South African Open (golf)

South African Open
Tournament information
Location Ekurhuleni, South Africa
Established 1903
Course(s) Glendower Golf Club
Par 72
Length 7,564 yards (6,917 m)
Tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund R 15,000,000
Month played January
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Ernie Els (2006)
To par −24 (as above)
Current champion
South Africa Brandon Stone
Glendower GC
Location in South Africa

The South African Open Championship is one of the oldest national open golf championships in the world, and is one of the principal tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. Since 1997 it has also been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. As the flagship event on the Sunshine Tour, the tournament also receives special status from the Official World Golf Ranking, with the winner being guaranteed a minimum of 32 points regardless of the strength of the field.[1]

The first formal event was organised in 1903, following a series of exhibition matches that had been held over the preceding ten years. The championship was initially contested over just 36 holes until 1908, when it was extended to become a 72 hole tournament. Although non-whites had played in the South African Open before, most notably when Papwa Sewgolum finished second in 1963, it was not until 1972 that black golfers were allowed to compete.[2]

The South African Open formerly took place at Durban Country Club in Durban, but moved to the Serengeti Golf Club in Ekurhuleni in 2011. It moved to Glendower Golf Club in 2013.

Gary Player has been the most successful player in the tournament's history, with 13 victories over four decades between 1956 and 1981. Bobby Locke won nine titles, Sid Brews won eight titles, and George Fotheringham won the event five times.

Winners

Year Season Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Sun Euro
The BMW SA Open
2016 2016 2016 Brandon Stone  South Africa 274 –14 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
South African Open Championship
20153 20142015 Andy Sullivan  England 277 –11 Playoff South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2013 2013 2014 Morten Ørum Madsen  Denmark 269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Jbe' Kruger
South Africa Hennie Otto
SA Open Championship
2012 2012 2012 Henrik Stenson  Sweden 271 −17 3 strokes South Africa George Coetzee
2011 2011 2011 Hennie Otto  South Africa 274 −14 1 stroke Austria Bernd Wiesberger
South African Open Championship
2010 2010 2011 Ernie Els (5)  South Africa 263 −251 1 stroke South Africa Retief Goosen
2009 2009 2010 Richie Ramsay  Scotland 275 −13 Playoff India Shiv Kapur
2008 2008 2009 Richard Sterne  South Africa 274 −14 Playoff Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin
South African Airways Open
2007 2007 2008 James Kingston  South Africa 284 −4 1 stroke England Oliver Wilson
2006 2006–07 2007 Ernie Els (4)  South Africa 264 −24 3 strokes South Africa Trevor Immelman
20052 2005–06 2006 Retief Goosen (2)  South Africa 282 −10 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els
20052 2004–05 2005 Tim Clark (2)  South Africa 273 −15 6 strokes France Grégory Havret
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2004 2003–04 2004 Trevor Immelman (2)  South Africa 276 −12 3 strokes Scotland Alastair Forsyth
England Steve Webster
2003 2002–03 2003 Trevor Immelman  South Africa 274 −14 Playoff South Africa Tim Clark
Bell's South African Open
2002 2001–02 2002 Tim Clark  South Africa 269 −19 2 strokes England Steve Webster
Mercedes-Benz South African Open Championship
2001 2000–01 2001 Mark McNulty (2)  Zimbabwe 280 −8 1 stroke England Justin Rose
2000 1999–00 2000 Mathias Grönberg  Sweden 274 −14 1 stroke South Africa Darren Fichardt
Argentina Ricardo González
Zimbabwe Nick Price
Mercedes-Benz – Vodacom South African Open
1999 1998–99 1999 David Frost (2)  South Africa 279 −5 1 stroke United States Scott Dunlap
India Jeev Milkha Singh
South African Open
1998 1997–98 1998 Ernie Els (3)  South Africa 273 −15 3 strokes South Africa David Frost
1997 1996–97 1997 Vijay Singh  Fiji 270 −18 1 stroke Zimbabwe Nick Price
1.^ Not an official record score because the 4th hole was unplayable during the 3rd and 4th rounds due to heavy rain. For scoring purposes, all players were deemed to have recorded a par for the hole.
2.^ Two events in 2005 due to rescheduling from January to December.
3.^ No event in 2014 due to rescheduling from November to January.

