The Cape Town Open is a
golf tournament on the
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...
in
Cape Town,
South Africa. From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at
Royal Cape Golf Club
The Royal Cape Golf Club in Cape Town, South Africa was established in 1885 and is the oldest golf club in Africa.
History
Royal Cape is South Africa's oldest and traditionally most prestigious course, set to the backdrop of Cape Town's Tabl ...
. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club.
Rhys Enoch won by one stroke from
Peter Karmis. In 2019, the event moved to the Royal Cape Golf Club and was won by
Benjamin Follett-Smith.
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
Garrick Higgo (born 12 May 1999) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the European Tour, winning the 2020 Open de Portugal and the Gran Canar ...
, with overnight leader
Daniel van Tonder fading with a final round 78.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage at the Sunshine Tour's official websiteCoverage at the Challenge Tour's official website
Sunshine Tour events
Golf tournaments in South Africa
Sport in Cape Town
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