The Olive Mundy Trophy – Royal Durban Golf Club Ladies Section

On 22 March the Royal Durban Ladies Section battled it out for the Olive Mundy Trophy. Who is Olive Mundy you might ask, below is a brief overview of an amazing and highly talented Lady written by her granddaughter, Leddel Mundy Storrer, and the beautiful trophy which is being held by her great great grandson Hudson Mundy

But let’s go back a few steps. Hudson Mundy, the great great grandson of Olive Mundy, is part of our Saturday morning golf academy and is  ranked in the top 250 in the world in his age group and is also part of SA Kids Golf. When I heard the Olive Mundy Trophy was being contested on 22 March I approached Royal Durban Ladies Captain, Melissa Savio, and said to her that Olive Mundy’s great great grandson is part of our Academy and would you like him to take part in the prize giving. Melissa was very excited with the suggestion that Hudson be part of prize giving and asked if the Family could also give an overview of Olive Mundy. I spoke to Matt, Hudson’s Dad, and told him that the Royal Durban Ladies Captain would love to have Hudson be part of the prize giving and would the Mundy Family provide and overview of Olive Mundy, which they were delighted to do. Matt enlisted the services of his aunt, Leddel Mundy Storrer, to write the overview and also to present it at prize giving. Most of the Royal Durban Ladies had only heard of Olive Mundy and had very little idea of who she was so you can imagine looks of awe on their faces when the overview was read out

The 2025 winner of the Olive Mundy Trophy was Janis Nel on a nett 72 and the above video you can see Janis receiving her trophy from a very smartly dressed, in his SA Kids blazer and tie, Hudson Mundy

Hudson is now a Junior Member of Royal Durban and so continues the legacy of the Mundy Family at Royal Durban which is over 100 years