Sun City Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sun City, North West, South Africa |
| Established | 2007 |
| Course(s) | Gary Player Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,831 yards (7,161 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R 1,000,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 202 Adilson da Silva (2011) |
| To par | −14 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Garrick Higgo | |
| Location map | |
Gary Player CC Location in South Africa 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.
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 | Garrick Higgo | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Ockie Strydom | |
| 2018 | Neil Schietekat | 210 | −6 | 1 stroke | Louis de Jager | |
| 2017 | Peter Karmis | 210 | −6 | Playoff | Jake Roos | |
| 2016 | Oliver Bekker | 210 | −6 | 1 stroke | Shaun Norris | |
| 2015 | Keith Horne (2) | 203 | −13 | 5 strokes | Andrew Curlewis | |
| 2014 | Dean Burmester | 206 | −10 | 1 stroke | Haydn Porteous | |
| 2013 | Adilson da Silva (2) | 207 | −9 | 1 stroke | Jared Harvey | |
| 2012 | Bryce Easton | 207 | −9 | Playoff | Andrew Georgiou Brandon Pieters Allan Versfeld | |
| Nashua Golf Challenge | ||||||
| 2011 | Adilson da Silva | 202 | −14 | 5 strokes | Trevor Fisher Jnr | |
| 2010 | Jaco van Zyl | 208 | −8 | 5 strokes | Jean Hugo PH McIntyre | |
| 2009 | Doug McGuigan | 209 | −7 | 2 strokes | Tyron van Aswegan | |
| 2008 | Keith Horne | 210 | −6 | Playoff | Nic Henning | |
| 2007 | Warren Abery | 207 | −9 | 4 strokes | Adilson da Silva | |