Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Global icon Gary Player, one of the most successful sportsmen of all time, was honoured on Thursday 23rd February, at the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards for his achievements both on and off the golf course, receiving the Johnnie Walker Lifetime Achievement Award from Rugby World Cup winning captain John Smit.
A week before the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards ceremony, which brought together almost 1,200 people from across the South African sport industry, the two legends met for the first time at the prestigious Wentworth Golf Club in the UK, where Smit handed over the Johnnie Walker Lifetime Achievement Award in front of the Sport Industry Group cameras.
Global icon Gary Player, one of the most successful sportsmen of all time, was honoured on Thursday 23rd February, at the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards for his achievements both on and off the golf course, receiving the Johnnie Walker Lifetime Achievement Award from Rugby World Cup winning captain John Smit.
A week before the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards ceremony, which brought together almost 1,200 people from across the South African sport industry, the two legends met for the first time at the prestigious Wentworth Golf Club in the UK, where Smit handed over the Johnnie Walker Lifetime Achievement Award in front of the Sport Industry Group cameras.
