EVER wondered where you can get the latest golf equipment, ac- cessories and golf lifestyle-re- lated products from some of the world leading brands locally as soon as they are released to the global market?
BY DANIEL NHAKANISO
Well, Africa Golf Shop, which opened its doors early this year at Kamfinsa Shopping Centre in Ha- rare, is proving to be the place to be for all local golf aficionados.
Catering for golfers of all abil- ities, the well-stocked golf shop which has signed up with some of the global game’s major brands, offers a wide range of products from budget lines to the latest pre- mium brand equipment, clothing and accessories.
Local entrepreneur Albert Chinamano, who is the brains behind the concept, told The Sports Hub in an interview last week that he was motivated to set up the shop by the desire to offer quality products and services to local golfers.
“I’m a social golfer myself and whenever I would travel outside the country, people would ask me to bring them golf shoes, clubs, a golf bag, among other things. “Eventually I said to myself, why not open a shop, which would offer golfers everything they need and at the same time providing quality at some reasonable pric- es,” he said.
Chinamano said Africa Golf Shop had signed up with some of golf ’s leading brand franchises to offer genuine products to the Zim- babwean market.
“We approached all the major brands such as Titleist, Cleve- land, Callaway, TaylorMade, Mi- zuno…we don’t have exclusive distributorship but we have the permission to get all the stuff di- rectly from them at negotiated wholesale prices.
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“It’s very exciting because when we first approached them and told them that we wanted to do golf retail in Zimbabwe, they were very sceptical, but I was so determined that we still went ahead with our plans.
“Eventually we have built a re- lationship with them to the extent that they will now be coming here next year as our relationship con- tinues to grow.
“TaylorMade will be coming here during the Zimbabwe Open where they will conduct a golf clinic for junior golfers from local schools while we are also plan- ning to host a Africa Golf Shop Pro-Am during that week.”
Africa Golf Shop also recent- ly enlisted the services of sea- soned local professional golfer Robson Saurombe, while it’s also in the process of setting up an ar- ray of other services, which in- clude complimentary custom-fit- ting, setting up a state-of-the-art golf simulator, an indoor putting green and play centre.
Chinamano said they were grateful for the support they had received from the local golf com- munity so far and would continue to strive to offer the best products and services.
“We really appreciate the re- ception we have received from the Zimbabwe golf community so far and they’ve given us so much in terms of potential for this mar- ket.
“We just want to make sure that we continue to offer the best quality and service. We will sell and provide to the market some- thing that is of [good] quality, genuine and affordable.
If it’s an- ything to do with golf, we want to be the one stop shop and do away with the notion that if someone wants the latest products, they have to send someone outside the country to get it.
If we don’t have it, we can have it available in five
