Mashie

The shop at the top of the first tee

Clubs, balls, kit and a fitting bay, on the Old Plaston Road outside White River. Open from first light, Tuesday through Sunday.

See what is in stock

Past the gate

Fitting bay, booked on the hour
Fitting bay, booked on the hour
Range open from six
Range open from six
Halfway house at the tenth
Halfway house at the tenth
Clubhouse bar until late
Clubhouse bar until late

The tenth green at last light

Mashie has been the pro shop on this course since 1987, when it was two rooms behind the old caddie hut and sold nothing but balls and cold drinks. It is bigger now and it is still run the same way: everything on the shelf is something one of us plays with, and nothing gets ordered in because a rep left a catalogue on the counter. The course is kikuyu fairways and a good deal more slope than it looks from the car park. The tenth runs downhill into the trees and the light goes long across it at about six in summer, which is why half the members who tell you they are coming up for nine holes are really coming up for that. We open before the first group goes out and we are still here when the last one walks in off the eighteenth.

On the shelf this week

Fittings, and what we actually keep

A fitting takes about ninety minutes on the range with a launch monitor and whatever you are playing now. It costs R650, and that comes off the price if you order a set through us. We fit lie angle and shaft before anybody talks about heads, because that is the order in which those three things matter, whatever the magazine said. What is on the shelf is what we can put in your hands today. We hold four shaft options in stock and everything else goes on the Tuesday order and lands here the following week. If a set is not right for you we will say so and send you home with nothing, which happens more often than people expect it to.

Balls, gloves and the small things

Waxed Canvas Pencil Bag
Waxed Canvas Pencil Bag
R2 950.00
Knitted Wool Headcover Set
Knitted Wool Headcover Set
R680.00
Waffle Cotton Golf Towel
Waffle Cotton Golf Towel
R240.00
Merino Quarter-Zip Midlayer
Merino Quarter-Zip Midlayer
R1 690.00
Kiepersol Distance Ball — dozen
Kiepersol Distance Ball — dozen
R520.00
Cabretta Leather Glove
Cabretta Leather Glove
R395.00
Clubhouse Five-Panel Cap
Clubhouse Five-Panel Cap
R340.00
Brass Pitchmark Repairer
Brass Pitchmark Repairer
R180.00

Behind the counter

Sipho Nkosi, club professional
Sipho Nkosi, club professional
Petrus Mashego, caddie master
Petrus Mashego, caddie master
Anje Kruger, course superintendent
Anje Kruger, course superintendent
Dev Naidoo, fitting and repairs
Dev Naidoo, fitting and repairs

Book a fitting or a tee time

013 751 4482 · Old Plaston Road, White River 1240 · Shop 06:00 to 17:30, Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday. Fittings are booked on the hour and the last one goes out at three.