WEATHER
Previous Championship Winners

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

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

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


THE VENUE

Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate

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.

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