The Western Province Open was a golf tournament in South Africa as part of the
South African 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 Vo ...
.
Winners
''This list is incomplete''
* 1936
Alf Padgham
Alfred Harry Padgham (2 July 1906 – 4 March 1966) was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the 1936 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, England and played for Great Br ...
(268)
* 1956
Bobby Locke
Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke (20 November 1917 – 9 March 1987) was a South African professional golfer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won The Open Championship four times and 15 PGA Tour events in total ...
(287)
* 1957
Gary Player
Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...
(285)
* 1958
Bobby Locke
Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke (20 November 1917 – 9 March 1987) was a South African professional golfer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won The Open Championship four times and 15 PGA Tour events in total ...
(286)
* 1959
Harold Henning
Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
Early life
Henning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His brothers Allan, Brian, and Grah ...
(280)
* 1960
Gary Player
Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...
(271)
* 1961
Harold Henning
Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
Early life
Henning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His brothers Allan, Brian, and Grah ...
(284)
* 1962
Tommy Trevena
* 1963
Bobby Verwey (286)
* 1964
Retief Waltman
* 1965
Allan Henning
Allan Henning (born 1 June 1944) is a former professional golfer from South Africa.
Henning was born into a golfing family. His brothers Harold, Brian, and Graham all became professional golfers.
Henning turned professional in 1962 and won 18 ...
* 1966
Cobie Legrange
Cobie Legrange (born 1942) is a South African professional golfer. He was one of the best South African golfers of the 1960s and reached a peak ranking of #15 in the world.
Professional career
Legrange was born in Boksburg, South Africa. He p ...
* 1967
Denis Hutchinson
Denis John Hutchinson (born 14 March 1932) is a former South African professional golfer. Hutchinson was born and raised in Rhodesia but moved to South Africa as a young adult. He represented South Africa in several elite amateur events, inclu ...
* 1968
Gary Player
Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...
(280)
* 1969
Cobie Legrange
Cobie Legrange (born 1942) is a South African professional golfer. He was one of the best South African golfers of the 1960s and reached a peak ranking of #15 in the world.
Professional career
Legrange was born in Boksburg, South Africa. He p ...
(272)
* 1970
Bobby Walker (284)
* 1971
Gary Player
Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...
* 1972
Gary Player
Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...
* 1973
Hugh Baiocchi (292)
* 1974 (Jan)
John Fourie
Jonathan Adriaan Fourie (born 23 August 1939) is a South African professional golfer.
Fourie was born in Johannesburg. He turned professional in 1970 and spent his career playing mainly on the Southern Africa Tour and the European Tour. He won ...
* 1974 (Nov)
Bill Brask
William Jennings Brask Jr. (born December 12, 1946) is an American professional golfer. Although he did not have much success on the PGA Tour he won a number of minor international tournaments. Due to this success overseas – where they used a ...
(280)
* 1975 ''No tournament due to rescheduling from November to January''
* 1976
Allan Henning
Allan Henning (born 1 June 1944) is a former professional golfer from South Africa.
Henning was born into a golfing family. His brothers Harold, Brian, and Graham all became professional golfers.
Henning turned professional in 1962 and won 18 ...
(282)
References
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Golf tournaments in South Africa
Former Sunshine Tour events