| Nashua Masters | |
| Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Establishment: | 1923 |
| Final Year: | 2011 |
| Course: | Wild Coast Sun Country Club |
| Par: | 70 |
| Yardage: | 6351yd |
| Tour: | Sunshine Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play |
| Month Played: | November |
| Aggregate: | 263 Darren Fichardt (2009) |
| To-Par: | −19 Desvonde Botes (1999) |
| Score: | 12 and 11 Bobby Locke (1939) 12 and 11 Philip Ritson (1953) |
| Final Champion: |  Shaun Norris |
| Coordinates: | -31.086°N 30.187°W |
| Map: | South Africa#South Africa Eastern Cape |
| Map Label: | Wild Coast Sun CC |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 200 |
The South African Masters was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It was last played in 2011. Before its discontinuation, it had a prize fund of 1.2 million rand and was held at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal border, South Africa.
The tournament had its roots in the South African Professional Match Play Championship, the running of which was taken over by the PGA of South Africa in 1957. Under the sponsorship of Dunlop the event transitioned into a 72-hole stroke play event in 1960.[1] [2]
The first edition of the new Dunlop Masters, at Houghton Golf Club in 1960, was won by Gary Player with an aggregate score of 266, a record that stood for 44 years. Player's total was equalled in 1970 by John Fourie, the only amateur to claim the title. Andrew McLardy posted 264 at the Wild Coast resort in 2004 and Darren Fichardt holds the record of 263 set on the par-70 course in 2009.
The South African Masters, along with the South African Open and the South African PGA Championship formed the Triple Crown. Winning all three titles in the same season was a feat only achieved by Gary Player and Ernie Els.[3]
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashua Masters | ||||||
| 271 | −9 | 1 stroke | ||||
| Warren Abery (2) | 267 | −13 | 2 strokes | |||
| 263 | −17 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 268 | −12 | 2 strokes | ||||
| 269 | −11 | Playoff | ||||
| 265 | −15 | 2 strokes | ||||
| 269 | −11 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 264 | −16 | 3 strokes | ||||
| 2003: No tournament | ||||||
| 2002 (Nov) | 279 | −1 | 1 stroke | |||
| 2002 (Feb) | 265 | −15 | 1 stroke | |||
| Nashua Nedtel Cellular Masters | ||||||
| Mark McNulty (5) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | |||
| South African Masters | ||||||
| 2000: No tournament | ||||||
| 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 1998: No tournament | ||||||
| San Lameer South African Masters | ||||||
| Mark McNulty (4) | 276 | −12 | 4 strokes | |||
| 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | ||||
| Telkom South African Masters | ||||||
| 279 | −9 | Playoff | ||||
| 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | ||||
| EVS South African Masters | ||||||
| Tony Johnstone (2) | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | |||
| 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 1991: No tournament | ||||||
| Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters | ||||||
| 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | ||||
| 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | [4] | |||
| Safmarine South African Masters | ||||||
| 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | [5] | |||
| 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | [6] | |||
| Mark McNulty (3) | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | [7] | ||
| Mark McNulty (2) | 278 | −10 | 4 strokes | [8] | ||
| 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 1983: No tournament | ||||||
| SAB South African Masters | ||||||
| 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | ||||
| 281 | −7 | 4 strokes | ||||
| 1980: No tournament | ||||||
| Gary Player (11) | 270 | −18 | 6 strokes | [9] | ||
| Kronenbrau Masters | ||||||
| 275 | −13 | Playoff | [10] | |||
| 1977: No tournament | ||||||
| Dunlop South African Masters | ||||||
| 1976 (Nov) | Gary Player (10) | 270 | −10 | 4 strokes | [11] [12] | |
| 1976 (Feb) | Gary Player (9) | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | [13] | |
| John Fourie (2) | 199 | −11 | 1 stroke | |||
| Gary Player (8) | 270 | −10 | Playoff | [14] [15] | ||
| 1973: No tournament | ||||||
| 1972 (Dec) | Gary Player (7) | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | [16] [17] | |
| 1972 (Jan) | Gary Player (6) | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | [18] | |
| 1971 | Gary Player (5) | 269 | −11 | 2 strokes | ||
| 1970 | John Fourie (a) | 266 | −14 | 6 strokes | ||
| 1969 | 280 | −16 | 6 strokes | [19] [20] | ||
| 1968 | 278 | 6 strokes | ||||
| 1967 | Gary Player (4) | 279 | 2 strokes | |||
| 1966 | 276 | 4 strokes | [21] | |||
| 1965 | Denis Hutchinson (3) | 281 | ||||
| 1964 | Gary Player (3) | 285 | ||||
| 1963 | 291 | 3 strokes | [22] | |||
| 1962 | Denis Hutchinson (2) | 280 | ||||
| 1961 | 276 | |||||
| 1960 | Gary Player (2) | 266 | 17 strokes | |||
| Dunlop South African Professional Match Play | ||||||
| 1959 | 3 and 1 | |||||
| 1958 | 3 and 2 | |||||
| 1957 | 2 and 1 | |||||
| South African Professional Match Play Championship | ||||||
| 1956 | 2 and 1 | [23] | ||||
| 1955 | Bobby Locke (7) | 7 and 6 | ||||
| 1954 | Jock Verwey (3) | 11 and 9 | ||||
| 1953 | 12 and 11 | |||||
| 1952 | Sid Brews (6) | 7 and 6 | ||||
| 1951 | Bobby Locke (6) | 4 and 3 | ||||
| 1950 | Bobby Locke (5) | 9 and 8 | ||||
| 1949 | Jock Verwey (2) | 5 and 4 | ||||
| 1948 | 5 and 4 | |||||
| 1947 | 5 and 4 | |||||
| 1946 | Bobby Locke (4) | 10 and 9 | ||||
| 1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
| 1940 | Bobby Locke (3) | 11 and 9 | ||||
| 1939 | Bobby Locke (2) | 12 and 11 | ||||
| 1938 | 4 and 3 | |||||
| 1937 | 37 holes | |||||
| 1936 | Sid Brews (5) | 9 and 7 | ||||
| 1935 | 5 and 4 | |||||
| 1934 | Sid Brews (4) | 6 and 4 | ||||
| 1933 | Sid Brews (3) | 6 and 5 | ||||
| 1932 | Charles McIlvenny (4) | 6 and 5 | ||||
| 1931 | Charles McIlvenny (3) | 10 and 9 | ||||
| 1930 | 37 holes | |||||
| 1929 | Charles McIlvenny (2) | 8 and 7 | ||||
| 1928 | Sid Brews (2) | 2 and 1 | ||||
| 1927 | 3 and 1 | |||||
| 1926 | 11 and 10 | |||||
| 1925 | Jock Brews (2) | 3 and 2 | ||||
| 1924 | 4 and 2 | |||||
| 1923 | 4 and 3 | |||||