Coca-Cola Charity Championship

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Coca-Cola Charity Championship
Tournament information
Location Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Established2006
Course(s) Fancourt Links
Par72
Length7,342 yards (6,714 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  550,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Garth Mulroy (2008)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace
Location Map
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Fancourt Links
Location in South Africa
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Fancourt Links
Location in Western Cape

The Coca-Cola Charity Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2006 as a finale to the tour's "Winter Swing", [1] and was last played over the Gary Player-designed Outeniqua course at the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club, near George, Western Cape, South Africa.[ citation needed ]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace 209−72 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Walters
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Basson 203−134 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis
Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy 197−197 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg James Kamte
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Williams
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore 211−54 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Steve Basson
Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston
Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Alan Michell 200−168 strokes Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva
Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan

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References

  1. "Sunshine Tour breaks new ground with Coca-Cola". Sunshine Tour. November 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2008.