Tuesday, 7th August 2007 at 11:05 am

Ride Her Cup gets vital assistance

The Ride Her Cup, South Africa’s top amateur golf clash, gets underway at Simola on Wednesday, the Highveld team under Andrew Souter and veteran Phil Redshaw overwhelming underdogs against a Lowveld team that boasts star amateurs such as Guy Picken (brother of professional wrestler Scott) and bearded Mauritian Michael Van Beuningen.

Anticipation is running high (Monday on the driving range at Southern Hills saw the early arrivals for the PGA Championship talking of nothing but Grant Holton’s prodigious length off the tee, and Nic Hughes’s habit of collapsing spectacularly under pressure), and crowds are expected to outdo the Presidents Cup when play gets underway. And top quality play it should be, thanks to Polish teaching professional Mika Dabrowski, and his much-lauded coaching diagram.

As is evident from the picture, in one diagram Dabrowski has succeeded in combining man’s complete knowledge and understanding of the swing, a precise, easy to interpret illustration of how to master the game. Half an hour on the range with this pinned up next to you, and you’ll be timing everything perfectly; both teams at the Ride Her Cup have had access, so expect peerless golf and ferocious competition come Wednesday at Simola.