Investec Cup

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Investec Cup
Tournament information
Location Koster, North West, South Africa
Established2013
Course(s)Millvale Private Retreat
Par72
Length7,480 yards (6,840 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  10,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2016
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Hennie Otto (2013)
267 Jaco van Zyl (2013)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Porteous
Location Map
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Millvale Private Retreat
Location in South Africa
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Millvale Private Retreat
Location in North West

The Investec Cup was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was played annually in March at Millvale Private Retreat in Koster, South Africa. [1] Similar to the PGA Tour's Tour Championship, the Investec Cup had a 16-man field determined by the Chase to the Investec Cup standings. Points were earned in all Sunshine Tour events, beginning immediately after the previous Investec Cup. While the tournament's prize fund is a winner-take-all, R 250,000, a bonus pool of R 10,000,000 is distributed to the top finishers in the Chase, with the winner of the Chase taking R 4,000,000.

Contents

For the first three years, the tournament had a field of 30 players and was played over two courses, with the Millvale Private Retreat joined by the Lost City Golf Course in Sun City.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Porteous 276−121 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Brandon Stone
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Ahlers 279−9Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Fisher Jnr 272−161 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Blaauw
2013 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl 267−21Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto

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References

  1. "Chase to Investec Cup" (PDF). Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 30 November 2015.