SDC Open explained

SDC Open
Location:Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa
Establishment:2022
Course:Zebula Golf Estate & Spa
Par:72
Yardage:7470yd
Tour:Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:February
Aggregate:263 J. J. Senekal (2023)
To-Par:−25 as above
Current Champion: Rhys Enoch
Map:South Africa#South Africa Limpopo
Map Label:Zebula GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-24.747°N 27.883°W

The SDC Open is a professional golf tournament held at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, near Bela-Bela in Limpopo, South Africa. It is played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour as a co-sanctioned event.

History

The inaugural tournament in 2022 was won by Clément Sordet of France who birdied the first extra hole to defeat home player Ruan Conradie in a playoff.[1]

In 2023, South African J. J. Senekal shot an opening round 62 to win his maiden Challenge Tour title in wire-to-wire style.[2]

In 2024, it served as the opening tournament on the Challenge Tour season, and marked the first of a four-tournament South African swing.[3]

Winners

YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2024 264 −24 2 strokes Deon Germishuys
Martin Rohwer
2023 263 −25 4 strokes Casey Jarvis
2022 267 −21 Playoff Ruan Conradie

External links

-24.747°N 27.883°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Sordet seals fifth Challenge Tour title at Zebula . 29 May 2024 . Golf Post . 27 March 2022.
  2. Senekal seals wire-to-wire triumph at Zebula . 29 May 2024 . Irish Golfer Magazine . 19 February 2023.
  3. Web site: JJ Senekal primed to defend SDC Open title as Road to Mallorca begins . European Tour . 29 May 2024.