Africa Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Eastern Cape,South Africa |
| Established | 2008 |
| Course(s) | East London Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,616 yards (6,050 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R14,500,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Final year | 2015 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264Thomas Aiken(2014) 264Trevor Fisher Jnr(2015) |
| To par | −27Louis Oosthuizen(2012) |
| Final champion | |
 Trevor Fisher Jnr | |
| Location map | |
  East London GC Location inSouth Africa  East London GC Location inEastern Cape | |
TheAfrica Openwas agolftournament on theSunshine Tourheld inEastern Cape,South Africa.It was first contested in February 2008, over theGary Playerdesigned championship course at theFish River Sun Country Club,nearPort Alfred.[1]
In order to increase the profile of the tournament, beginning in 2009 it was held in January at theEast London Golf ClubinEast London.In 2009, the Africa Open had a prize fund ofR5 million, over four times that of the inaugural event. The Sunshine Tour hoped that it would attract a stronger field as a result, and possibly lead to a co-sanctioning agreement with theEuropean Tourin subsequent years.[2]
In 2009, it was announced that the Africa Open would be included on the2010 European Tourschedule. It was the third event of the four tournament South African swing of the tour, held after theAlfred Dunhill Championshipand theSouth African Open,and the week before theJoburg Open.[3]The purse for 2014 was€1,000,000.[citation needed]
Winners
[edit]| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Open | |||||||
| 2015 | AFR,EUR | Trevor Fisher Jnr |
264 | −24 | 5 strokes |  Matt Ford
| |
| 2014 | AFR,EUR | Thomas Aiken |
264 | −20 | Playoff | Oliver Fisher
| |
| 2013 | AFR,EUR | Darren Fichardt |
272 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Grégory BourdyJaco van Zyl
| |
| 2012 | AFR,EUR | Louis Oosthuizen(2) |
265 | −27 | 2 strokes | Tjaart van der Walt
| |
| 2011 | AFR,EUR | Louis Oosthuizen |
276 | −16 | Playoff |  Manuel QuirósChris Wood
| |
| 2010 | AFR,EUR | Charl Schwartzel |
272 | −20 | 1 stroke | Thomas Aiken
| |
| Africa Open Golf Challenge | |||||||
| 2009 | AFR | Retief Goosen |
267 | −21 | 1 stroke |  Darren ClarkeDarren FichardtBranden GraceMichael Hoey
| |
| Africa Open | |||||||
| 2008 | AFR | Shaun Norris |
275 | −13 | 6 strokes | Nic Henning
| |
Notes
[edit]- ^AFR −Sunshine Tour;EUR −European Tour.
References
[edit]- ^"Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open".Sunshine Tour.16 January 2008.Retrieved14 November2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Donald replaces Kim at Sun City".The Star.21 November 2008.Retrieved4 December2008.
- ^"European Tour reveal early schedule".RTÉ Sport.19 October 2009.Retrieved28 December2009.