PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationSt Francis Bay, South Africa
Established1965
Course(s)St Francis Links
Par72
Length7,192 yards (6,576 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 2,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 David Frost (1994)
To par−28 Louis Oosthuizen (2008)
Current champion
South Africa Rupert Kaminski
Location Map
St Francis Links is located in South Africa
St Francis Links
St Francis Links
Location in South Africa
St Francis Links is located in Eastern Cape
St Francis Links
St Francis Links
Location in the Eastern Cape

The South African PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It has most recently been played in September, with a prize fund of R 2,000,000. It is currently held at St Francis Links in St Francis Bay.

History

The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. The inaugural event was held in February 1965 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.[1]

New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995,[2] when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.

Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European calendar. As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor. It is one of the richest sole-sanctioned events on the Sunshine Tour.

The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters formed the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.[3]

Winners

YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
PGA Championship
2023AFRSouth Africa Rupert Kaminski280−81 strokeSouth Africa Matthew Spacey
2022AFRSouth Africa George Coetzee (2)273−153 strokesSouth Africa Casey Jarvis
2021AFRSouth Africa Dean Burmester271−172 strokesSouth Africa Pieter Moolman
Eye of Africa PGA Championship
2020AFRSouth Africa Darren Fichardt268−20PlayoffChile Matías Calderón
2019AFRSouth Africa Louis de Jager276−12PlayoffSouth Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2018AFRChile Matías Calderón271−171 strokeSouth Africa Combrinck Smit
2017AFRSouth Africa Erik van Rooyen272−16PlayoffSouth Africa Dylan Frittelli
South Africa Makhetha Mazibuko
2016AFRSouth Africa Jaco van Zyl (3)268−20PlayoffSouth Africa Dean Burmester
Telkom Business PGA Championship
2015: No tournament
2014AFRSouth Africa Titch Moore273−15PlayoffSouth Africa Ulrich van den Berg
Telkom PGA Championship
2013AFRSouth Africa Jaco van Zyl (2)268−201 strokeSouth Africa Dylan Frittelli
2012AFRSouth Africa Keith Horne269−193 strokesSouth Africa Jaco Ahlers
South Africa Darren Fichardt
South Africa Alex Haindl
2011AFRSouth Africa George Coetzee261−272 strokesSouth Africa Neil Schietekat
2010AFRSouth Africa Michiel Bothma (2)268−201 strokeSouth Africa George Coetzee
2009AFRSouth Africa Jaco van Zyl270−181 strokeCanada Graham DeLaet
South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2008AFRSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen (2)260−2814 strokesSouth Africa Hennie Otto
2007AFRSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen266−221 strokeSouth Africa Richard Sterne
2006AFRFrance Grégory Bourdy267−216 strokesSouth Africa Thomas Aiken
2005AFRSouth Africa Warren Abery273−151 strokeSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel
South Africa Jaco van Zyl
2004AFRSouth Africa Warrick Druian267−215 strokesSouth Africa Michiel Bothma
South Africa Mark Murless
2003: No tournament
2002
(Dec)
AFRSouth Africa Michiel Bothma273−15PlayoffSouth Africa Mark Murless
2002
(Jan)
AFRSouth Africa Chris Williams (2)271−172 strokesSouth Africa Hennie Otto
South African PGA Championship
2001AFRSouth Africa Deane Pappas269−193 strokesSouth Africa Don Gammon
2000: No tournament
Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
1999AFR, EURSouth Africa Ernie Els (3)273−154 strokesSouth Africa Richard Kaplan
1998AFR, EURZimbabwe Tony Johnstone (2)271−172 strokesSouth Africa Ernie Els
1997AFR, EURZimbabwe Nick Price269−19PlayoffSouth Africa David Frost
1996AFR, EURGermany Sven Strüver202[lower-alpha 2]−143 strokesSouth Africa Ernie Els
Northern Ireland David Feherty
Lexington South African PGA Championship
1995AFR, EURSouth Africa Ernie Els (2)271−92 strokesSouth Africa Roger Wessels
Lexington PGA Championship
1994AFRSouth Africa David Frost259−217 strokesZimbabwe Nick Price
1993AFRZimbabwe Mark McNulty265−151 strokeSouth Africa John Bland
South Africa David Frost
Zimbabwe Nick Price
South Africa Wayne Westner
1992AFRSouth Africa Ernie Els271−91 strokeSouth Africa Ian Palmer
South Africa Kevin Stone
South Africa Wayne Westner
1991AFRSouth Africa Roger Wessels271−9PlayoffEngland Mark James
United States Hugh Royer III
1990AFRSouth Africa Fulton Allem (2)266−142 strokesEngland Chris Davison
1989AFRZimbabwe Tony Johnstone269−11PlayoffSouth Africa Chris Williams
1988AFRNorthern Ireland David Feherty267−131 strokeRepublic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
1987AFRSouth Africa Fulton Allem268−122 strokesSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1986AFRSouth Africa Bobby Cole265−155 strokesSouth Africa David Frost
Zimbabwe Teddy Webber
1985AFRSouth Africa Chris Williams272−81 strokeZimbabwe Mark McNulty
United States Jay Townsend
Zimbabwe Denis Watson
1984AFRSouth Africa Gavan Levenson271−93 strokesZimbabwe Nick Price
1983AFRUnited States Corey Pavin270−101 strokeZimbabwe Nick Price
1982AFRSouth Africa Gary Player (3)272−83 strokesScotland Gordon Brand Jnr
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
United States Bill Rogers
1981: No tournament
1980AFRSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi268−121 strokeZimbabwe Mark McNulty
South Africa Gary Player
1979AFRSouth Africa Gary Player (2)203[lower-alpha 2]−71 strokeSouth Africa Bobby Cole
South Africa Harold Henning
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Nick Price
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Denis Watson
1978AFRUnited States Hale Irwin275−91 strokeSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi
Rhodesia Mark McNulty
South Africa Robbie Stewart
1977AFRSouth Africa John Bland275−52 strokesSouth Africa Gary Player
Sportsman Lager PGA Championship
1976AFRSouth Africa Dale Hayes (3)266−141 strokeSouth Africa Gary Player
Beck's PGA Championship
1975AFRSouth Africa Dale Hayes (2)266−146 strokesSouth Africa Allan Henning
1974AFRSouth Africa Dale Hayes271−91 strokeSouth Africa Gary Player
1973AFRUnited States Tom Weiskopf273−73 strokesSouth Africa Vin Baker
Luyt Lager PGA Championship
1972AFRSouth Africa Harold Henning (4)279−11 strokeSouth Africa Hugh Baiocchi
South African PGA Championship
1971
(Nov)
AFRSouth Africa Tienie Britz (2)280−8PlayoffRhodesia Don Gammon
England Peter Oosterhuis
1971
(Feb)
South Africa Tienie Britz277
1970South Africa Denis Hutchinson278
1969South Africa Gary Player272
1968: No tournament
1967South Africa Harold Henning (3)275
1966South Africa Harold Henning (2)272
1965South Africa Harold Henning281

Notes

  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. "Golf". The Herald. Glasgow. 22 February 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2020 via Google News Archive.
  2. "The Lexington PGA". The Wanderers Golf Club. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. "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.
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