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.
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.
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. The purse for 2014 was €1,000,000.
Winners YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upAfrica Open 2015 AFR, EUR Trevor Fisher Jnr 264 −24 5 strokes Matt Ford 2014 AFR, EUR Thomas Aiken 264 −20 Playoff Oliver Fisher 2013 AFR, EUR Darren Fichardt 272 −16 2 strokes Grégory Bourdy Jaco van Zyl 2012 AFR, EUR Louis Oosthuizen (2) 265 −27 2 strokes Tjaart van der Walt 2011 AFR, EUR Louis Oosthuizen 276 −16 Playoff Manuel Quirós Chris Wood 2010 AFR, EUR Charl Schwartzel 272 −20 1 stroke Thomas AikenAfrica Open Golf Challenge 2009 AFR Retief Goosen 267 −21 1 stroke Darren Clarke Darren Fichardt Branden Grace Michael HoeyAfrica Open 2008 AFR Shaun Norris 275 −13 6 strokes Nic Henning
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External links Coverage on Sunshine Tour's official site Coverage on European Tour's official site