South African Open
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| South African Open | |
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| Location |  Paarl, South Africa |
| Established | 1903 |
| Course(s) | Pearl Valley Golf Estate |
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| Tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | €1,000,000 |
| Month Played | December |
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The South African Open is one of the principal golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and since 1997 it has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. It is one of the "National Opens" which receives special treatment from the Official World Golf Rankings, with the winner being guaranteed a minimum of 32 points regardless of the strength of the field. It has been known by several sponsored names and is currently called the "South African Airways Open". At present it takes place in December and falls into the following year's European Tour schedule, as the European Tour season opens in November.
Gary Player has been the most successful player in the tournament's history, with 13 victories over four decades between 1956 and 1981.
[edit] Winners
South African Airways Open
- 2007 (2008 European Tour) James Kingston - South Africa
- 2006 (2007 European Tour) Ernie Els - South Africa
- Dec 2005 (2006 European Tour) Retief Goosen - South Africa
- Jan 2005 Tim Clark - South Africa
- 2004 Trevor Immelman - South Africa
- 2003 Trevor Immelman - South Africa
Bell's South African Open
- 2002 Tim Clark - South Africa
Mercedes-Benz South African Open
- 2001 Mark McNulty -
Zimbabwe
Mercedes-Benz - S.A. Open Championship
- 2000 Mathias Grönberg -
Sweden
Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open
- 1999 David Frost - South Africa
South African Open
- 1998 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1997 Vijay Singh -
Fiji
Philips South African Open
- 1996 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1995 Retief Goosen - South Africa
- 1994 No tournament
Title sponsors for 1993 and earlier unconfirmed. In the earlier years, there wouldn't have been one.
- 1993 Tony Johnstone - Zimbabwe (two events in 1993)
- 1993 Clinton Whitelaw - South Africa
- 1992 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1991 Wayne Westner - South Africa
- 1990 Trevor Dodds -
Namibia - 1989 Fred Wadsworth -
United States - 1988 Wayne Westner - South Africa
- 1987 Mark McNulty - Zimbabwe
- 1986 David Frost - South Africa
- 1985 Gavan Levenson - South Africa
- 1984 Tony Johnstone - Zimbabwe
- 1983 Charlie Bolling - United States
- 1982 No tournament
- 1981 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1980 Bobby Cole - South Africa
- 1979 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1978 Hugh Baiocchi - South Africa
- 1977 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1976 Gary Player - South Africa (Two events in 1976)
- 1976 Dale Hayes - South Africa
- 1975 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1974 Bobby Cole - South Africa
- 1973 Bob Charles -
New Zealand - 1972 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1971 Simon Hobday - South Africa
- 1970 Tommy Horton -
England - 1969 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1968 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1967 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1966 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1965 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1964 Allan Henning - South Africa
- 1963 Retief Waltman - South Africa
- 1962 Harold Henning - South Africa
- 1961 Retief Waltman - South Africa
- 1960 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1959 Denis Hutchinson - South Africa
- 1958 Arthur Stewart - South Africa
- 1957 Harold Henning - South Africa
- 1956 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1955 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1954 Reg Taylor - South Africa
- 1953 Jimmy Boyd - South Africa
- 1952 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1951 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1950 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1949 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1948 Mickey Janks - South Africa
- 1947 Ronnie Glennie - South Africa
- 1946 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1941-1945 No tournament
- 1940 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1939 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1938 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1937 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1936 Clarence Olander - South Africa
- 1935 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1934 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1933 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1932 Charles McIlvenny - South Africa
- 1931 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1930 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1929 Archie Tosh - South Africa
- 1928 Jock Brews - South Africa
- 1927 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1926 Jock Brews - South Africa
- 1925 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1924 Bertie Elkin - South Africa
- 1923 Jock Brews - South Africa
- 1922 F. Jangle - South Africa
- 1921 Jock Brews - South Africa
- 1920 Laurie Waters - South Africa
- 1919 W. H. Horne - South Africa
- 1915-1918 No tournament
- 1914 George Fotheringham - South Africa
- 1913 James Prentice - South Africa
- 1912 George Fotheringham - South Africa
- 1911 George Fotheringham - South Africa
- 1910 George Fotheringham - South Africa
- 1909 John Fotheringham - South Africa
- 1908 George Fotheringham - South Africa
(36 holes before 1908)
- 1907 Laurie Waters - South Africa
- 1906 A. G. Gray - South Africa
- 1905 A. G. Gray - South Africa
- 1904 Laurie Waters - South Africa
- 1903 Laurie Waters - South Africa
