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 playedJanuary/February
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 J. J. Senekal (2023)
To par−25 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg M. J. Viljoen
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
2026 AFR, CHA Flag of South Africa.svg M. J. Viljoen 272−16Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Deon Germishuys
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

  1. ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

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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