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.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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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 |