|
Year |
Winner |
Venue |
Score |
| 2011 | Hennie Otto | Serengeti Gold and Wildlife Estate | 274 |
| 2010 | Ernie Els | Durban Country Club | 263 |
2009 |
Richie Ramsay |
Pearl Valley |
275 |
|
2008 |
Richard Sterne |
Pearl Valley |
278 |
|
2007 |
James Kingston |
Pearl Valley |
284 |
|
2006 / 2007 |
Ernie Els |
Humewood GC |
264 |
|
2005 / 2006 |
Retief Goosen |
The Links, Fancourt |
282 |
|
2004 / 2005 |
Tim Clark |
Durban CC |
273 |
|
2003 / 2004 |
Trevor Immelman |
Erinvale Golf Club |
274 |
|
2002 / 2003 |
Trevor Immelman |
Erinvale Golf Club |
274 |
|
2001 / 2002 |
Tim Clark |
Durban CC |
269 |
|
2000 / 2001 |
Mark McNulty |
East London |
280 |
|
1999 / 2000 |
Matthias Gronberg |
Randpark |
274 |
|
1997 / 1998 |
Ernie Els |
Durban CC |
273 |
|
1996 / 1997 |
Vijay Singh |
Glendower |
270 |
|
1995 / 1996 |
Ernie Els |
Royal Cape |
275 |
|
1994 / 1995 |
Retief Goosen |
Randpark |
275 |
|
1993 / 1994 |
Tony Johnstone |
Durban CC |
267 |
|
1992 / 1993 |
Clinton Whitelaw |
Glendower |
279 |
|
1991 / 1992 |
Ernie Els |
Houghton |
273 |
|
1990 / 1991 |
Wayne Westner |
Durban CC |
272 |
|
1988 / 1999 |
David Frost |
Stellenbosch |
279 |
2009 |
Richie Ramsay |
Pearl Valley |
275 |
|
2008 |
Richard Sterne |
Pearl Valley |
278 |
|
2007 |
James Kingston |
Pearl Valley |
284 |
|
1991 |
Wayne Westner |
Durban CC |
272 |
|
1990 |
Trevor Dodds |
Royal Cape |
285 |
|
1989 |
Fred Wadsworth |
Glendower |
278 |
|
1988 |
Wayne Westner |
Durban CC |
275 |
|
1987 |
Mark McNulty |
Mowbray |
278 |
|
1986 |
David Frost |
Royal Johannesburg |
275 |
|
1985 |
Gavin Levenson |
Royal Durban |
280 |
|
1984 |
Tony Johnstone |
Houghton |
274 |
|
1983 |
Charlie Bolling |
Royal Cape |
278 |
|
1982 |
No tournament played in 1982 due to the two Championships played in 1976 |
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|
1981 |
Gary Player |
Royal Johannesburg |
272 |
|
1980 |
Bobby Cole |
Durban CC |
279 |
|
1979 |
Gary Player |
Houghton |
279 |
|
1978 |
Hugh Baiocchi |
Mowbray |
285 |
|
1977 |
Gary Player |
Royal Johannesburg |
273 |
|
1976 |
Gary Player |
Durban CC |
280 |
|
1976 |
Dale Hayes |
Houghton |
287 |
|
1975 |
Gary Player |
Mowbray |
278 |
|
1974 |
Bobby Cole |
Royal Johannesburg |
272 |
|
1973 |
Bob Charles |
Durban CC |
282 |
|
1972 |
Gary Player |
Royal Johannesburg |
274 |
|
1971 |
Simon Hobday |
Mowbray |
276 |
|
1970 |
Tommy Horton |
Royal Durban |
285 |
|
1969 |
Gary Player |
Durban CC |
273 |
|
1968 |
Gary Player |
Houghton |
274 |
|
1967 |
Gary Player |
East London |
279 |
|
1966 |
Gary Player |
Houghton |
278 |
|
1965 |
Gary Player |
Royal Cape |
273 |
|
1964 |
No tournament played in 1964, due to two Championships played in 1963 |
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|
1963 |
Allan Henning |
Bloemfontein |
278 |
|
1963 |
Retief Waltman |
Durban CC |
281 |
|
1962 |
Harold Henning |
Houghton |
285 |
|
1961 |
Retief Waltman |
East London |
289 |
|
1960 |
Gary Player |
Mowbray |
280 |
|
1959 |
Denis Hutchinson (AMA ) |
Royal Johannesburg |
282 |
|
1958 |
Arthur Stewart (AMA) |
Bloemfontein |
281 |
|
1957 |
Harold Henning |
Humewood |
