The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom. It is organised by The R&A.
Lee John Westwood is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, he is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has also won tournaments in four decades, the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. He was named European Tour Golfer of the Year for the 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2020 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 and 2020 Race to Dubai. He has frequently been mentioned as one of the best golfers without a major championship victory, with several near misses including three runner-up finishes.
The South African Open is one of the oldest national open golf championships in the world, having first been played in 1903, and is one of the principal tournaments on the Southern-Africa-based Sunshine Tour. Since 1997 it has also been co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Ashleigh Ann Buhai is a South African professional golfer who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf.
Alexander Norén is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the European Tour, including the BMW PGA Championship, the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, the British Masters, HNA Open de France and the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He was a member of the winning 2018 European Ryder Cup team.
Branden John Grace is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays for LIV Golf. He formerly played on the European Tour, the PGA Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. In 2012, he became the first player in the history of the European Tour to win his first four European Tour titles in the same year.
Thomas Paul Fleetwood is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He has won seven times on the European Tour. He also won a silver medal for Great Britain, at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
Lee-Anne Pace is a South African professional golfer.
Brandon Stone is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The 2018–19 Sunshine Tour was the 48th season of the Sunshine Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Rhys Alexander Enoch is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2018 Cape Town Open and the 2019 D+D Real Slovakia Challenge. In 2019 he narrowly missed out in a playoff to finish second in the Zambia Open.
Juan Carlo "J.C." Ritchie is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour where he has won ten times.
The Limpopo Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour played at Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate in Modimolle, Limpopo, South Africa.
Karl Oskar Anton Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the European Tour. He won the 2020 RAM Cape Town Open on the Challenge Tour. His best finish on the European Tour was runner-up at the 2019 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Linn Maria Grant is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 Dana Open on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
The Cape Town Ladies Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Ladies Tour held in Cape Town, South Africa.
Nobuhle Dlamini is an Eswatini professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She reached No. 2 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings in 2013 and is the first female professional golfer from her country.
Benjamin Follett-Smith is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour. He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf and has won the Cape Town Open twice.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Championship was a professional golf tournament held at Humewood Golf Club, in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour as a co-sanctioned event.
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