Kenneth Dube was named the 2018 PGA of South Africa Professional of the Year on Monday, making him the first Black South African to achieve this honour.
Dube, the Golf Director at the Royal Oak Golf Club and also the winner of the PGA Club Professional Award for 2018, was one of five award winners at the association's annual awards at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club.
"Kenneth has been a member of the PGA for 18 years and has been involved in a number of facets of the PGA of South Africa, making an invaluable contribution to the game," Ivano Ficalbi, Chief Executive of the PGA of South Africa, told the press.
"He was a member of the PGA's Board of Directors from 2003-2004 and has served for many years on the Gauteng Central PGA Committee. Kenneth is a very active member of the association, playing in every national and regional pro-am that he is able to and has been the winner of the national Order of Merit on a few occasions.
"He is also a past PGA National Champion and in addition to his Golf Director responsibilities at Royal Oak he opened the Kenneth Dube Golf Academy which has grown to 70 students.
"It is also a pleasure to recognise the immense value Denis Hutchinson adds to the PGA of South Africa. Through his commentary of televised golf, Denis, with his knowledgeable and kind style has epitomised what it means to be a true PGA professional who promotes the game he loves and the spirit in which it should be played.
"All golfers hold him in high esteem."
San Lameer Country Club's Meyer du Toit was named as the winner of the PGA Management Award, while John Dickson won the Coach of the Year award.
Michael Balderstone was named as the Entrepreneur of the Year for his work at the Golf School of Excellence, and Peter Berman was recognised for his work in growing the game with the Grow Golf award.