SDC Open

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SDC Open
Tournament information
Location Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa
Established2022
Course(s)Zebula Golf Estate & Spa
Par72
Length7,470 yards (6,830 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$375,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 J. J. Senekal (2023)
To par−25 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder
Location map
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Zebula GC
Location in South Africa
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Zebula GC
Location in Limpopo

The SDC Open is a professional golf tournament held at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, near Bela-Bela in Limpopo, South Africa. It is played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour as a co-sanctioned event.

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History

The inaugural tournament in 2022 was won by Clément Sordet of France who birdied the first extra hole to defeat home player Ruan Conradie in a playoff. [1]

In 2023, South African J. J. Senekal shot an opening round 62 to win his maiden Challenge Tour title in wire-to-wire style. [2]

In 2024, it served as the opening tournament on the Challenge Tour season, and marked the first of a four-tournament South African swing. [3]

Winners

YearTours [a] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2025 AFR, CHA Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder 272−16Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Altin van der Merwe
2024 AFR, CHA Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Enoch 264−242 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Deon Germishuys
Flag of South Africa.svg Martin Rohwer
2023 AFR, CHA Flag of South Africa.svg J. J. Senekal 263−254 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Casey Jarvis
2022 AFR, CHA Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet 267−21Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Conradie

Notes

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References

  1. "Sordet seals fifth Challenge Tour title at Zebula". Golf Post. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. "Senekal seals wire-to-wire triumph at Zebula". Irish Golfer Magazine. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. "JJ Senekal primed to defend SDC Open title as Road to Mallorca begins". European Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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