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"The Black Knight," descends on Zimbali and charms us all

"The Black Knight," descends on Zimbali and charms us all

Author: Kasia Yoko
Date: 2012-11-29
Fairmont Zimbali, together with Coca Cola have put on a fabulous set of events for the Gary Player Invitational, which took place last week. Each night the resort's VIP celebrity guests, from all over the world, were being entertained by cool DJ vibes and local music stars.

Gary Player portrayed the fabulous host each night making us green with envy. Everyone was in awe of his youthful appearance and his stamina.

So one night I approached the 77-year-old golf master and decided to ask him how he manages to keep up his endurances and his tremendous youthful appearance.

Gary was very happy to tell me his 'beauty' secrets. He confirms that he is 75% vegan and stays away from animal fats at all costs. Gary starts his day with a green shake, which comprises of fresh spinach, broccoli, ginger and turmeric, which he drinks first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

He also recommends ? a teaspoon of baking soda every day. Why Baking Soda? You may ask, that was my question, "Sodium bicarbonate is a universal medicine that is nutritional as well as safe and is of help no matter what syndrome we are facing." Gary informs me.

On further investigation I was blown away by what I found on the Internet and now am considering taking ? a teaspoon in a glass of water before sleep. Watch this space but I recon if it is working for The Black Knight it should work for me.

What is Baking Soda? Its sodium bicarbonate, a naturally occurring substance that is present in all living things - it helps maintain the pH balance necessary for healthy life. Baking Soda is made from soda ash, also known as sodium carbonate.

Sodium bicarbonate is extremely successful in treatment for cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, treatment of flu and the common cold, and other areas of general medicine. There are many reasons to use baking soda but one overall reason is that it is a natural substance that will not do harm to us or the environment because is it not a chemical compound that effects nature in any negative way at all.

Gary admits to being a fitness fanatic, still does 1,000 sit-ups daily, combined with weight training. In his prime, Player's dedication to his body helped him generate enough power to pair with a brilliant short game, featuring the best bunker play in the game's history.

Gary has just returned from an intense charity drive, having travelled to 10 countries in 33 days and collected over R500 million for his charities. Now that is very respectable. In 1965 Gary Won the US Open, he became, at the time, only the third winner of the career grand slam.

When he won the USA Masters in 1961, his dream was to meet with Elvis Presley. So someone managed to organize a trip to Hollywood, where Gary met Elvis on a movie set.

On their meeting Elvis told Gary that he would really like to learn to play golf, so Gary pulled out one of the clubs and showed Elvis how to hold it. Gary told Elvis, "You know Elvis in the game of golf you need to learn to use your hips." To which Elvis replied, "Baby that's one thing I know how to do."

Sadly Elvis never learned the game but Gary Player was the first "international" golfer to gain stardom.