Suncoast Classic
Encyclopedia
The Suncoast Classic is a golf
tournament on the Southern Africa
based Sunshine Tour
. It was founded in 2006 and has always been held at the Durban Country Club in Durban
, KwaZulu-Natal
, South Africa
.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
based Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal...
. It was founded in 2006 and has always been held at the Durban Country Club in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2011 Sunshine Tour The 2011 Sunshine Tour is the 12th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 5th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Darren Fichardt Darren Fichardt Darren Clive Fichardt is a South African professional golfer.Fichardt was born in Pretoria and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured... |
203 (−13) | 6 strokes | Ulrich van den Berg Ulrich van den Berg Ulrich van den Berg is a South African professional golfer.Van den Berg was born in East London. He had a successful amateur career which peaked in 1997 when he won the South African Amateur Strokeplay Championship, the Transvaal Amateur, and the Western Province Strokeplay Championship. He turned... |
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| 2010 2010 Sunshine Tour The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 11th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 4th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Adilson da Silva Adilson da Silva Adilson Jose da Silva is a Brazilian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour, where he has won eight times.... |
196 (−20) | 4 strokes | Jean Hugo | |
| 2009 2009 Sunshine Tour The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the 10th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the third since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Louis de Jager Louis de Jager Louis de Jager is a professional golfer from South Africa currently playing on the Sunshine Tour.De Jager was born in Duiwelskloof, Northern Transvaal. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2007 in both the stroke play and match play format. In 2007, de Jager also won the Gauteng North... |
207 (−9) | 2 strokes | Chris Swanepoel | |
| 2008 2008 Sunshine Tour The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the ninth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the second since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Jake Roos | 210 (−6) | Playoff (3rd hole) | Omar Sandys | |
| 2007 2007 Sunshine Tour The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the eighth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000, and the marked the beginning of a new era as the tour switched to a calendar based season, having previously been seasonal... |
Adilson da Silva Adilson da Silva Adilson Jose da Silva is a Brazilian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour, where he has won eight times.... |
208 (−8) | 1 stroke | Doug McGuigan Doug McGuigan Douglas Gordon McGuigan is a professional golfer from South Africa. He has won four times on the Sunshine Tour between 2003 and 2009.McGuigan was born in Durban, and currently resides in Johannesburg... |
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| 2006 | Alex Haindl | 207 (−9) | Playoff (2nd hole) | Lindani Ndwandwe, Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan is a South African professional golfer. He won the South African Amateur in 1994 and turned professional the following year. He has won eight tournaments on the Sunshine Tour... |