Africa Open

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Africa Open
Tournament information
Location Eastern Cape, South Africa
Established2008
Course(s) East London Golf Club
Par71
Length6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  14,500,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Thomas Aiken (2014)
264 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2015)
To par−27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Fisher Jnr
Location Map
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East London GC
Location in South Africa
South Africa Eastern Cape relief location map.svg
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East London GC
Location in Eastern Cape

The Africa Open was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour held in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was first contested in February 2008, over the Gary Player designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near Port Alfred. [1]

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In order to increase the profile of the tournament, beginning in 2009 it was held in January at the East London Golf Club in East London. In 2009, the Africa Open had a prize fund of R5 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 the European Tour in subsequent years. [2]

In 2009, it was announced that the Africa Open would be included on the 2010 European Tour schedule. It was the third event of the four tournament South African swing of the tour, held after the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the South African Open, and the week before the Joburg Open. [3] The purse for 2014 was 1,000,000.[ citation needed ]

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Africa Open
2015 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Fisher Jnr 264−245 strokes Flag of England.svg Matt Ford
2014 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken 264−20Playoff Flag of England.svg Oliver Fisher
2013 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt 272−162 strokes Flag of France.svg Grégory Bourdy
Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
2012 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen (2)265−272 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Tjaart van der Walt
2011 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen 276−16Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Quirós
Flag of England.svg Chris Wood
2010 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel 272−201 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken
Africa Open Golf Challenge
2009 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 267−211 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke
Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace
Ulster Banner.svg Michael Hoey
Africa Open
2008 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris 275−136 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Nic Henning

Notes

  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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References

  1. "Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open". Sunshine Tour . 16 January 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Donald replaces Kim at Sun City". The Star . 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  3. "European Tour reveal early schedule". RTÉ Sport . 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

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