Zimbabwe Open

Zimbabwe Open
Tournament information
Location Harare, Zimbabwe
Established 1984
Course(s) Royal Harare GC
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R 2,000,000
Month played April
Tournament record score
Aggregate 266 Nick Price (1995)
To par −22 Nick Price (1995)
Current champion
South Africa Bryce Easton

The Zimbabwe Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in 1984 and was part of what was known as the Safari Tour, a collection of events in Africa that were played by professionals based on the European Tour during their winter. As a result, it became an event on the European-based Challenge Tour in 1991, where it remained for two seasons before moving onto the FNB Summer Tour, which became the Southern Africa Tour and later the Sunshine Tour.

When it was held in the weeks preceding the Nedbank Golf Challenge, the tournament attracted some of the world's leading players, as they used it as a warm up to the big money invitational. Past winners include major winners Vijay Singh and Nick Price, who along with Mark McNulty is the most successful player at the event, both men having recorded three victories. Ryder Cup player Gordon J Brand is also a past winner.

Due to economic instability in Zimbabwe the tournament lost sponsors and was cancelled prior to the 2002 event. There were many attempts to resurrect the tournament, but none were successful until 2010.[1][2][3]

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScore
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open
2018Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Bryce Easton272 (−16)
Zimbabwe Open
2017Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa J. C. Ritchie272 (−16)PO
Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open
2016Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Lyle Rowe277 (−11)
2015Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Dean Burmester272 (−16)
2014Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Jbe' Kruger270 (−18)
2013Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Jake Roos274 (−14)
2012Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Chris Swanepoel273 (−15)PO
Africom Zimbabwe Open
2011Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Theunis Spangenberg201 (−15)^
2010Royal Harare Golf ClubSouth Africa Jbe' Kruger269 (−19)
CABS Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open
2002–09No tournament
2001Chapman Golf ClubSouth Africa Darren Fichardt275 (−13)
2000Royal Harare Golf ClubZimbabwe Mark McNulty269 (−19)
Zimbabwe Open
1999Chapman Golf ClubSouth Africa Jean Hugo271 (−17)
1998Royal Harare Golf ClubZimbabwe Nick Price271 (−17)
1997Chapman Golf ClubZimbabwe Nick Price269 (−19)
1996Chapman Golf ClubZimbabwe Mark McNulty270 (−18)
1995Royal Harare Golf ClubZimbabwe Nick Price266 (−22)
1994Royal Harare Golf ClubEngland Chris Williams272 (−16)PO
1993Chapman Golf ClubZimbabwe Tony Johnstone273 (−15)
1992Royal Harare Golf ClubZimbabwe Mark McNulty272 (−16)
1991Chapman Golf ClubEngland Keith Waters282 (−6)PO
1990Chapman Golf ClubEngland Grant Turner281 (−7)
1989Chapman Golf ClubFiji Vijay Singh282 (−6)
1988Chapman Golf ClubEngland Roger Chapman275 (−6)*
1987Royal Harare Golf ClubEngland Gordon J. Brand277 (−11)PO
1986Royal Harare Golf ClubEngland Stephen Bennett277 (−11)
1985Chapman Golf ClubEngland Malcolm MacKenzie281 (−7)
1984Royal Harare Golf ClubZimbabwe Anderson Rusike (am)

^ – Weather shortened to 54 holes.
* – Two holes were unplayable on day one.
PO – Won after a playoff.
am – Amateur.

References

  1. ↑ "Zimbabwe Open to bounce back". Zimbabwe Independent. 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Zim Open hits a bunker". Zimbabwe Standard. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Zimbabwe Open to bounce back". Zimbabwe Herald. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
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