MyGolfLife Open

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MyGolfLife Open
Tournament information
Location Hartbeespoort, South Africa
Established2022
Course(s)Pecanwood Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,697 yards (7,038 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,500,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Adri Arnaus (2022)
266 Pablo Larrazábal (2022)
266 Jordan Smith (2022)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Larrazábal
Location Map
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Pecanwood G&CC
Location in South Africa
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Pecanwood G&CC
Location in the North West

The MyGolfLife Open was a professional golf tournament held at Pecanwood Golf and Country Club, in Hartbeespoort, South Africa.

Contents

The tournament was introduced for the 2022 season as a co-sanctioned European Tour and Sunshine Tour event. [1] Originally titled as the Pecanwood Classic, the name was eventually changed to the MyGolfLife Open.

Pablo Larrazábal won the inaugural event, beating Adri Arnaus and Jordan Smith in a sudden-death playoff. [2]

Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
2022 AFR, EUR Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Larrazábal 266−22Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus
Flag of England.svg Jordan Smith

Notes

  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Larrazábal won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff; Arnaus was eliminated from the playoff when he failed to make birdie on the first extra hole. [3]

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References

  1. "New Pecanwood Classic tees off on DP World Tour in 2022". European Tour. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. "Pablo Larrazabal wins playoff to claim sixth DP World Tour victory". ESPN. Reuters. 13 March 2022.
  3. "DP World Tour: Pablo Larrazabal beats Jordan Smith in play-off to win MyGolfOpen in South Africa". Sky Sports. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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