South African PGA Championship

The South African PGA Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It has most recently been played in November, with a prize fund of R 3,000,000. It is currently held at St Francis Links in St Francis Bay.

History

The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. The inaugural event was held in February 1965 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.

New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995, when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.

Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European calendar. As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor. It is one of the richest sole-sanctioned events on the Sunshine Tour.

The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters formed the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Gary Player and Ernie Els.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship
2025	AFR	South Africa Deon Germishuys	274	−14	1 stroke	South Africa Hennie du Plessis South Africa Samuel Simpson
PGA Championship
2024	AFR	South Africa Pieter Moolman	273	−15	1 stroke	South Africa Barend Botha
2023	AFR	South Africa Rupert Kaminski	280	−8	1 stroke	South Africa Matthew Spacey
2022	AFR	South Africa George Coetzee (2)	273	−15	3 strokes	South Africa Casey Jarvis
2021	AFR	South Africa Dean Burmester	271	−17	2 strokes	South Africa Pieter Moolman
Eye of Africa PGA Championship
2020	AFR	South Africa Darren Fichardt	268	−20	Playoff	Chile Matías Calderón
2019	AFR	South Africa Louis de Jager	276	−12	Playoff	South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2018	AFR	Chile Matías Calderón	271	−17	1 stroke	South Africa Combrinck Smit
2017	AFR	South Africa Erik van Rooyen	272	−16	Playoff	South Africa Dylan Frittelli South Africa Makhetha Mazibuko
2016	AFR	South Africa Jaco van Zyl (3)	268	−20	Playoff	South Africa Dean Burmester
Telkom Business PGA Championship
2015: No tournament
2014	AFR	South Africa Titch Moore	273	−15	Playoff	South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
Telkom PGA Championship
2013	AFR	South Africa Jaco van Zyl (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	South Africa Dylan Frittelli
2012	AFR	South Africa Keith Horne	269	−19	3 strokes	South Africa Jaco Ahlers South Africa Darren Fichardt South Africa Alex Haindl
2011	AFR	South Africa George Coetzee	261	−27	2 strokes	South Africa Neil Schietekat
2010	AFR	South Africa Michiel Bothma (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	South Africa George Coetzee
2009	AFR	South Africa Jaco van Zyl	270	−18	1 stroke	Canada Graham DeLaet South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2008	AFR	South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (2)	260	−28	14 strokes	South Africa Hennie Otto
2007	AFR	South Africa Louis Oosthuizen	266	−22	1 stroke	South Africa Richard Sterne
2006	AFR	France Grégory Bourdy	267	−21	6 strokes	South Africa Thomas Aiken
2005	AFR	South Africa Warren Abery	273	−15	1 stroke	South Africa Charl Schwartzel South Africa Jaco van Zyl
2004	AFR	South Africa Warrick Druian	267	−21	5 strokes	South Africa Michiel Bothma South Africa Mark Murless
2003: No tournament
2002 (Dec)	AFR	South Africa Michiel Bothma	273	−15	Playoff	South Africa Mark Murless
2002 (Jan)	AFR	South Africa Chris Williams (2)	271	−17	2 strokes	South Africa Hennie Otto
South African PGA Championship
2001	AFR	South Africa Deane Pappas	269	−19	3 strokes	South Africa Don Gammon
2000: No tournament
Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
1999	AFR, EUR	South Africa Ernie Els (3)	273	−15	4 strokes	South Africa Richard Kaplan
1998	AFR, EUR	Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (2)	271	−17	2 strokes	South Africa Ernie Els
1997	AFR, EUR	Zimbabwe Nick Price	269	−19	Playoff	South Africa David Frost
1996	AFR, EUR	Germany Sven Strüver	202	−14	3 strokes	South Africa Ernie Els Northern Ireland David Feherty
Lexington South African PGA Championship
1995	AFR, EUR	South Africa Ernie Els (2)	271	−9	2 strokes	South Africa Roger Wessels
Lexington PGA Championship
1994	AFR	South Africa David Frost	259	−21	7 strokes	Zimbabwe Nick Price
1993	AFR	Zimbabwe Mark McNulty	265	−15	1 stroke	South Africa John Bland South Africa David Frost Zimbabwe Nick Price South Africa Wayne Westner
1992	AFR	South Africa Ernie Els	271	−9	1 stroke	South Africa Ian Palmer South Africa Kevin Stone South Africa Wayne Westner
1991	AFR	South Africa Roger Wessels	271	−9	Playoff	England Mark James United States Hugh Royer III
1990	AFR	South Africa Fulton Allem (2)	266	−14	2 strokes	England Chris Davison
1989	AFR	Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone	269	−11	Playoff	South Africa Chris Williams
1988	AFR	Northern Ireland David Feherty	267	−13	1 stroke	Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
1987	AFR	South Africa Fulton Allem	268	−12	2 strokes	South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1986	AFR	South Africa Bobby Cole	265	−15	5 strokes	South Africa David Frost Zimbabwe Teddy Webber
1985	AFR	South Africa Chris Williams	272	−8	1 stroke	Zimbabwe Mark McNulty United States Jay Townsend Zimbabwe Denis Watson
1984	AFR	South Africa Gavan Levenson	271	−9	3 strokes	Zimbabwe Nick Price
1983	AFR	United States Corey Pavin	270	−10	1 stroke	Zimbabwe Nick Price
1982	AFR	South Africa Gary Player (3)	272	−8	3 strokes	Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr Zimbabwe Mark McNulty United States Bill Rogers
1981: No tournament
1980	AFR	South Africa Hugh Baiocchi	268	−12	1 stroke	Zimbabwe Mark McNulty South Africa Gary Player
1979	AFR	South Africa Gary Player (2)	203	−7	1 stroke	South Africa Bobby Cole South Africa Harold Henning Zimbabwe Rhodesia Nick Price Zimbabwe Rhodesia Denis Watson
1978	AFR	United States Hale Irwin	275	−9	1 stroke	South Africa Hugh Baiocchi Rhodesia Mark McNulty South Africa Robbie Stewart
1977	AFR	South Africa John Bland	275	−5	2 strokes	South Africa Gary Player
Sportsman Lager PGA Championship
1976	AFR	South Africa Dale Hayes (3)	266	−14	1 stroke	South Africa Gary Player
Beck's PGA Championship
1975	AFR	South Africa Dale Hayes (2)	266	−14	6 strokes	South Africa Allan Henning
1974	AFR	South Africa Dale Hayes	271	−9	1 stroke	South Africa Gary Player
Luyt Lager PGA Championship
1973	AFR	United States Tom Weiskopf	273	−7	3 strokes	South Africa Vin Baker
1972	AFR	South Africa Harold Henning (4)	279	−1	1 stroke	South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1971 (Nov)	AFR	South Africa Tienie Britz (2)	280	−8	Playoff	Rhodesia Don Gammon England Peter Oosterhuis
South African PGA Championship
1971 (Feb)		South Africa Tienie Britz	277
1970		South Africa Denis Hutchinson	278
1969		South Africa Gary Player	272
1968: No tournament
1967		South Africa Harold Henning (3)	275
1966		South Africa Harold Henning (2)	272
1965		South Africa Harold Henning	281

Notes

External links

– official site
(1995–1999)