Africa Open

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]

Africa Open
Tournament information
LocationEastern Cape, South Africa
Established2008
Course(s)East London Golf Club
Par71
Length6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 14,500,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Thomas Aiken (2014)
264 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2015)
To par−27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
Final champion
South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
Location Map
East London GC is located in South Africa
East London GC
East London GC
Location in South Africa
East London GC is located in Eastern Cape
East London GC
East London GC
Location in Eastern Cape

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
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Africa Open
2015AFR, EURSouth Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr264−245 strokesEngland Matt Ford
2014AFR, EURSouth Africa Thomas Aiken264−20PlayoffEngland Oliver Fisher
2013AFR, EURSouth Africa Darren Fichardt272−162 strokesFrance Grégory Bourdy
South Africa Jaco van Zyl
2012AFR, EURSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen (2)265−272 strokesSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt
2011AFR, EURSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen276−16PlayoffSpain Manuel Quirós
England Chris Wood
2010AFR, EURSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel272−201 strokeSouth Africa Thomas Aiken
Africa Open Golf Challenge
2009AFRSouth Africa Retief Goosen267−211 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
South Africa Darren Fichardt
South Africa Branden Grace
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey
Africa Open
2008AFRSouth Africa Shaun Norris275−136 strokesSouth Africa Nic Henning

Notes
  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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.

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