{"id":78223,"date":"2015-01-10T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/78223\/emperors-hosts-vip-dinner\/"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T12:02:00","slug":"emperors-hosts-vip-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/01\/10\/emperors-hosts-vip-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperors hosts VIP dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional and amateur golfing enthusiasts gathered at Emperors Palace, to celebrate the 104th SA Open Championship with a glitzy VIP dinner, on Tuesday evening, January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Among the esteemed guests were SA Open Championship ambassador Ernie Els (also known as the \u201cBig Easy\u201d).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Els spent a lot of his childhood playing at the Germiston Golf Club.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-78223 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/01\/10\/emperors-hosts-vip-dinner\/attachment\/02gcnentertainment_555557495\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_555557495-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_555557495-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_555557495-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_555557495.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78225'>\n\t\t\t\tSelwyn Nathan, executive director of the Sunshine Tour (left), Peermont group marketing and regional operations executive Mark Jakins, Morten Madsen from Denmark and winner of the SA Open golf championship in 2013, and David Williams, European tournament director of the Sunshine Tour, were among  guests at the SA Open Championship VIP dinner, at Emperors Palace, last Tuesday. The SA Open was played at Glendower Golf Club, from January 8 to 11. Photo by: Debbie Yazbek\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/01\/10\/emperors-hosts-vip-dinner\/attachment\/02gcnentertainment_615884513\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_615884513-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_615884513-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_615884513-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/02GCNENTERTAINMENT_615884513.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78224'>\n\t\t\t\tAmong the esteemed guests were SA Open Championship ambassador Ernie Els (also known as the \u201cBig Easy\u201d, left) and Peermont group marketing and regional operations executive Mark Jakins. Photos by: Debbie Yazbek\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/01\/10\/emperors-hosts-vip-dinner\/attachment\/ernie-mark-major-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/Ernie-Mark-Major-1-200x130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/Ernie-Mark-Major-1-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/Ernie-Mark-Major-1-423x275.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/01\/Ernie-Mark-Major-1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, 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