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
Aggregate265 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
To par−27 as above
Final champion
Trevor Fisher Jnr
East London
GC
Location in South Africa

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
YearTours[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Africa Open
2015EUR, AFR Trevor Fisher Jnr264−245 strokes Matt Ford
2014EUR, AFR Thomas Aiken264−20Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Oliver Fisher
2013EUR, AFR Darren Fichardt272−162 strokes Grégory Bourdy
Jaco van Zyl
2012EUR, AFR Louis Oosthuizen (2)265−272 strokes Tjaart van der Walt
2011EUR, AFR Louis Oosthuizen276−16Playoff[lower-alpha 3] Chris Wood
Manuel Quirós
2010EUR, AFR Charl Schwartzel272−201 stroke Thomas Aiken
Africa Open Golf Challenge
2009EUR, AFR Retief Goosen267−211 stroke Darren Clarke
Darren Fichardt
Branden Grace
Michael Hoey
The Africa Open
2008EUR, AFR Shaun Norris275−136 strokes Nic Henning
  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Aiken won with birdie on first extra hole
  3. Oosthuizen won with birdie on first extra hole

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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