Joburg Open

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Joburg Open
information
Country: South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Major (yes / no) : No
Tour (s) : PGA European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Asian Tour
(until 2018)
open to professionals (yes / no) : Yes
organized since: 2007
Venue (s): Johannesburg
Course (s): Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club
Length in yards : 7,656 (East)
7,203 (West)
Length in meters : 7,001 (East)
6,586 (West)
Par : 72 (East)
71 (West)
Game form : Stroke play
Total prize money: 2018: 1,150,000 euros
Prize money for d. Winner: 2018: 195,830 euros
normal appointment (month) : December
Top performances
Total number of strokes : (name) (year) 260 Richard Stars (2013)
under par: (name) (year) −27
most frequent winner: Richard Sterne (2008, 2013)
Charl Schwartzel (2010, 2011)
Title holder
Surname: Shubankar Sharma
Nationality: IndiaIndia India
Title holder since: 2018

The Joburg Open was a professional men's golf tournament on the South African Sunshine Tour . The event was founded in 2007 and was played in December at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg , South Africa . The last event took place in December 2017.

The tournament was held in the first two rounds on the west and east course, with a large field of over 200 participants. The last two rounds were played on the east course, with the cut in the top 65.

Since its inception, the tournament has been supported by the European Tour , thanks to which there is a higher prize money and a stronger field of participants at the start.

Winners list

year Season
European
winner nationality Result head Start
2017 2018 Shubankar Sharma  (1) IndiaIndia India 264 (−23) 3 strokes
2017 * 2017 Darren Fichardt  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 200 (−15) 1 hit
2016 2016 Haydn Porteous  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 269 ​​(−18) 2 strokes
2015 2015 Andy Sullivan  (1) EnglandEngland England 270 (−17) 2 strokes
2014 2014 George Coetzee  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 268 (−19) 3 strokes
2013 2013 Richard Stars  (2) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 260 (−27) 7 strokes
2012 2012 Branden Grace  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 270 (−17) 1 hit
2011 2011 Charl Schwartzel  (2) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 265 (−19) 4 strokes
2010 2010 Charlemagne  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 261 (−23) 6 beat
2009 2009 Anders Hansen  (1) DenmarkDenmark Denmark 269 ​​(−15) 1 hit
2008 2008 Richard Stars  (1) South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 271 (−13) Victory in the playoff
2007 2007 Ariel Cañete  (1) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 266 (−19) 2 strokes
  • In 2017 the tournament was shortened to 3 rounds due to the weather

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Venue - Card of Course
  2. Event Info - Prize Fund
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