Summary
The Cape Town Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour in Cape Town, South Africa.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Established | 2012 |
| Course(s) | Royal Cape Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,633 yards (6,065 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$350,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Rhys Enoch (2018) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Mikael Lindberg | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Cape GC Location in South Africa  Royal Cape GC Location in Western Cape | |
History edit
From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at Royal Cape Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club. Rhys Enoch won by one stroke from Peter Karmis.[1] In 2019, the event moved to the Royal Cape Golf Club and was won by Benjamin Follett-Smith.[2]
The 2020 edition was co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and had increased prize money of US$250,000 (R3,500,000). Because of the large field, two courses were used for the first two rounds; Royal Cape Golf Club and King David Mowbray Golf Club. Anton Karlsson won by a stroke from Garrick Higgo, with overnight leader Daniel van Tonder fading with a final round 78.[3]
Winners edit
| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | ||||||
| 2024 | AFR, CHA | Mikael Lindberg |
272 | −16 | Playoff |  Ryan van Velzen
|
| 2023 | AFR, CHA |  Benjamin Follett-Smith (2) |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Ugo Coussaud Jaco van Zyl
|
| 2022 | AFR, CHA | J. C. Ritchie (2) |
270 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Christopher Mivis
|
| 2021 | AFR, CHA | J. C. Ritchie |
274 | −14 | Playoff | Jacques Blaauw
|
| RAM Cape Town Open | ||||||
| 2020 | AFR, CHA | Anton Karlsson |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Garrick Higgo
|
| 2019 | AFR | Benjamin Follett-Smith |
275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Zander Lombard Jean-Paul Strydom
|
| Cape Town Open | ||||||
| 2018 | AFR |  Rhys Enoch |
269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Peter Karmis
|
| 2017: No tournament due to reschedulling from November to February | ||||||
| Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | ||||||
| 2016 | AFR | Jacques Kruyswijk |
271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Justin Harding Brandon Stone
|
| 2015 | AFR | Brandon Stone |
272 | −16 | 5 strokes | Ockie Strydom Steve Surry
|
| 2014 | AFR | Jaco Ahlers |
276 | −12 | Playoff | Ross McGowan Hennie Otto
|
| 2013 | AFR | Tjaart van der Walt |
274 | −14 | 6 strokes | Michael Hollick
|
| 2012 | AFR | Jake Roos |
279 | −9 | Playoff | Tyrone van Aswegen Jaco van Zyl Mark Williams
|
Notes edit
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
References edit
External links edit
- Coverage at the Sunshine Tour's official website
- Coverage at the Challenge Tour's official website