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Africa Open

Field	Value
name	Africa Open
location	Eastern Cape, South Africa
establishment	2008
final_year	2015
course	East London Golf Club
par	71
yardage	6616 yd
tour	Sunshine Tour
European Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	February
aggregate	264 Thomas Aiken (2014)
264 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2015)
to-par	−27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012)
final_champion	ZAF Trevor Fisher Jnr
map	South Africa#South Africa Eastern Cape
map_label	East London GC
map_caption	Location in South Africa##Location in Eastern Cape
map_relief	yes
map_size	200
coordinates

European Tour 264 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2015) | to-par = −27 Louis Oosthuizen (2012) The Africa Open was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour held in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was first contested in February 2008, over the Gary Player designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near Port Alfred.

In order to increase the profile of the tournament, beginning in 2009 it was held in January at the East London Golf Club in East London. In 2009, the Africa Open had a prize fund of R5 million, over four times that of the inaugural event. The Sunshine Tour hoped that it would attract a stronger field as a result, and possibly lead to a co-sanctioning agreement with the European Tour in subsequent years.

In 2009, it was announced that the Africa Open would be included on the 2010 European Tour schedule. It was the third event of the four tournament South African swing of the tour, held after the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the South African Open, and the week before the Joburg Open. The purse for 2014 was €1,000,000.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Africa Open	Africa Open Golf Challenge	Africa Open
2015	AFR, EUR	ZAF Trevor Fisher Jnr	264	−24	5 strokes	ENG Matt Ford
2014	AFR, EUR	ZAF Thomas Aiken	264	−20	Playoff	ENG Oliver Fisher
2013	AFR, EUR	ZAF Darren Fichardt	272	−16	2 strokes	FRA Grégory Bourdy
ZAF Jaco van Zyl
2012	AFR, EUR	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (2)	265	−27	2 strokes	ZAF Tjaart van der Walt
2011	AFR, EUR	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	276	−16	Playoff	ESP Manuel Quirós
ENG Chris Wood
2010	AFR, EUR	ZAF Charl Schwartzel	272	−20	1 stroke	ZAF Thomas Aiken
2009	AFR	ZAF Retief Goosen	267	−21	1 stroke	NIR Darren Clarke
ZAF Darren Fichardt
ZAF Branden Grace
NIR Michael Hoey
2008	AFR	ZAF Shaun Norris	275	−13	6 strokes	ZAF Nic Henning

Notes

References

(16 January 2008). "Sunshine Tour set for Eastern Cape return with Africa Open". [[Sunshine Tour]].
(21 November 2008). "Donald replaces Kim at Sun City". [[The Star (South Africa).
(19 October 2009). "European Tour reveal early schedule". [[RTÉ Sport]].

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