Sun City Challenge

Sun City Challenge
Tournament information
LocationSun City, North West, South Africa
Established2007
Course(s)Gary Player Country Club
Par72
Length7,831 yards (7,161 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 1,000,000
Month playedJune
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate202 Adilson da Silva (2011)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
South Africa Garrick Higgo
Location map
Gary Player CC is located in South Africa
Gary Player CC
Gary Player CC
Location in South Africa
Gary Player CC is located in North West (South African province)
Gary Player CC
Gary Player CC
Location in North West

The Sun City Challenge was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It had been played annually since 2007.

From 2007 to 2011 it was called the Nashua Golf Challenge and was held at the Gary Player Country Club, although from 2007 to 2009 the second round was played at Lost City Golf Course. From 2012 to 2015 it was held at Lost City Golf Course, before returning to the Gary Player Country Club from 2016.[citation needed]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Sun City Challenge
2020 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 South Africa Garrick Higgo 209 −7 1 stroke South Africa Ockie Strydom
2018 South Africa Neil Schietekat 210 −6 1 stroke South Africa Louis de Jager
2017 South Africa Peter Karmis 210 −6 Playoff South Africa Jake Roos
2016 South Africa Oliver Bekker 210 −6 1 stroke South Africa Shaun Norris
2015 South Africa Keith Horne (2) 203 −13 5 strokes South Africa Andrew Curlewis
2014 South Africa Dean Burmester 206 −10 1 stroke South Africa Haydn Porteous
2013 Brazil Adilson da Silva (2) 207 −9 1 stroke South Africa Jared Harvey
2012 South Africa Bryce Easton 207 −9 Playoff South Africa Andrew Georgiou
South Africa Brandon Pieters
South Africa Allan Versfeld
Nashua Golf Challenge
2011 Brazil Adilson da Silva 202 −14 5 strokes South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
2010 South Africa Jaco van Zyl 208 −8 5 strokes South Africa Jean Hugo
South Africa PH McIntyre
2009 Scotland Doug McGuigan 209 −7 2 strokes South Africa Tyron van Aswegan
2008 South Africa Keith Horne 210 −6 Playoff South Africa Nic Henning
2007 South Africa Warren Abery 207 −9 4 strokes Brazil Adilson da Silva