Morudu has been trying to raise about $100 to enter Lebeloane and other children into competitions, where he hopes they'll be spotted by a professional school.Ĭlick on any image below to launch the gallery. 'I want to win a cup,' said Lebeloane, who idolizes American player Tiger Woods. His parents hope this newly discovered talent will turn into a profession.

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The field, surrounded by houses and small businesses, is too small to practice long drives.Ītlahang Lebeloane, 13, has become the star player of the group. Find South Africa Township stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. 'They are good in the short game,' said Morudu. Using the bottom half of an empty plastic soda bottle as a target, they practice putting and chipping the ball. During the school holidays, the children aged six to 13 meet their coach each day to a play a short game in the morning and again in the afternoon. Sharing the field with an amateur soccer team, Morudu tutors about half a dozen children on the basics of golf. When he moved to Katlehong, a township in an industrial area east of Johannesburg, Morudu made do with an open field. As a caddy in the early 1970s, Morudu taught himself how to play golf and practiced his own game at the poor but popular Soweto Golf Course.

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