Michael Vlismas - Contributor
Michael Vlismas is a freelance golf writer and has covered the game for Reuters, several international newspapers and publications such as the Daily Telegraph, Golf Digest and Golf Weekly, as well as having done radio work for the BBC World Service and other stations worldwide.
South Africa soon will be the top seaside golfing destination, Nicklaus says
When the residents of the South African seaside village of George started repainting their houses in anticipation of the 2003 Presidents Cup coming to their Western Cape town, there was a definite sense of how valuable the event would be for this region known as the Garden Route. But not even the sharpest marketing campaign could have matched United States team captain, Jack Nicklaus', ringing endorsement of South Africa's Garden Route as one of the world's premier golfing destinations when he boldly declared, "Frankly, I think that 50 years from now, some of the best seaside golf in the world will be right here."
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