The South African Women's Masters is a golf tournament in
South Africa
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.
First played in 1996 it is the second oldest professional women's golf tournament in South Africa, after the
South African Women's Open
The South African Women's Open is a golf tournament. It was first played in 1988, is sanctioned by the Women's PGA of South Africa and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Ladies European T ...
founded in 1988. The inaugural event was won by South Africa's
Sally Little, a two-time
LPGA major
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour.
LPGA majors ...
winner.
The tournament was included on the
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...
in
2001
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and played at
Gary Player Country Club
The Gary Player Country Club is a golf club in Sun City, South Africa, named after golf icon and Grand Slam winner, Gary Player. It is home to one of the world's longest golf courses, at almost 8,000 yards.
The Gary Player designed championshi ...
in
Sun City.
It is sanctioned by the WPGA and supported by Women's Golf South Africa (the governing body for amateur golf), and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour.
Winners
See also
*
South African Women's Open
The South African Women's Open is a golf tournament. It was first played in 1988, is sanctioned by the Women's PGA of South Africa and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Ladies European T ...
References
External links
*{{official, http://sawomensmasters.co.za/
List of winners
Former Ladies European Tour events
Sunshine Ladies Tour events
Golf tournaments in South Africa
Recurring sporting events established in 1996