Tournament information | |
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Location | South Africa |
Established | 1996 |
Course(s) | San Lameer Country Club |
Organized by | Women's PGA of South Africa |
Tour(s) | Sunshine Ladies Tour Ladies European Tour (2001) |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | £100,000 (2001) [1] |
Month played | February |
Current champion | |
Jane Turner |
The South African Women's Masters is a golf tournament in South Africa.
First played in 1996 it is the second oldest professional women's golf tournament in South Africa, after the South African Women's Open founded in 1988. [2] The inaugural event was won by South Africa's Sally Little, a two-time LPGA major winner. [3] [4]
The tournament was included on the Ladies European Tour in 2001 and played at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City. [5] [6] [1] It is sanctioned by the WPGA and supported by Women's Golf South Africa (the governing body for amateur golf), and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. [7]
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Country | Score | |||
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South African Women's Masters | |||||||
2020 | SLT | Jane Turner | Scotland | 215 (−1) | |||
2019 | SLT | Leján Lewthwaite | South Africa | 215 (−1) | |||
2018 | SLT | Laura Fuenfstueck | Germany | 215 (−1) | |||
2017 | SLT | Carrie Park | South Korea | 209 (−7) | |||
2009–16: No tournament | |||||||
WPGA Masters | |||||||
2008 | LAT | Rebecca Hudson | England | 204 (–12) | |||
2007 | LAT | Kaisa Ruuttila | Finland | 209 (–7) | |||
Nedbank Women's Masters | |||||||
2006 | NED | Ashleigh Simon (a) | South Africa | 209 (−7) | |||
2005 | NED | Maria Beautell | Spain | 212 (–4) | |||
Nedbank Women's SA Masters | |||||||
2004 | NED | Helena Alterby | Sweden | 204 (–12) | |||
2003 | NED | Laurette Maritz (2) | South Africa | ||||
2002 | NED | Mandy Adamson | South Africa | ||||
Nedbank Mastercard South African Masters | |||||||
2001 | NED · LET | Samantha Head | England | 210 (−6) | |||
South African Ladies Masters | |||||||
2000 | NED | Mandy Adamson | South Africa | ||||
1999: No tournament | |||||||
1998 | Laurette Maritz | South Africa | |||||
1997 | Barbara Pestana | South Africa | |||||
Ladies South African Masters | |||||||
1996 | Sally Little | South Africa |
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