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Nelson Mandela Championship

Field	Value
name	Nelson Mandela Championship
location	Durban, South Africa
establishment	2012
course	Royal Durban Golf Club (2012)
Mount Edgecombe Country Club (2013)
par	70
yardage	6612 yd
tour	Sunshine Tour
European Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	December
final_year	2013
final_champion	ZAF Dawie van der Walt
map	South Africa#South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
map_label	Mount Edgecombe CC
map_caption	Location in South Africa##Location in KwaZulu-Natal
map_relief	yes
map_size	200
coordinates

Mount Edgecombe Country Club (2013) European Tour | to-par = The Nelson Mandela Championship was a golf tournament, played for the first time in December 2012. It was played in Durban, South Africa and was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. It was sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. It was the first event of the 2013 European Tour.

History

The first ever event at Royal Durban Golf Club in 2012 was reduced to 36 holes due to rain and in order for the tournament to commence the course was reduced to a par 65 and was 1600 yards shorter. The tournament ended in a playoff. Eduardo de la Riva dropped out with a bogey on the first extra hole, Steve Webster made a bogey on the second extra hole, and Scott Jamieson won with a par. It was his first European Tour victory in his 65th event.

The second event at Mount Edgecombe Country Club in 2013 was a week after Nelson Mandela's death. His funeral was on Sunday 15 December so the tournament was moved forward one day and played Wednesday through Saturday, 11–14 December. Again, this tournament was suspended several times due to a water-logged course and shortened to 54 holes, with one of the holes being shortened from a par 5 to a par 4. Spain's Jorge Campillo and South Africa's Colin Nel shot 59 in the second round, but the European Tour considers them unofficial after the use preferred lies, which allowed players to lift, clean and place their ball. South Africa's Dawie van der Walt earned his second European Tour win.

Winners

Year	Tours	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runners-up	Venue
2013	AFR, EUR	ZAF Dawie van der Walt	195	−15	2 strokes	ENG Matthew Baldwin
ESP Jorge Campillo	Mount Edgecombe
2012	AFR, EUR	SCO Scott Jamieson	123	−7	Playoff	ESP Eduardo de la Riva
ENG Steve Webster	Royal Durban

Notes

References

(3 December 2012). "South African launch for 2013 Race to Dubai".
(13 December 2013). "Nelson Mandela Championship: 59s disallowed as Tour record". BBC Sport.

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