Suncoast Classic

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Suncoast Classic
Tournament information
Location Durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Established2006
Course(s)Durban Country Club
Par72
Length6,732 yards (6,156 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R600,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Adilson da Silva (2010)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan de Smidt
Location Map
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Durban CC
Location in South Africa
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Durban CC
Location in KwaZulu-Natal

The Suncoast Classic was a golf tournament on the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2006 and has always been held at the Durban Country Club in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012 Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan de Smidt 208−84 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald
2011 Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt 203−136 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
2010 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (2)196−204 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Louis de Jager 207−92 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Swanepoel
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos 210−6Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Omar Sandys
2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva 208−81 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl 207−9Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Lindani Ndwandwe
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan

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References

  1. "Suncoast gets Classic at Durban Country Club". Sunshine Tour . 9 May 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2010.