MTC Namibia PGA Championship

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MTC Namibia PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location Windhoek, Namibia
Established2004
Course(s) Windhoek Country Club
Par71
Length7,187 yards (6,572 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  1,200,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate54 holes:
195 Keith Horne (2008)
72 holes:
268 J. G. Claassen (2011)
To par54 holes:
−18 as above
72 holes:
−16 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg J. G. Claassen
Location Map
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Windhoek CC
Location in Namibia

The MTC Namibia PGA Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2004, the year after the PGA of Namibia was formed, and played at the Windhoek Country Club, to the south of Windhoek, Namibia until 2009 when it moved to Rossmund Golf Club in Swakopmund. After not being played in 2010, it moved back to Windhoek in 2011.

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In 2008, the event was played over 72 holes for the first time, having previously been contested over just three rounds, with a prize fund of 1 million rand, making it the richest event on the winter swing of the tour. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2011 Flag of South Africa.svg J. G. Claassen 268−161 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Basson
2010: No tournament
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto 280−8Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore
2008 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tongoona Charamba 270−14Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Merrick Bremner
Flag of South Africa.svg Nic Henning
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Keith Horne 195−185 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan
Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto
Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Haig 196−171 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken
2005 Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken 198−154 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Michiel Bothma
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Sean Farrell
Flag of South Africa.svg Werner Geyer
Flag of South Africa.svg Keith Horne
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless 202−112 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Bradley Davison
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Sean Farrell

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References

  1. "R1-million beckons for field in MTC Namibia PGA Championship". Sunshine Tour. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2008.