South African Masters

Nashua Masters

Tournament information
Location	Eastern Cape, South Africa
Established	1923
Course(s)	Wild Coast Sun Country Club
Par	70
Length	6,351 yards (5,807 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 1,200,000
Month played	November
Final year	2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Darren Fichardt (2009)
To par	−19 Desvonde Botes (1999)
Score	12 and 11 Bobby Locke (1939) 12 and 11 Philip Ritson (1953)
Final champion
Shaun Norris
Location Map
Wild Coast Sun CC Location in South Africa Wild Coast Sun CC Location in Eastern Cape

The South African Masters was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. It was last played in 2011. Before its discontinuation, it had a prize fund of 1.2 million rand and was held at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club on the KwaZulu-Natal border, South Africa.

History

The tournament had its roots in the South African Professional Match Play Championship, the running of which was taken over by the PGA of South Africa in 1957. Under the sponsorship of Dunlop the event transitioned into a 72-hole stroke play event in 1960.

The first edition of the new Dunlop Masters, at Houghton Golf Club in 1960, was won by Gary Player with an aggregate score of 266, a record that stood for 44 years. Player's total was equalled in 1970 by John Fourie, the only amateur to claim the title. Andrew McLardy posted 264 at the Wild Coast resort in 2004 and Darren Fichardt holds the record of 263 set on the par-70 course in 2009.

The South African Masters, along with the South African Open and the South African PGA Championship formed the Triple Crown. Winning all three titles in the same season was a feat only achieved by Gary Player and Ernie Els.

Winners