Cape Town Ladies Open

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Cape Town Ladies Open
Tournament information
Location Cape Town, South Africa
Established2015
Course(s) Royal Cape Golf Club
Par74
Tour(s) Sunshine Ladies Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  600,000
Month playedFebruary/March
Tournament record score
Aggregate206 Lee-Anne Pace (2016)
To par−16 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Gabrielle Venter
Location map
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Royal Cape Golf Club
Location in South Africa
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Royal Cape Golf Club
Location in Western Cape

The Cape Town Ladies Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Ladies Tour held in Cape Town, South Africa. [1]

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It has been played annually at Royal Cape Golf Club since 2015, except in 2020 when it was played at the King David Mowbray Golf Club and in 2023 when it was held at Atlantic Beach Links & Golf Club. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upNote
Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by the City of Cape Town
2024 Flag of South Africa.svg Gabrielle Venter –9 (74-69-70=213)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Kylie Henry
Flag of France.svg Emie Peronnin
[3]
Cape Town Ladies Open
2023 Flag of England.svg Hayley Davis +12 (77-78-73=228)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Kiera Floyd [4]
SunBet Cape Town Ladies Open
2022 Flag of South Africa.svg Nadia van der Westhuizen +4 (77-76-73=226)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Lee Bregman
Flag of South Africa.svg Cara Gorlei
Flag of South Africa.svg Tandi McCallum
Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace
[5]
Cape Town Ladies Open
2021 Flag of France.svg Manon Gidali –4 (74-71-73=218)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Cara Gorlei [6]
2020 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace (3)–8 (72-69-67=208)5 strokes Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini [7]
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Carrie Park –7 (72-73-70=215)5 strokes Flag of France.svg Anne-Lise Caudal
Flag of South Africa.svg Kajal Mistry (a)
[8]
2018 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace (2)–8 (71-72-71=214)Playoff Flag of France.svg Anne-Lise Caudal [9]
2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai –8 (71-68-75=214)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace [10]
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace –16 (69-70-67=206)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai [11]
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Lee Bregman –4 (73-71=144)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Lucy Williams [12]

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