Monique spoke with Jonny, at Corballis Golf Club, all about how her dad and grandad got Monique into golf at the age of 11, representing South Africa, turning professional, winning on tour, losing her mother to cancer and battling a serious hip injury and firing her coach!

Monique Smit is a South African pro golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was runner-up at the 2020 South African Women's Open &  won the 2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour Order of Merit.

Monique spoke all about how her dad and grandad got Monique into golf at the age of 11 before deciding, at 13 to make golf her career.

Monique's career took off from there, representing South Africa at youth level before turning professional in 2012 with her mum on the bag and joining the LET. 

She secured her first professional win on the 2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour, at the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am, setting a new course record of 63 at Oubaai Golf Club. In 2016, she won the Tshwane Ladies Open before an injury caused a four-year lay-off from tour as she also went and completed her PGA.

In 2019, tragedy hit as Monique's mother passed away due to cancer, right at the same time as Monique began to stage her comeback, Smit earned her full LET card for 2020 at Q School winning a four-way playoff for the 20th and last card.

Monique hit another setback as she was dealt a hip injury due to a drill her former coach gave her. Monique is currently awaiting surgery and looks set to be away from the tour until April 2022.

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