Zambia Masters

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Zanaco Masters
Tournament information
Location Lusaka, Zambia
Established2014
Course(s)Lusaka Golf Club
Par73
Length7,225 yards (6,607 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R  2,200,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Vaughn Groenewald (2015)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Robson Chinhoi
Location Map
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Lusaka GC
Location in Zambia

The Zambia Masters, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Zanaco Masters, is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in June 2014 as the Zambia Sugar Open. [1] A tournament called the Zambia Sugar Open was played in 2013 but was a different event, the Zambia Open.

Contents

No tournaments took place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The 2021 tournament was again removed from the Sunshine Tour schedule and was played as a local event for Zambian professionals. [3]

The event returned in 2023 after a three-year hiatus from the Sunshine Tour schedule. [4]

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Zanaco Masters
2023 AFR Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Robson Chinhoi 271−17Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Schietekat
2022: No tournament
2021 AFR [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Zambia.svg Sydney Wemba 219E1 stroke Flag of Zambia.svg Dayne Moore
2020 AFR No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg J. C. Ritchie 274−18Playoff Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Enoch
2018 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg J. J. Senekal 274−14Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Ahlers
Flag of South Africa.svg Andre de Decker
Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl
Zambia Sugar Open
2017 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker 273−192 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jared Harvey
2016 AFR Flag of Sweden.svg Christofer Blomstrand 276−163 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg CJ du Plessis
2015 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald 272−204 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo
2014 AFR Flag of South Africa.svg Lyle Rowe 279−134 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Schietekat

Notes

  1. ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
  2. ↑ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

  1. ↑ Mutakafimbo, Diana (1 May 2014). "Summer Zambia Open attracts 119 golfers". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023– via Pressreader.
  4. ↑ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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