The Dimension Data Pro-Am is an annual
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament on the Southern African
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 ...
, founded in 1996. The tournament was co-sanctioned by the
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...
for the first two years. In 2020 it was co-sanctioned with the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History ...
and had increased prize money of US$340,000 (R 6,300,000). Since 2011 the winner has received an entry into the
WGC Invitational.
Until 2009 it was played at the
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,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
, with a prize fund in 2009 of
R1.8 million. The Lost City course was used during the early rounds. Since 2010 the tournament has been played at Fancourt in George in the Western Cape. It uses the Montagu and Outeniqua courses as well as The Links for the first three rounds, with the final round played on the Montagu course.
Winners
Notes
External links
Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official siteCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official siteCoverage on the European Tour's official site
Sunshine Tour events
Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in South Africa
Sport in the Western Cape
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