Blantyre Sports Club (BSC) golfer, Dingaan Chirwa, who is also The Daily Times\u2019 sports columnist, has hit a career birdie after being certified as arguably Malawi\u2019s first-ever golf referee.<\/p>\n
World golf governing body, R& A, also certified Chirwa as a Tournament Administrator. He was, after many years of study, certified in South Africa last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always wanted to be a part of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour from childhood. I have not made it as a tour player,\u201d said Chirwa, who authors Well Out column published every Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, what i s exciting now is that I can be a part of it but in a different way. I look forward to the days when I will be a Rules\u2019 Official or a Referee at a Tour event giving rulings to some of the world\u2019s top professionals. This is fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he owed his success to long hours of travelling to learn.<\/p>\n
\u201cA million thanks to Golf Union of Malawi for their continued hard work in uplifting the standards of golf in Malawi,\u201d added Chirwa who is also a developmental coach.<\/p>\n
According to R& A website, a referee is \u201cone who is appointed by a committee to decide questions of fact and apply the rules. A referee must act on any breach of a rule that he observes or is reported to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt certain times, it may be appropriate to restrict a referee\u2019s ability to give a decision on a certain aspect of the rules. For example, declaring areas of ground under repair. Often the authority to declare ground under repair is reserved for the chief referee in order to ensure consistency over the type of conditions relief is granted for,\u201d reads www. randa.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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