/ 12 May 1999

IN THE BUFF ON THE ROUGH

TWO naked thieves with painted faces and leaves in their hair leapt from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before making off with their handbags on the weekend. The state-run Herald newspaper reports on Tuesday that the thieves, whose only weapons were their birthday suits, left the women — one of whom was an elderly tourist from England — stunned and blushing and minus cash and cellphones. Peggy Taylor told the newspaper that although she had been shocked, she can now laugh about the incident, which took place at the Wingate Park Club in Harare. However, she said it would be a long time before she goes out to play golf again.