Prior to European Tour co-sanctioning

YearWinnerScore
Philips South African Open
1996 South Africa Ernie Els (2) 275
1995 South Africa Retief Goosen 275
19941 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (2) 267
19932 South Africa Clinton Whitelaw 279
Protea Assurance South African Open
1992 South Africa Ernie Els 275
1991 South Africa Wayne Westner (2) 272
1990 Namibia Trevor Dodds 285
1989 United States Fred Wadsworth 278
Southern Suns South African Open Championship
1988 South Africa Wayne Westner 275
1987 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 278 PO
1986 South Africa David Frost 275
South African Open Championship
Title sponsors unknown prior to 1986
1985 South Africa Gavan Levenson 280
1984 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 274
1983 United States Charlie Bolling 278
1982 No tournament due to two events in 1976
1981 South Africa Gary Player (13) 272 PO
1980 South Africa Bobby Cole (2) 279
1979 South Africa Gary Player (12) 279
1978 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 285
1977 South Africa Gary Player (11) 273
1976 South Africa Gary Player (10) 280
1976 South Africa Dale Hayes 287 PO
1975 South Africa Gary Player (9) 278
1974 South Africa Bobby Cole 272
1973 New Zealand Bob Charles 282
1972 South Africa Gary Player (8) 274
1971 South Africa Simon Hobday 276
1970 England Tommy Horton 285
1969 South Africa Gary Player (7) 273
1968 South Africa Gary Player (6) 274
1967 South Africa Gary Player (5) 279
1966 South Africa Gary Player (4) 278
1965 South Africa Gary Player (3) 273
1964 No tournament due to two events in 1963
1963 South Africa Allan Henning 278
1963 South Africa Retief Waltman (2) 281
1962 South Africa Harold Henning (2) 285
1961 South Africa Retief Waltman 289
1960 South Africa Gary Player (2) 280
1959 South Africa Denis Hutchinson 282
1958 South Africa Arthur Stewart 281
1957 South Africa Harold Henning 289 PO
1956 South Africa Gary Player 286

1 Tournament held in December 1993 (1994 season)
2 Tournament held in February 1993

YearWinnerScore
South African Open Championship
1955 South Africa Bobby Locke (9) 283
1954 South Africa Reg Taylor 289
1953 South Africa Jimmy Boyd 302 PO
1952 South Africa Sid Brews (8) 305
1951 South Africa Bobby Locke (8) 277
1950 South Africa Bobby Locke (7) 280
1949 South Africa Sid Brews (7) 291
1948 South Africa Mickey Janks 298
1947 South Africa Ronnie Glennie 293
1946 South Africa Bobby Locke (6) 285
1941–45 No tournament due to World War II
1940 South Africa Bobby Locke (5) 293
1939 South Africa Bobby Locke (4) 279
1938 South Africa Bobby Locke (3) 279
1937 South Africa Bobby Locke (2) 288
1936 South Africa Clarence Olander 297 PO
1935 South Africa Bobby Locke 296
1934 South Africa Sid Brews (6) 319
1933 South Africa Sid Brews (5) 297
1932 South Africa Charles McIlvenny 304
1931 South Africa Sid Brews (4) 302
1930 South Africa Sid Brews (3) 297
1929 South Africa Archie Tosh 315
1928 South Africa Jock Brews (4) 297
1927 South Africa Sid Brews (2) 301
1926 South Africa Jock Brews (3) 301
1925 South Africa Sid Brews 295
1924 South Africa Bertie Elkin 316
1923 South Africa Jock Brews (2) 315
1922 South Africa Fred Jangle 310
1921 South Africa Jock Brews 316
1920 South Africa Laurie Waters (4) 302
1919 England William Horne 320
1915–18 No tournament due to World War I
1914 Scotland George Fotheringham (5) 299
1913 Scotland Jimmy Prentice (a) 304
1912 Scotland George Fotheringham (4) 305
1911 Scotland George Fotheringham (3) 301
1910 Scotland George Fotheringham (2) 315
1909 Scotland Jack Fotheringham 306
1908 Scotland George Fotheringham 294
1907 South Africa Laurie Waters (3) 146
1906 England Arthur Gray (2) 151
1905 England Arthur Gray PO
1904 South Africa Laurie Waters (2) 143
1903 South Africa Laurie Waters 163

Tournament held over 36 holes prior to 1908

Multiple winners

Eighteen men have won this tournament more than once through 2016.

Wins Player Country Years won
13 Gary Player  South Africa 1956, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981
9 Bobby Locke  South Africa 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1955
8 Sid Brews  South Africa 1925, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1949, 1952
5 George Fotheringham  Scotland 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914
5 Ernie Els  South Africa 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2010
4 Laurie Waters  South Africa 1903, 1904, 1907, 1920
4 Jock Brews  South Africa 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928
2 Arthur Gray  England 1905, 1906
2 Harold Henning  South Africa 1957, 1962
2 Retief Waltman  South Africa 1961, 1963
2 Bobby Cole  South Africa 1974, 1980
2 Wayne Westner  South Africa 1988, 1991
2 Tony Johnstone  Zimbabwe 1984, 1993 (Dec)
2 David Frost  South Africa 1986, 1999
2 Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe 1987, 2001
2 Trevor Immelman  South Africa 2003, 2004
2 Tim Clark  South Africa 2002, 2005 (Jan)
2 Retief Goosen  South Africa 1995, 2005 (Dec)

References

  1. "How the System Works". Official World Golf Ranking. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  2. "South African Open Championship History and Highlights". South African Open Championship. Retrieved 2008-11-18.

External links

Coordinates: 26°09′29″S 28°08′31″E / 26.158°S 28.142°E / -26.158; 28.142

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