Tournament information | |
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Location | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
Established | 2006 |
Course(s) | Durban Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,732 yards (6,156 m) |
Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | R600,000 |
Month played | October |
Final year | 2012 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 196 Adilson da Silva (2010) |
To par | −20 as above |
Final champion | |
Ruan de Smidt | |
Location Map | |
Location in South Africa 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]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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2012 | Ruan de Smidt | 208 | −8 | 4 strokes | Vaughn Groenewald |
2011 | Darren Fichardt | 203 | −13 | 6 strokes | Ulrich van den Berg |
2010 | Adilson da Silva (2) | 196 | −20 | 4 strokes | Jean Hugo |
2009 | Louis de Jager | 207 | −9 | 2 strokes | Chris Swanepoel |
2008 | Jake Roos | 210 | −6 | Playoff | Omar Sandys |
2007 | Adilson da Silva | 208 | −8 | 1 stroke | Doug McGuigan |
2006 | Alex Haindl | 207 | −9 | Playoff | Lindani Ndwandwe Bradford Vaughan |
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