Sun City Challenge Explained

Sun City Challenge
Location:Sun City, North West, South Africa
Establishment:2007
Course:Gary Player Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7831yd
Tour:Sunshine Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:June
Final Year:2019
Aggregate:202 Adilson da Silva (2011)
To-Par:−14 as above
Final Champion: Garrick Higgo
Coordinates:-25.339°N 27.106°W
Map:South Africa#South Africa North West
Map Label:Gary Player CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

The Sun City Challenge was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It had been played annually since 2007.

From 2007 to 2011 it was called the Nashua Golf Challenge and was held at the Gary Player Country Club, although from 2007 to 2009 the second round was played at Lost City Golf Course. From 2012 to 2015 it was held at Lost City Golf Course, before returning to the Gary Player Country Club from 2016.June 2018.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Sun City Challenge
No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
209 −7 1 stroke Ockie Strydom
210 −6 1 stroke Louis de Jager
210 −6 Playoff Jake Roos
210 −6 1 stroke Shaun Norris
Keith Horne (2) 203 −13 5 strokes Andrew Curlewis
206 −10 1 stroke Haydn Porteous
Adilson da Silva (2) 207 −9 1 stroke Jared Harvey
207 −9 Playoff Andrew Georgiou
Brandon Pieters
Allan Versfeld
Nashua Golf Challenge
202 −14 5 strokes Trevor Fisher Jnr
208 −8 5 strokes Jean Hugo
PH McIntyre
209 −7 2 strokes Tyron van Aswegan
210 −6 Playoff Nic Henning
207 −9 4 strokes Adilson da Silva

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