| PGA Championship | |
| Location: | St Francis Bay, South Africa |
| Establishment: | 1965 |
| Course: | St Francis Links |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 7192yd |
| Tour: | Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play |
| Month Played: | September |
| Aggregate: | 259 David Frost (1994) |
| To-Par: | −28 Louis Oosthuizen (2008) |
| Current Champion: |  Rupert Kaminski |
| Map: | South Africa#South Africa Eastern Cape |
| Map Label: | St Francis Links |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | -34.162°N 24.815°W |
The South African PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It has most recently been played in September, with a prize fund of . It is currently held at St Francis Links in St Francis Bay.
The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. The inaugural event was held in February 1965 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.[1]
New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995,[2] when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.
Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European calendar. As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor. It is one of the richest sole-sanctioned events on the Sunshine Tour.
The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters formed the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.[3]
| Year | Tour(s) | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2023 | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Matthew Spacey | |||
| 2022 | George Coetzee (2) | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Casey Jarvis | ||
| 2021 | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Pieter Moolman | |||
| Eye of Africa PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2020 | 268 | −20 | Playoff |  Matías Calderón | |||
| 2019 | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Trevor Fisher Jnr | |||
| 2018 | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Combrinck Smit | |||
| 2017 | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Dylan Frittelli Makhetha Mazibuko | |||
| 2016 | Jaco van Zyl (3) | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Dean Burmester | ||
| Telkom Business PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2015: No tournament | |||||||
| 2014 | 273 | −15 | Playoff | Ulrich van den Berg | |||
| Telkom PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2013 | Jaco van Zyl (2) | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Dylan Frittelli | ||
| 2012 | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Jaco Ahlers Darren Fichardt Alex Haindl | |||
| 2011 | 261 | −27 | 2 strokes | Neil Schietekat | |||
| 2010 | Michiel Bothma (2) | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | George Coetzee | ||
| 2009 | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Graham DeLaet Trevor Fisher Jnr | |||
| 2008 | Louis Oosthuizen (2) | 260 | −28 | 14 strokes | Hennie Otto | ||
| 2007 | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke | Richard Sterne | |||
| 2006 | 267 | −21 | 6 strokes | Thomas Aiken | |||
| 2005 | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Charl Schwartzel Jaco van Zyl | |||
| 2004 | 267 | −21 | 5 strokes | Michiel Bothma Mark Murless | |||
| 2003: No tournament | |||||||
| 2002 (Dec) | 273 | −15 | Playoff | Mark Murless | |||
| 2002 (Jan) | Chris Williams (2) | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Hennie Otto | ||
| South African PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2001 | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Don Gammon | |||
| 2000: No tournament | |||||||
| Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1999 | Ernie Els (3) | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Richard Kaplan | ||
| 1998 | Tony Johnstone (2) | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Ernie Els | ||
| 1997 | 269 | −19 | Playoff | David Frost | |||
| 1996 | 202 | −14 | 3 strokes | Ernie Els David Feherty | |||
| Lexington South African PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1995 | Ernie Els (2) | 271 | −9 | 2 strokes | Roger Wessels | ||
| Lexington PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1994 | 259 | −21 | 7 strokes |  Nick Price | |||
| 1993 | 265 | −15 | 1 stroke | John Bland David Frost Nick Price Wayne Westner | |||
| 1992 | 271 | −9 | 1 stroke | Ian Palmer Kevin Stone Wayne Westner | |||
| 1991 | 271 | −9 | Playoff | Mark James Hugh Royer III | |||
| 1990 | Fulton Allem (2) | 266 | −14 | 2 strokes | Chris Davison | ||
| 1989 | 269 | −11 | Playoff | Chris Williams | |||
| 1988 | 267 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Eamonn Darcy | |||
| 1987 | 268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Hugh Baiocchi | |||
| 1986 | 265 | −15 | 5 strokes | David Frost Teddy Webber | |||
| 1985 | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | Mark McNulty Jay Townsend Denis Watson | |||
| 1984 | 271 | −9 | 3 strokes | Nick Price | |||
| 1983 | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Nick Price | |||
| 1982 | Gary Player (3) | 272 | −8 | 3 strokes | Gordon Brand Jnr Mark McNulty Bill Rogers | ||
| 1981: No tournament | |||||||
| 1980 | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | Mark McNulty Gary Player | |||
| 1979 | Gary Player (2) | 203 | −7 | 1 stroke | Bobby Cole Harold Henning Nick Price Denis Watson | ||
| 1978 | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Hugh Baiocchi Mark McNulty Robbie Stewart | |||
| 1977 | 275 | −5 | 2 strokes | Gary Player | |||
| Sportsman Lager PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1976 | Dale Hayes (3) | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke | Gary Player | ||
| Beck's PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1975 | Dale Hayes (2) | 266 | −14 | 6 strokes | Allan Henning | ||
| 1974 | 271 | −9 | 1 stroke | Gary Player | |||
| Luyt Lager PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1973 | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes | Vin Baker | |||
| 1972 | Harold Henning (4) | 279 | −1 | 1 stroke | Hugh Baiocchi | ||
| 1971 (Nov) | Tienie Britz (2) | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Don Gammon Peter Oosterhuis | ||
| South African PGA Championship | |||||||
| 1971 (Feb) | 277 | ||||||
| 1970 | 278 | ||||||
| 1969 | 272 | ||||||
| 1968: No tournament | |||||||
| 1967 | Harold Henning (3) | 275 | |||||
| 1966 | Harold Henning (2) | 272 | |||||
| 1965 | 281 | ||||||