Tshwane Open

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Tshwane Open
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Tournament information
Location Waterkloof, South Africa
Established2013
Course(s) Pretoria Country Club
Par71
Length7,081 yards (6,475 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  15,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Charl Schwartzel (2016)
To par−21 Dawie van der Walt (2013)
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee
Location Map
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Pretoria CC
Location in South Africa
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Pretoria CC
Location in Gauteng

The Tshwane Open was a golf tournament played since 2013 in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was played at Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate in Centurion, South Africa in 2013 and 2014 and moved to Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof in 2015. It was a co-sanctioned event by the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour. [1] On 30 October 2018, the European Tour released their 2019 schedule, and it was noted that the Tshwane Open was no longer a co-sanctioned event by the European Tour, [2] with no confirmation of the event's status by the Sunshine Tour. [3] [4]

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Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2018 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee (2)266−182 strokes Flag of England.svg Sam Horsfield
2017 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Burmester 266−183 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen
2016 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel 264−168 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Jeff Winther
2015 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee 266−141 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Blaauw
2014 AFR, EUR Flag of England.svg Ross Fisher 268−203 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Michael Hoey
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder
2013 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Dawie van der Walt 267−212 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt

Notes

  1. ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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References

  1. ↑ "Copperleaf calling for Campbell and Clarke". PGA European Tour. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "European Tour Schedule 2019". European Tour. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "No place for Tshwane Open on European Tour Schedule". News24.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sunshine Tour Tournament Schedule 2018/2019". Sunshine Tour. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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