Africa Open

Africa Open
Tournament information
Location Eastern Cape, South Africa
Established 2008
Course(s) East London Golf Club
Par 71
Length 6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R 14,500,000
Month played February
Final year 2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
To par −27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
Final champion
South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
East London
GC
Location in South Africa

The Africa Open was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour held in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was first contested in February 2008, over the Gary Player designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near Port Alfred.[1]

In order to increase the profile of the tournament, beginning in 2009 it was held in January at the East London Golf Club in East London. In 2009, the Africa Open had a prize fund of R5 million, over four times that of the inaugural event. The Sunshine Tour hoped that it would attract a stronger field as a result, and possibly lead to a co-sanctioning agreement with the European Tour in subsequent years.[2]

In 2009, it was announced that the Africa Open would be included on the 2010 European Tour schedule. It was the third event of the four tournament South African swing of the tour, held after the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the South African Open, and the week before the Joburg Open.[3] The purse for 2014 was €1,000,000.

Winners

SeasonWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
SunEuro
Africa Open
20152015Trevor Fisher Jnr South Africa264−245 strokesEngland Matt Ford
20142014Thomas Aiken South Africa264−20PlayoffEngland Oliver Fisher
20132013Darren Fichardt South Africa272−162 strokesFrance Grégory Bourdy
South Africa Jaco Van Zyl
20122012Louis Oosthuizen (2) South Africa265−272 strokesSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt
20112011Louis Oosthuizen South Africa276−16Playoff
(1st hole)		England Chris Wood
Spain Manuel Quirós
20102010Charl Schwartzel South Africa272−201 strokeSouth Africa Thomas Aiken
Africa Open Golf Challenge
2009Retief Goosen South Africa267−211 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
South Africa Darren Fichardt
South Africa Branden Grace
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey
The Africa Open
2008Shaun Norris South Africa275−136 strokesSouth Africa Nic Henning

References

  1. ↑ "Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open". Sunshine Tour. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Donald replaces Kim at Sun City". The Star. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "European Tour reveal early schedule". RTÉ Sport. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

Coordinates: 32°S 27°E / 32°S 27°E / -32; 27

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