289 |
|
1956 |
Gary Player |
Durban CC |
286 |
|
1955 |
Bobby Locke |
Zwartkop CC |
283 |
|
1954 |
Reg Taylor (AMA) |
East London |
289 |
|
1953 |
Jimmy Boyd |
Royal Cape |
302 |
|
1952 |
Sid Brews |
Humewood |
305 |
|
1951 |
Bobby Locke |
Houghton |
277 |
|
1950 |
Bobby Locke |
Durban CC |
280 |
|
1949 |
Sid Brews |
Maccauvlei |
291 |
|
1948 |
Mickey Janks |
East London |
298 |
|
1947 |
Ronnie Glennie (AMA) |
Mowbray |
293 |
|
1946 |
Bobby Locke |
Royal Johannesburg |
285 |
|
1941-1945 |
No Championship |
Second World War |
|
|
1940 |
Bobby Locke |
Humewood |
293 |
|
1939 |
Bobby Locke |
Durban CC |
279 |
|
1938 |
Bobby Locke |
Maccauvlei |
279 |
|
1937 |
Bobby Locke |
East London |
288 |
|
1936 |
Clarence Olander |
Royal Cape |
297 |
|
1935 |
Bobby Locke |
Parkview |
296 |
|
1934 |
Sid Brews |
Humewood |
319 |
|
1933 |
Sid Brews |
Maccauvlei |
297 |
|
1932 |
Charles Mcllveny |
Mowbray |
304 |
|
1931 |
Sid Brews |
Port Elizabeth |
302 |
|
1930 |
Sid Brews |
East London |
297 |
|
1929 |
Archie Tosh |
Royal Cape |
315 |
|
1928 |
Jock Brews |
Durban CC |
297 |
|
1927 |
Sid Brews |
Maccauvlei |
301 |
|
1926 |
Jock Brews |
Port Elizabeth |
301 |
|
1925 |
Sid Brews |
Johannesburg |
295 |
|
1924 |
Bertie Elkin |
Durban CC |
316 |
|
1923 |
Jock Brews |
Royal Cape |
315 |
|
1922 |
F Jangle |
Royal Port Alfred |
310 |
|
1921 |
Jock Brews |
Port Elizabeth |
316 |
|
1920 |
Laurie Waters |
Johannesburg |
302 |
|
1919 |
W H Horne |
Durban |
320 |
|
1915-1918 |
No Championship |
First World War |
|
|
1914 |
George Fotheringham |
Royal Cape |
299 |
|
1913 |
James Prentice |
Kimberley |
304 |
|
1912 |
George Fotheringham |
Potchefstroom |
305 |
|
1911 |
George Fotheringham |
Durban |
301 |
|
1910 |
George Fotheringham |
Cape Golf Club |
315 |
|
1909 |
John Fotheringham |
Potchefstroom |
306 |
|
1908 |
George Fotheringham |
Port Elizabeth |
294 |
|
1907 |
Laurie Waters |
Kimberley |
146 |
|
1906 |
A.G.Gray |
East London |
151 |
|
1905 |
A.G.Gray |
Bloemfontein |
P/Off |
|
1904 |
Laurie Waters |
Johannesburg |
143 |
|
1903 |
Laurie Waters |
Port Elizabeth |
163 |
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Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate will host the South African Open Championship in 2011 and 2012. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Serengeti is the first 27-hole golf course in Gauteng and was recently named “Best New Golf Course” by Golf Digest.
The 18-hole course called Masai Mara, which means “wide open plains” in the language of the Masai, has a rugged grassland and dune-scape look. One of the unique features on the course is the par-five eighth hole with its island green. The nine-hole course called Whistling Thorn has a more classic feel.
The courses were constructed in accordance with USGA specifications, with cool season grass that provides green vistas all year round. Designed as a strategic and technical masterpiece that will test today’s best players, the sunken design of the course with its wide corridors is ideal for tournament purposes and provides optimal spectator value on almost every hole.