The Africa Open was a

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tournament on the Sunshine Tour held in Eastern Cape,

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. It was first contested in February 2008, over the

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designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near

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. 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

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in subsequent years. In 2009, it was announced that the Africa Open would be included on the

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schedule. It was the third event of the four tournament South African swing of the tour, held after the

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and the South African Open, and the week before the

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. The purse for 2014 was

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1,000,000.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on Sunshine Tour's official site
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