South African Masters

The South African Masters was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It was last played in 2011. Before its discontinuation, it had a prize fund of 1.2 million rand and was held at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal border, South Africa.

This article is about the golf tournament. For the darts tournament, see South African Masters (darts).

South African Masters
Tournament information
LocationEastern Cape, South Africa
Established1923
Course(s)Wild Coast Sun Country Club
Par70
Length6,351 yards
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 1,200,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Darren Fichardt (2009)
To par−19 Desvonde Botes (1999)
Final champion
Shaun Norris

The tournament had its roots in the South African Professional Match Play Championship, the running of which was taken over by the PGA of South Africa in 1957. Under the sponsorship of Dunlop the event transitioned into a 72-hole stroke play event in 1960.[1]

The first edition of the new Dunlop Masters, at Houghton Golf Club in 1960, was won by Gary Player with an aggregate score of 266, a record that stood for 44 years. Player's total was equalled in 1970 by John Fourie, the only amateur to claim the title. Andrew McLardy posted 264 at the Wild Coast resort in 2004 and Darren Fichardt holds the record of 263 set on the par-70 course in 2009.

The South African Masters, along with the South African Open and the South African PGA Championship formed the Triple Crown. Winning all three titles in the same season was a feat only achieved by Gary Player and Ernie Els.[2]

Winners
YearSeasonWinnerScore
Nashua Masters
20112011 Shaun Norris271 (−9)
20102010 Warren Abery267 (−13)
20092009 Darren Fichardt263 (−17)
20082008 Marc Cayeux268 (−12)
20072007
2006–07		 Jean Hugo269 (−11)PO
20062005–06 Warren Abery265 (−15)
20052004–05 Richard Sterne269 (−11)
20042003–04 Andrew McLardy264 (−16)
20022002–03 Hennie Otto279 (−1)
20022001–02 Justin Rose265 (−15)
Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters
20012000–01 Mark McNulty274 (−6)
South African Masters
20001999–00No tournament
19991998–99 Desvonde Botes269 (−19)
19981997–98No tournament
San Lameer South African Masters
19971996–97 Mark McNulty276 (−12)
19961995–96 Wayne Westner280 (−8)
Telekom South African Masters
19951994–95 Scott Dunlap279 (−9)PO
19941993–94 Chris Davison281 (−7)
EVS South African Masters
19931992–93 Tony Johnstone275 (−13)
19921991–92 Ernie Els275 (−13)
Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters
1990 Fulton Allem276 (−12)
1989 Hugh Baiocchi281
Safmarine South African Masters
1988 John Bland275
1987 David Frost273
1986 Mark McNulty270
1985 Mark McNulty278
1984 Tony Johnstone277
1983No tournament
SAB South African Masters
1982 Mark McNulty275
1981 Nick Price281 (−7)
1980No tournament
Kronenbrau South African Masters
1979 Gary Player270
1978 Dale Hayes275
Dunlop South African Masters
1977No tournament
1976 (Nov) Gary Player270
1976 (Feb) Gary Player268 (−12)
1975* John Fourie199
1974 Gary Player270PO [3]
1973No tournament
1972 (Dec) Gary Player268 [4][5]
1972 (Jan) Gary Player267[6]
1971 Gary Player269 (-15)
1970 John Fourie (A)266
1969 Bobby Cole280
1968 Allan Henning278
1967 Gary Player279
1966 Cedric Amm276
1965 Denis Hutchinson281
1964 Gary Player285
1963 Bruce Keyter291
1962 Denis Hutchinson280
1961 Denis Hutchinson276
1960 Gary Player266

* - Event reduced to 54 holes in 1975[7]

Match-play era

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
Dunlop South African Professional Match Play Masters
1959 Gary Player Harold Henning3 & 1
1958 Dai Rees Ken Bousfield3 & 2
1957 John Jacobs Gary Player2 & 1
South African Professional Match Play Championship
1956 Ken Redford Gary Player2 & 1
1955 Bobby Locke Brian Ellmore7 & 6
1954 Jock Verwey AN Thomas11 & 9
1953 Philip Ritson AJ Bullock12 & 11
1952 Sid Brews Philip Ritson7 & 6
1951 Bobby Locke Harry Bradshaw4 & 3
1950 Bobby Locke MS Hart9 & 8
1949 Jock Verwey GS van Niekerk5 & 4
1948 Jock Verwey James Ockenden Jr.5 & 4
1947 Sandy Guthrie James Ockenden Jr.5 & 4
1946 Bobby Locke Sid Brews10 & 9
1941–45No tournament due to World War II
1940 Bobby Locke Bert Elkin11 & 9
1939 Bobby Locke M Goldsmith12 & 11
1938 Bobby Locke Sid Brews4 & 3
1937 John Robertson AN Thomas37th hole
1936 Sid Brews John Robertson9 & 7
1935 J De Beer G Brews5 & 4
1934 Sid Brews Bert Elkin6 & 4
1933 Sid Brews AN Thomas6 & 5
1932 Charles McIlvenny Robert Grimsdell6 & 5
1931 Charles McIlvenny Jock Brews10 & 9
1930 Arthur Tomsett Charles McIlvenny37th hole
1929 Charles McIlvenny Robert Grimsdell8 & 7
1928 Sid Brews Jock Brews2 & 1
1927 Charles McIlvenny Robert Grimsdell3 & 1
1926 Sid Brews G Brews11 & 10
1925 Jock Brews Robert Grimsdell3 & 2
1924 Jock Brews Archie Tosh4 & 2
1923 Bert Elkin Jimmie Johnstone4 & 3

References
  1. Vlismas, Michael (2012). The Extraordinary Book of South African Golf. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-0143529729.
  2. "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.
  3. "Player wins". The Glasgow Herald. 28 January 1974.
  4. "O'Leary deposes Player". The Glasgow Herald. 2 December 1972.
  5. "Golf - Johannesburg". The Times. 4 December 1972. p. 12.
  6. "Player retains Masters' title". The Glasgow Herald. 24 January 1972.
  7. "Nashua Masters Information Sheet" (PDF). supersport.co.za. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2008.


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