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European Ryder Cup captain Donald heads back to ‘Africa’s Major’

───   MORGAN PIEK 14:06 Fri, 25 Oct 2024

European Ryder Cup captain Donald heads back to ‘Africa’s Major’ | News Article
Luke Donald. Photo: Getty

The European Ryder Cup captain, Luke Donald, is the latest international player to be heading to Sun City at the end of the year.

The 46-year-old has confirmed his participation at the 2024 Nedbank Golf Challenge which will be played at the Gary Player Country Club.

He will join the defending champions, Max Homa, of the USA at Africa's Major, as well as the South African Olympians Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Erik van Rooyen.

Max Homa. Photo: Getty

The Englishman is no stranger to the challenging Gary Player Country Club in the Pilanesberg or South Africa for that matter as he will be teeing it up at the prestigious tournament for a ninth time.

The former world number one Donald will captain Europe in the Ryder Cup again next year. In 2023 he successfully led Europe to a 16½-11½ victory against the United States in the Ryder Cup in Italy.

Other international players that have already confirmed their participation thus far for the 2024 event are the PGA Tour Will Zalatoris (USA) and Corey Conners (Canada), as well as the DP World Tour stars and the twins Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard of Denmark. Nicolai was the runner-up to Homa in 2023.

Christo Lamprecht. Photo: The Open

The world's former top-ranked amateur, Chriso Lamprecht, also be playing this year. The 6 ft 8 tall South African will be making his debut after recently winning the inaugural Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award which came with an entry to the iconic South African tournament.

The 2024 Nedbank Golf Challenge will be played from 5 to 8 December.

OFM Sport/Morgan Piek  mvh

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