Africa Open

Africa Open
Tournament information
Location	Eastern Cape, South Africa
Established	2008
Course(s)
Par	71
Length	6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour; European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R14,500,000
Month played	February
Final year	2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Thomas Aiken (2014); 264 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2015)
To par	−27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
Final champion
	Trevor Fisher Jnr
Location Map
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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 , near Port Alfred.^[1]

In order to increase the profile of the tournament, beginning in 2009 it was held in January at the 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[]

Year	Tour(s)^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Africa Open
2015	EUR, AFR	Trevor Fisher Jnr	264	−24	5 strokes	Matt Ford
2014	EUR, AFR	Thomas Aiken	264	−20	Playoff	Oliver Fisher
2013	EUR, AFR	Darren Fichardt	272	−16	2 strokes	Grégory Bourdy Jaco van Zyl
2012	EUR, AFR	Louis Oosthuizen (2)	265	−27	2 strokes	Tjaart van der Walt
2011	EUR, AFR	Louis Oosthuizen	276	−16	Playoff	Chris Wood
2010	EUR, AFR	Charl Schwartzel	272	−20	1 stroke	Thomas Aiken
Africa Open Golf Challenge
2009	AFR	Retief Goosen	267	−21	1 stroke	Darren Clarke Darren Fichardt Branden Grace Michael Hoey
The Africa Open
2008	AFR	Shaun Norris	275	−13	6 strokes	Nic Henning

^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References[]

^ "Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open". Sunshine Tour. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Donald replaces Kim at Sun City". The Star. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
^ "European Tour reveal early schedule". RTÉ Sport. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

External links[]

Coordinates: 32°S 27°E / 32°S 27°E / -32; 27

[4] AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

[1] "Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open". Sunshine Tour. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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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