Limpopo Championship

The Limpopo Championship is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour played at Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate in Modimolle, Limpopo, South Africa.

Limpopo Championship
Tournament information
LocationModimolle, South Africa
Established2019
Course(s)Euphoria Golf Club
Par72
Length7,699 yards (7,040 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 2,000,000
Month playedMarch/April
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 J. C. Ritchie (2020)
269 Mateusz Gradecki (2022)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
South Africa Ryan van Velzen
Location Map
Euphoria GC is located in South Africa
Euphoria GC
Euphoria GC
Location in South Africa
Euphoria GC is located in Limpopo
Euphoria GC
Euphoria GC
Location in Limpopo

History

The tournament was first played in March 2019 with prize money of R 1,500,000. J. C. Ritchie won the event on the first hole of a playoff with Steve Surry.[1] The second edition was played in early 2020. It was co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and had increased prize money of US$250,000 (R3,500,000). Because of the large field, a second venue, Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate, was used for the first two rounds. Ritchie retained the title in 2020, beating Wilco Nienaber by two strokes.[2] The 2021 event was played at Euphoria in April and was again co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour with prize money of R3,000,000. It was won in a four-man playoff by Brandon Stone, who made a birdie at the first extra hole.[3] The 2022 event was again co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, with Mateusz Gradecki winning by three shots ahead of Hennie du Plessis.[4]

In 2023, the event was not part of the Challenge Tour schedule and was a sole-sanctioned Sunshine Tour event. Ryan van Velzen won the title, with the tournament being shortened to 54 holes due to rain.[5][6]

Winners
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2023AFRSouth Africa Ryan van Velzen204[lower-alpha 2]−121 strokeSouth Africa Luca Filippi
South Africa Jaco Prinsloo
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
2022AFR, CHAPoland Mateusz Gradecki269−193 strokesSouth Africa Hennie du Plessis
2021AFR, CHASouth Africa Brandon Stone280−8PlayoffSouth Africa Oliver Bekker
South Africa Hennie du Plessis
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
2020AFR, CHASouth Africa J. C. Ritchie (2)269−192 strokesSouth Africa Wilco Nienaber
2019AFRSouth Africa J. C. Ritchie270−18PlayoffEngland Steve Surry

Notes
  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References
  1. "Ritchie claims inaugural Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 10 March 2019.
  2. "Ritchie completes a double in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 2 February 2020.
  3. "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
  4. "Gradecki seals maiden Challenge Tour title in Limpopo". European Tour. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. "Storm suspends play at Limpopo Championship". Sunshine Tour. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. Vlismas, Michael (2 April 2023). "Debut Sunshine Tour win for Van Velzen in Limpopo Championship". SuperSport. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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