SDC Open

SDC Open
Tournament information
LocationBela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa
Established2022
Course(s)Zebula Golf Estate & Spa
Par72
Length7,470 yards (6,830 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$375,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 J. J. Senekal (2023)
To par−25 as above
Current champion
Daniel van Tonder
Location map
Zebula GC
Location in South Africa
Zebula GC
Location in Limpopo

The SDC Open is a professional golf tournament held at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, near Bela-Bela in Limpopo, South Africa. It is played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour as a co-sanctioned event.

History

The inaugural tournament in 2022 was won by Clément Sordet of France who birdied the first extra hole to defeat home player Ruan Conradie in a playoff.[1]

In 2023, South African J. J. Senekal shot an opening round 62 to win his maiden Challenge Tour title in wire-to-wire style.[2]

In 2024, it served as the opening tournament on the Challenge Tour season, and marked the first of a four-tournament South African swing.[3]

Winners

Year Tours[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2025 AFR, CHA Daniel van Tonder 272 −16 Playoff Altin van der Merwe
2024 AFR, CHA Rhys Enoch 264 −24 2 strokes Deon Germishuys
Martin Rohwer
2023 AFR, CHA J. J. Senekal 263 −25 4 strokes Casey Jarvis
2022 AFR, CHA Clément Sordet 267 −21 Playoff Ruan Conradie

Notes

  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Sordet seals fifth Challenge Tour title at Zebula". Golf Post. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Senekal seals wire-to-wire triumph at Zebula". Irish Golfer Magazine. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "JJ Senekal primed to defend SDC Open title as Road to Mallorca begins". European Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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