South African Masters

South African Masters
Tournament information
Location Eastern Cape, South Africa
Established 1960
Course(s) Wild Coast Sun Country Club
Par 70
Length 6,351 yards
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R 1,200,000
Month played November
Final year 2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate 263 Darren Fichardt (2009)
To par −19 Desvonde Botes (1999)
Final champion
South Africa Shaun Norris

The South African Masters was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It was last played in 2011. Before its discontinuation, it had a prize fund of 1.2 million rand and was held at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal border, South Africa.

The tournament had its roots in the South African Professional Match Play Championship, the running of which was taken over by the PGA of South Africa in 1957. At the same time Dunlop became the sponsor of the Match Play Championship, before moving their sponsorship to the Dunlop Masters, a new stroke play event, in 1960.

The first event, at Houghton Golf Club in 1960, was won by Gary Player with an aggregate score of 266, a record that stood for 44 years. Player's total was equalled in 1970 by John Fourie, the only amateur to claim the title. Andrew McLardy posted 264 at the Wild Coast resort in 2004 and Darren Fichardt holds the record of 263 set on the par-70 course in 2009.

The South African Masters, along with the South African Open and the South African PGA Championship formed the Triple Crown. Winning all three titles in the same season was a feat only achieved by Gary Player and Ernie Els.[1]

Winners

YearSeasonWinnerScore
Nashua Masters
20112011South Africa Shaun Norris271 (−9)
20102010South Africa Warren Abery267 (−13)
20092009South Africa Darren Fichardt263 (−17)
20082008Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux268 (−12)
20072007
2006–07		South Africa Jean Hugo269 (−11)PO
20062005–06South Africa Warren Abery265 (−15)
20052004–05South Africa Richard Sterne269 (−11)
20042003–04South Africa Andrew McLardy264 (−16)
20022002–03South Africa Hennie Otto279 (−1)
20022001–02England Justin Rose265 (−15)
Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters
20012000–01Zimbabwe Mark McNulty274 (−6)
South African Masters
20001999–00No tournament
19991998–99South Africa Desvonde Botes269 (−19)
19981997–98No tournament
San Lameer South African Masters
19971996–97Zimbabwe Mark McNulty276 (−12)
19961995–96South Africa Wayne Westner280 (−8)
Telekom South African Masters
19951994–95United States Scott Dunlap279 (−9)PO
19941993–94England Chris Davison281 (−7)
EVS South African Masters
19931992–93Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone275 (−13)
19921991–92South Africa Ernie Els275 (−13)
Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters
1990South Africa Fulton Allem276 (−12)
1989South Africa Hugh Baiocchi281
Safmarine South African Masters
1988South Africa John Bland275
1987South Africa David Frost273
1986Zimbabwe Mark McNulty270
1985Zimbabwe Mark McNulty278
1984Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone277
1983No tournament
SAB South African Masters
1982Zimbabwe Mark McNulty275
1981Zimbabwe Nick Price281 (−7)
1980No tournament
Kronenbrau South African Masters
1979South Africa Gary Player270
1978South Africa Dale Hayes275
Dunlop South African Masters
1977South Africa Gary Player270
1976South Africa Gary Player268 (−12)
1975*South Africa John Fourie199
1974South Africa Gary Player270PO [2]
1973No tournament
1972 (Dec)South Africa Gary Player268 [3][4]
1972 (Jan)South Africa Gary Player267[5]
1971South Africa Gary Player269 (-15)
1970South Africa John Fourie (A)266
1969South Africa Bobby Cole280
1968South Africa Allan Henning278
1967South Africa Gary Player279
1966South Africa Cedric Amm276
1965South Africa Denis Hutchinson281
1964South Africa Gary Player285
1963South Africa Bruce Keyter291
1962South Africa Denis Hutchinson280
1961South Africa Denis Hutchinson276
1960South Africa Gary Player266

* - Event reduced to 54 holes in 1975[6]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the South African Masters sponsored by Nashua". Sunshine Tour. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Player wins". The Glasgow Herald. 28 Jan 1974.
  3. ↑ "O'Leary deposes Player". The Glasgow Herald. 2 Dec 1972.
  4. ↑ "Golf - Johannesburg". The Times. 4 December 1972. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Player retains Masters' title". The Glasgow Herald. 24 Jan 1972.
  6. ↑ "Nashua Masters Information Sheet" (PDF). supersport.co.za. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-26.


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