South African Women's Masters

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South African Women's Masters
Tournament information
LocationSouth Africa
Established1996
Course(s)San Lameer Country Club
Organized byWomen's PGA of South Africa
Tour(s)Sunshine Ladies Tour
Ladies European Tour (2001)
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£100,000 (2001)[1]
Month playedFebruary
Current champion
Scotland

The South African Women's Masters is a golf tournament in South Africa.

First played in 1996 it is the second oldest professional women's golf tournament in South Africa, after the South African Women's Open founded in 1988.[2] The inaugural event was won by South Africa's Sally Little, a two-time LPGA major winner.[3][4]

The tournament was included on the Ladies European Tour in 2001 and played at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City.[5][6][1] It is sanctioned by the WPGA and supported by Women's Golf South Africa (the governing body for amateur golf), and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour.[7]

Winners[]

Year Tour Winner Country Score
South African Women's Masters
2020 SLT  Scotland 215 (−1)
2019 SLT Leján Lewthwaite  South Africa 215 (−1)
2018 SLT Laura Fuenfstueck  Germany 215 (−1)
2017 SLT  South Korea 209 (−7)
2009–16 No tournament
Nedbank South African Ladies Masters
2008 Rebecca Hudson  England
2007 Kaisa Ruuttila  Finland
2006 Ashleigh Simon (a)  South Africa 209 (−7)
2005  Spain
2004 Helena Alterby  Sweden
2003 Laurette Maritz (2)  South Africa
2002  South Africa
Nedbank Mastercard South African Ladies Masters
2001 LET Samantha Head  England 210 (−6)
South African Ladies Masters
2000  South Africa
1999 No tournament
1998 Laurette Maritz  South Africa
1997  South Africa
Ladies South African Masters
1996 Sally Little  South Africa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b golftoday.co.uk. "Head wins title on final hole". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ news24.com. "SA dominate Nedbank ladies golf". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ^ Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame. "Sally Little". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Ladies European Tour Player Profile (Laurette Maritz)". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Simon wins the Masters". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Nedbank Mastercard South African Ladies Masters". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ "The South African Women's Masters". South African Women’s Masters. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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