| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Established | 1965 |
| Course(s) | The Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,533 yards |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R2,500,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 259 David Frost (1994) |
| To par | -28 Louis Oosthuizen (2008) |
| Current champion | |
| George Coetzee | |
The Telkom PGA Championship, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It is currently played in February with a prize fund of 2.5 million rand, and since 2006, has been held at the Country Club Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa.
The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995,[1] 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 currently the richest sole sanctioned event on the Sunshine Tour.
The South African PGA Championship, along with the South African Open and the South African Masters form the Triple Crown of South African golf. Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.[2]
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* – 1979 and 1996 events reduced to 3 rounds.
Match-play era
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–64 | No tournament | ||
| 1959 | Gary Player | Harold Henning | 3 & 1 |
| 1958 | Dai Rees | Ken Bousfield | 3 & 2 |
| 1957 | John Jacobs | Gary Player | 2 & 1 |
| 1956 | Ken Redford | Gary Player | 2 & 1 |
| 1955 | Bobby Locke | D Ellmore | 7 & 6 |
| 1954 | Jock Verwey | AN Thomas | 11 & 9 |
| 1953 | Philip Ritson | AJ Bullock | 12 & 11 |
| 1952 | Sid Brews | Philip Ritson | 7 & 6 |
| 1951 | Bobby Locke | Harry Bradshaw | 4 & 3 |
| 1950 | Bobby Locke | MS Hart | 9 & 8 |
| 1949 | Jock Verwey | GS van Niekerk | 5 & 4 |
| 1948 | Jock Verwey | James Ockenden | 5 & 4 |
| 1947 | Sandy Guthrie | James Ockenden | 5 & 4 |
| 1946 | Bobby Locke | Sid Brews | 10 & 9 |
| 1941–45 | No tournament due to World War II | ||
| 1940 | Bobby Locke | Bertie Elkin | 11 & 9 |
| 1939 | Bobby Locke | M Goldsmith | 12 & 11 |
| 1938 | Bobby Locke | Sid Brews | 4 & 3 |
| 1937 | John Robertson | AN Thomas | 37th hole |
| 1936 | Sid Brews | John Robertson | 9 & 7 |
| 1935 | J De Beer | G Brews | 5 & 4 |
| 1934 | Sid Brews | Bertie Elkin | 6 & 4 |
| 1933 | Sid Brews | AN Thomas | 6 & 5 |
| 1932 | Charles McIlvenny | Robert Grimsdell | 6 & 5 |
| 1931 | Charles McIlvenny | Jock Brews | 10 & 9 |
| 1930 | Arthur Tomsett | Charles McIlvenny | 37th hole |
| 1929 | Charles McIlvenny | Robert Grimsdell | 8 & 7 |
| 1928 | Sid Brews | Jock Brews | 2 & 1 |
| 1927 | Charles McIlvenny | Robert Grimsdell | 3 & 1 |
| 1926 | Sid Brews | G Brews | 11 & 10 |
| 1925 | Jock Brews | Robert Grimsdell | 3 & 2 |
| 1924 | Jock Brews | Archie Tosh | 4 & 2 |
| 1923 | Bertie Elkin | Jimmy Johnstone | 4 & 3 |
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