Welcome to the South African Golf Development Board (SAGDB).
The South African Golf Development board (SAGDB) operates in nine areas across South Africa. It enjoys support and endorsement from Remgro, The R&A, the Sunshine Tour, the Professional Golfers Association of South Africa, the Womens PGA and the SA Junior Golf Foundation.
We believe in making golf accessible to all South Africans, and are committed to developing the game across the country and creating opportunities where they have been limited.
Our programmes offer quality coaching to thousands of young golfers from underprivileged areas, and aim to bring them into the mainstream of junior golf in South Africa.
We also use the unique values of the game to teach life skills such as integrity, self-belief and respect, which benefit their everyday lives.
Over the past decade, the SAGDB has coached over 17,000 youngsters and produced 82 junior provincial players. We've facilitated the participation of over 1,500 players in SAJGF tournaments and 31 of our most talented players have been invited to join the prestigious Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation.
Vision Statement
The Board aims to make golf accessible to all South Africans by providing and facilitating practice and playing opportunities for learners and talented players from all communities including the underprivileged and previously disadvantaged communities. The Board believes that golf is a powerful tool for social development, and growing the game will also help to build a nation to be proud of because it plays and lives by the unique ethics and values of the game.
Mission Statement
Through its national approved coaching programmes, the Board will identify and develop talented players from all South African communities who will popularise and spread the unique spirit of the game.
Positioning
The Board believes that moral, educational and socio-economic upliftment is vital to South Africa's future. By making golf more accessible and more appealing, the board is recruiting South Africans to a sport that teaches an integral set of ethical rules and values, which can be applied in all spheres in life.
