The Cape Town Open is a

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tournament on the

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, South Africa.

History

From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at Royal Cape Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club.

Rhys Enoch Rhys Alexander Enoch (born 16 June 1988) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2018 Cape Town Open and the 2019 D+D Real Slovakia Challenge. In 2019 he narrowly missed out in a playoff to ...

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 Benjamin Follett-Smith (born 9 March 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour. He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf and has won the Cape Town Open twice. Early life and amat ...

. 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 Canaria ...

, with overnight leader

Daniel van Tonder Daniel van Tonder (born 12 March 1991) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour and the Sunshine Tour. Professional career Van Tonder turned professional in 2011 and played on the Sunshine Tour. He has won 12 times ...

fading with a final round 78.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official websiteCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official website
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