Joburg Open

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English Template:Short description Template:Template other The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger fields. It is one of several tournaments in South Africa on the European Tour's international schedule, and until 2017 was one of the events where high-finishing players earned entry into The Open Championship if not already exempt.

History

The event was founded in 2007 and was played at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa until 2017. The tournament was contested over both the West and East courses for the first two rounds, enabling a large field of 210 competitors, with the final two rounds being played over the East course following a cut to the top 65 and ties.

Originally contested in January or February, the tournament moved to December in late 2017 and became a tri-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour joining the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour in sanctioning the event; the number of players in the field increased from 210 to 240. The December 2017 event was part of the 2018 European Tour. Having not been held in 2018 or 2019, in October 2020 it was announced that the tournament would be revived in November 2020, when it would be played at Randpark Golf Club.

The 2021 event was shortened due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in place in the UK from South Africa. Originally the event was shortened to 54 holes to allow international players to travel back home in time. However, the following day rain and the threat of lightning shortened the event even further to 36 holes. Thriston Lawrence was the eventual winner.

Winners

Year	ToursTemplate:Efn	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2025	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Calum Hill	266	−14	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jacques Kruyswijk Template:Flagicon Shaun Norris
2024: No tournament
2023	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Dean Burmester	262	−18	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt
2022	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Dan Bradbury	263	−21	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Sami Välimäki
2021	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Thriston Lawrence	130Template:Efn	−12	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Zander Lombard
2020	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Joachim B. Hansen	265	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Wilco Nienaber
2018–19: No tournament
2017 (Dec)	AFR, ASA, EUR	Template:Flagicon Shubhankar Sharma	264	−23	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Erik van Rooyen
2017 (Feb)	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt	200Template:Efn	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Stuart Manley Template:Flagicon Paul Waring
2016	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Haydn Porteous	269	−18	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Zander Lombard
2015	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Andy Sullivan	270	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Wallie Coetsee Template:Flagicon David Howell Template:Flagicon Kevin Phelan Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl Template:Flagicon Anthony Wall
2014	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee	268	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tyrrell Hatton Template:Flagicon Jin Jeong Template:Flagicon Justin Walters
2013	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (2)	260	−27	7 strokes	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel
2012	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Branden Grace	270	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jamie Elson
2011	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (2)	265	−19	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy
2010	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel	261	−23	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke Template:Flagicon Keith Horne
2009	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen	269	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Andrew McLardy
2008	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne	271	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Magnus A. Carlsson Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy
2007	AFR, EUR	Template:Flagicon Ariel Cañete	266	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Andrew McLardy

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site