Mount Edgecombe Trophy Explained

Mount Edgecombe Trophy
Location:Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Establishment:1993
Course:Mount Edgecombe Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:6825yd
Tour:Sunshine Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:February/March
Final Year:2008
Aggregate:275 Tony Johnstone (1994)
275 Bruce Vaughan (1994)
275 Darren Fichardt (2008)
275 Mark Murless (2008)
To-Par:−13 as above
Final Champion: Mark Murless
Coordinates:-29.716°N 31.045°W
Map:South Africa#South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Map Label:Mount Edgecombe CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

The Mount Edgecombe Trophy was a golf tournament that was played on the Sunshine Tour. Formed in 1993, it included a deep international field of not only Africans, but drawing names like Vijay Singh, whose best finish in the event was a tie for 3rd in 1993. It was one of the richest purses on the Sunshine Tour at the time with a first place winners share of R 71,100. The inaugural champion was Retief Goosen.[1] The 1994 champion was Bruce Vaughan, the first American to win the event.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
275 −13 Playoff Darren Fichardt
276 −12 1 stroke Desvonde Botes
Des Terblanche
Tjaart van der Walt
1995–2006: No tournament
Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy
275 −13 Playoff Tony Johnstone
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
279 −9 5 strokes Nick Price

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sunshinetour.info/tic/tmresult.cgi?tourn=METP~result=PF~season=193S~ 1993 Mount Edgecombe Leaderboard