun City, and a range of other enhancements to this popular concept.
And the Sunbet Signs on 18th viewing seating area will make its debut this year, offering a prime viewing experience in comfortable director’s chairs right alongside the 18th fairway and close to where most of the professionals will land their tee shots.