Mount Edgecombe Trophy

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Mount Edgecombe Trophy
Tournament information
Location Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Established1993
Course(s)Mount Edgecombe Country Club
Par72
Length6,825 yards (6,241 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  500,000
Month playedFebruary/March
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Tony Johnstone (1994)
275 Bruce Vaughan (1994)
275 Darren Fichardt (2008)
275 Mark Murless (2008)
To par−13 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless
Location map
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Mount Edgecombe CC
Location in South Africa
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Mount Edgecombe CC
Location in KwaZulu-Natal

The Mount Edgecombe Trophy was a golf tournament that was played on the Sunshine Tour. Formed in 1993, it included a deep international field of not only Africans, but drawing names like Vijay Singh, whose best finish in the event was a tie for 3rd in 1993. It was one of the richest purses on the Sunshine Tour at the time with a first place winners share of R 71,100. The inaugural champion was Retief Goosen. [1] The 1994 champion was Bruce Vaughan, the first American to win the event.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless 275−13Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Steve van Vuuren 276−121 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Desvonde Botes
Flag of South Africa.svg Des Terblanche
Flag of South Africa.svg Tjaart van der Walt
1995–2006: No tournament
Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Vaughan 275−13Playoff Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tony Johnstone
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
1993 Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Retief Goosen 279−95 strokes Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price

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