PROFESSIONAL golfer Wimpie Botha was killed in a car accident after the third round of the Vodacom Tour’s Lombard Tyres Classic at the Krugersdorp Golf Club on Friday.
The accident occurred only a few kilometres from the club after Botha, 28, had left the pro-am prizegiving on Friday night. Botha, in his sixth year as a professional golfer, had finished the third round amongst the leaders but he failed to meet his Saturday morning tee-off time, whe toru organisers learnt from police of the tragedy. Botha was not married.