Nedbank Affinity Cup

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Nedbank Affinity Cup
Tournament information
Location Sun City, North West, South Africa
Established2007
Course(s)Lost City Golf Course
Par72
Length7,385 yards (6,753 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  800,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate201 Jacques Blaauw (2013)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan de Smidt
Location Map
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Lost City GC
Location in South Africa
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Lost City GC
Location in North West

The Nedbank Affinity Cup was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2007 as a precursor to the Nedbank Golf Challenge, and is played at the Gary Player designed Lost City Golf Course, in Sun City, North West, South Africa. [1]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan de Smidt 207−9Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg Louis de Jager 204−12Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder
2013 Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Blaauw 201−151 stroke Flag of England.svg Steve Surry
Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
2012 Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Fisher Jnr 207−91 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Desvonde Botes
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan
2011 Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Abery 205−112 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis
Flag of South Africa.svg Prinavin Nelson
2010: No tournament
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos 204−12Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless
Flag of South Africa.svg Albert Pistorius
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Tyrone van Aswegen 204−121 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless 202−141 stroke Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tongoona Charamba
Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston

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References

  1. "Nedbank's golfing affinity grows". Sunshine Tour. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2008.