- South African Open
Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = South African Open
nickname =
location = flagicon|RSAPaarl ,South Africa
establishment = 1903
course =Pearl Valley Golf Estate
par =
yardage =
tour = European TourSunshine Tour
format =Stroke play
purse = €1,000,000
month_played = December
aggregate =
to-par =
Current Champion =James Kingston The South African Open is one of the principalgolf tournaments on theSunshine Tour and since 1997 it has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. It is one of the "National Opens" which receives special treatment from theOfficial World Golf Rankings , with the winner being guaranteed a minimum of 32 points regardless of the strength of the field. It has been known by several sponsored names and is currently called the "South African Airways Open". At present it takes place in December and falls into the following year's European Tour schedule, as the European Tour season opens in November.Gary Player has been the most successful player in the tournament's history, with 13 victories over four decades between 1956 and 1981.Winners
South African Airways Open
*2007 (2008 European Tour)James Kingston - RSA
*2006 (2007 European Tour)Ernie Els - RSA
*Dec 2005 (2006 European Tour)Retief Goosen - RSA
*Jan 2005Tim Clark - RSA
*2004Trevor Immelman - RSA
*2003Trevor Immelman - RSABell's South African Open
*2002Tim Clark - RSAMercedes-Benz South African Open
*2001Mark McNulty - ZIMMercedes-Benz - S.A. Open Championship
*2000Mathias Grönberg - SWEMercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open
*1999 David Frost - RSASouth African Open
*1998Ernie Els - RSA
*1997Vijay Singh - FIJPhilips South African Open
*1996Ernie Els - RSA
*1995Retief Goosen - RSA
*1994 "No tournament""Title sponsors for 1993 and earlier unconfirmed. In the earlier years, there wouldn't have been one."
*1993
Tony Johnstone - ZIM "(two events in 1993)"
*1993Clinton Whitelaw - RSA
*1992Ernie Els - RSA
*1991Wayne Westner - RSA
*1990Trevor Dodds - NAM
*1989Fred Wadsworth - USA
*1988Wayne Westner - RSA
*1987Mark McNulty - ZIM
*1986 David Frost - RSA
*1985Gavan Levenson - RSA
*1984Tony Johnstone - ZIM
*1983Charlie Bolling - USA
*1982 "No tournament"
*1981Gary Player - RSA
*1980Bobby Cole - RSA
*1979Gary Player - RSA
*1978Hugh Baiocchi - RSA
*1977Gary Player - RSA
*1976Gary Player - RSA "(Two events in 1976)"
*1976Dale Hayes - RSA
*1975Gary Player - RSA
*1974Bobby Cole - RSA
*1973 Bob Charles - NZ
*1972Gary Player - RSA
*1971Simon Hobday - RSA
*1970Tommy Horton - ENG
*1969Gary Player - RSA
*1968Gary Player - RSA
*1967Gary Player - RSA
*1966Gary Player - RSA
*1965Gary Player - RSA
*1964Allan Henning - RSA
*1963Retief Waltman - RSA
*1962Harold Henning - RSA
*1961Retief Waltman - RSA
*1960Gary Player - RSA
*1959Denis Hutchinson - RSA
*1958 Arthur Stewart - RSA
*1957Harold Henning - RSA
*1956Gary Player - RSA
*1955Bobby Locke - RSA
*1954Reg Taylor - RSA
*1953 Jimmy Boyd - RSA
*1952Sid Brews - RSA
*1951Bobby Locke - RSA
*1950Bobby Locke - RSA
*1949Sid Brews - RSA
*1948Mickey Janks - RSA
*1947Ronnie Glennie - RSA
*1946Bobby Locke - RSA
*1941-1945 "No tournament"
*1940Bobby Locke - RSA
*1939Bobby Locke - RSA
*1938Bobby Locke - RSA
*1937Bobby Locke - RSA
*1936Clarence Olander - RSA
*1935Bobby Locke - RSA
*1934Sid Brews - RSA
*1933Sid Brews - RSA
*1932Charles McIlvenny - RSA
*1931Sid Brews - RSA
*1930Sid Brews - RSA
*1929Archie Tosh - RSA
*1928Jock Brews - RSA
*1927Sid Brews - RSA
*1926Jock Brews - RSA
*1925Sid Brews - RSA
*1924Bertie Elkin - RSA
*1923Jock Brews - RSA
*1922F. Jangle - RSA
*1921Jock Brews - RSA
*1920Laurie Waters - RSA
*1919W. H. Horne - RSA
*1915-1918 "No tournament"
*1914George Fotheringham - RSA
*1913James Prentice - RSA
*1912George Fotheringham - RSA
*1911George Fotheringham - RSA
*1910George Fotheringham - RSA
*1909John Fotheringham - RSA
*1908George Fotheringham - RSA"(36 holes before 1908)"
*1907
Laurie Waters - RSA
*1906A. G. Gray - RSA
*1905A. G. Gray - RSA
*1904Laurie Waters - RSA
*1903Laurie Waters - RSAExternal links
* [http://www.saaopen.com/home/home.php Official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/tournaments/latest.sps?iTourNo=2005001 Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
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