{"id":4693,"date":"2026-05-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/?p=7"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:00:00","slug":"golf-with-neo-she-belongs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/?p=4693","title":{"rendered":"Power on the Green: Golf With Neo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/braamvibes\/cropped_image_9_1782327300547978085.jpg\" alt=\"Power on the Green: Golf With Neo\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>By <strong>Sello Ramosepele<\/strong> &middot; Founding Editor &middot; 5 min read<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Golf has always been a game of access. For too long, that access has been unequally distributed, with women &mdash; and particularly Black women &mdash; systemically excluded from a sport that carries enormous social and economic currency in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Neome Nkosi is changing that. Through Golf With Neo, her Johannesburg-based initiative, she has introduced hundreds of women to golf, many of whom had never so much as held a club before.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Golf gives you access to rooms you might never otherwise enter,&rdquo; Nkosi explains. &ldquo;Business deals happen on golf courses. Relationships are built there. If women are not on the fairway &mdash; they miss those opportunities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It belongs to everyone. We&rsquo;re just making that clear.&rdquo; &mdash; Neome Nkosi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf With Neo&#8217;s She Belongs initiative empowers women in golf, breaking barriers and creating inclusive spaces on the green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[954],"tags":[961,973,971,960],"class_list":["post-4693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-activations","tag-empowerment","tag-events","tag-golf","tag-women"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/braamvibes.paint-ds.net.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}