South African PGA Championship

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PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationSt Francis Bay, South Africa
Established1965
Course(s)St Francis Links
Par72
Length7,167 yards (6,554 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR1,200,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 David Frost (1994)
To par−28 Louis Oosthuizen (2008)
Current champion
South Africa Dean Burmester
Location Map
St Francis Links is located in South Africa
St Francis Links
St Francis Links
Location in South Africa

The South African PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It is generally played in February, depending on the Tour Schedule, with a prize fund of 2 million rand, and is currently held at Eye of Africa Signature Golf Estate in the Johannesburg suburb of .

The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and . The inaugural event was held in February 1960 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.[1]

New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at where it remained until 1995,[2] when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.

Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European calendar. As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor. It is one of the richest sole-sanctioned events on the Sunshine Tour.

The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters formed the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.[3]

Winners[]

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
PGA Championship
2021 AFR South Africa Dean Burmester 271 −17 2 strokes South Africa
Eye of Africa PGA Championship
2020 AFR South Africa Darren Fichardt 268 −20 Playoff Chile
2019 AFR South Africa Louis de Jager 276 −12 Playoff South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2018 AFR Chile 271 −17 1 stroke South Africa
2017 AFR South Africa Erik van Rooyen 272 −16 Playoff South Africa Dylan Frittelli
South Africa
2016 AFR South Africa Jaco van Zyl (3) 268 −20 Playoff South Africa Dean Burmester
Telkom Business PGA Championship
2015: No tournament
2014 AFR South Africa Titch Moore 273 −15 Playoff South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
Telkom PGA Championship
2013 AFR South Africa Jaco van Zyl (2) 268 −20 1 stroke South Africa Dylan Frittelli
2012 AFR South Africa Keith Horne 269 −19 3 strokes South Africa Jaco Ahlers
South Africa Darren Fichardt
South Africa
2011 AFR South Africa George Coetzee 261 −27 2 strokes South Africa
2010 AFR South Africa Michiel Bothma (2) 268 −20 1 stroke South Africa George Coetzee
2009 AFR South Africa Jaco van Zyl 270 −18 1 stroke Canada Graham DeLaet
South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2008 AFR South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (2) 260 −28 14 strokes South Africa Hennie Otto
2007 AFR South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 266 −22 1 stroke South Africa Richard Sterne
2006 AFR France Grégory Bourdy 267 −21 6 strokes South Africa Thomas Aiken
2005 AFR South Africa Warren Abery 273 −15 1 stroke South Africa Charl Schwartzel
South Africa Jaco van Zyl
2004 AFR South Africa 267 −21 5 strokes South Africa Michiel Bothma
South Africa
2003: No tournament
2002
(Dec)		 AFR South Africa Michiel Bothma 273 −15 Playoff South Africa
2002
(Jan)		 AFR South Africa Chris Williams (2) 271 −17 2 strokes South Africa Hennie Otto
South African PGA Championship
2001 AFR South Africa Deane Pappas 269 −19 3 strokes South Africa
Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
2000: No tournament
1999 AFR, EUR South Africa Ernie Els (3) 273 −15 4 strokes South Africa Richard Kaplan
1998 AFR, EUR Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (2) 271 −17 2 strokes South Africa Ernie Els
1997 AFR, EUR Zimbabwe Nick Price 269 −19 Playoff South Africa David Frost
1996 AFR, EUR Germany Sven Strüver 202[b] −14 3 strokes South Africa Ernie Els
Northern Ireland David Feherty
Lexington South African PGA Championship
1995 AFR, EUR South Africa Ernie Els (2) 271 −9 2 strokes South Africa Roger Wessels
Lexington PGA Championship
1994 AFR South Africa David Frost 259 −21 7 strokes Zimbabwe Nick Price
1993 AFR Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 265 −15 1 stroke South Africa John Bland
South Africa David Frost
Zimbabwe Nick Price
South Africa Wayne Westner
1992 AFR South Africa Ernie Els 271 −9 1 stroke South Africa Ian Palmer
South Africa
South Africa Wayne Westner
1991 AFR South Africa Roger Wessels 271 −9 Playoff England Mark James
United States Hugh Royer III
1990 AFR South Africa Fulton Allem (2) 266 −14 England
1989 AFR Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 269 South Africa Chris Williams
1988 AFR Northern Ireland David Feherty 267 −13 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
1987 AFR South Africa Fulton Allem 268 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1986 AFR South Africa Bobby Cole 265 South Africa David Frost
South Africa
1985 AFR South Africa Chris Williams 272 −8 1 stroke Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
United States Jay Townsend
Zimbabwe Denis Watson
1984 AFR South Africa Gavan Levenson 271 −9 3 strokes Zimbabwe Nick Price
1983 AFR United States Corey Pavin 270 −10 1 stroke Zimbabwe Nick Price
1982 AFR South Africa Gary Player (3) 272 −8 3 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
United States
1981: No tournament
1980 AFR South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 268 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
South Africa Gary Player
1979 AFR South Africa Gary Player (2) 203[b] −7 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Cole
South Africa Harold Henning
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Nick Price
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Denis Watson
1978 AFR United States Hale Irwin 275 −9 1 stroke South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
Rhodesia Mark McNulty
South Africa
1977 AFR South Africa John Bland 275 South Africa Gary Player
Sportsman Lager PGA Championship
1976 AFR South Africa Dale Hayes (3) 266 South Africa Gary Player
Beck's PGA Championship
1975 AFR South Africa Dale Hayes (2) 266 South Africa Allan Henning
1974 AFR South Africa Dale Hayes 271
1973 AFR United States Tom Weiskopf 273 −7 3 strokes South Africa Vin Baker
Luyt Lager PGA Championship
1972 AFR South Africa Harold Henning (4) 279
South African PGA Championship
1971
(Nov)		 AFR South Africa Tienie Britz (2) 280 Playoff
1971
(Feb)		 South Africa Tienie Britz 277
1970 South Africa Denis Hutchinson 278
1969 South Africa Gary Player 272
1968: No tournament
1967 South Africa Harold Henning (3) 275
1966 South Africa Harold Henning (2) 272
1965 South Africa Harold Henning 281
  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References[]

  1. ^ "Golf". The Herald. Glasgow. 22 February 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "The Lexington PGA". The Wanderers Golf Club. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ^ "History of the South African Masters sponsored by Nashua". Sunshine Tour. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2008.

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