{"id":42293,"date":"2026-08-12T16:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42293"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:21:27","slug":"investec-expands-support-for-womens-golf-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/investec-expands-support-for-womens-golf-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Investec expands support for women&#8217;s golf in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International banking and wealth management group Investec has announced a significant expansion of its support for professional women&#8217;s golf in South Africa (SA).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The prize purse for the Investec SA Women&#8217;s Open will increase by $62 000 in 2027, bringing the total prize pool to nearly $463 000. This elevation solidifies the event as the richest women&#8217;s golf tournament in Southern Africa. Alongside the main purse, players will compete for additional bonuses, including the Investec Order of Merit and the Homegrown Award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the purse increase, Investec has renewed its five-year partnership with the Sunshine Ladies Tour and extended its sponsorship of both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s SA Opens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Investec has also expanded its individual athlete sponsorship roster by signing Symone Henriques and Zan\u00e8 Kleynhans. They join existing sponsored players Kaiyuree Moodley, Ivanna Samu, and Nicole Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15503,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-42293","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Investec boosts women\u2019s golf sponsorship","published_date":"2026-08-12 16:20:40","news_description":"Investec boosts women\u2019s golf sponsorship","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42294,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42293\/revisions\/42294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}