Mount Edgecombe Trophy

The Mount Edgecombe Trophy was a golf tournament that was played on the Sunshine Tour. Formed in 1993, it included a deep international field of not only Africans, but drawing names like Vijay Singh, whose best finish in the event was a tie for 3rd in 1993. It was one of the richest purses on the Sunshine Tour at the time with a first place winners share of R 71,100. The inaugural champion was Retief Goosen.^[1] The 1994 champion was Bruce Vaughan, the first American to win the event.

Mount Edgecombe Trophy

Tournament information
Location	Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Established	1993
Course(s)	Mount Edgecombe Country Club
Par	72
Length	6,825 yards (6,241 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 500,000
Month played	February/March
Final year	2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate	275 Tony Johnstone (1994) 275 Bruce Vaughan (1994) 275 Darren Fichardt (2008) 275 Mark Murless (2008)
To par	−13 as above
Final champion
Mark Murless
Location map
Mount Edgecombe CC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Mount Edgecombe CC Location in KwaZulu-Natal Show map of KwaZulu-Natal

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
2008	Mark Murless	275	−13	Playoff	Darren Fichardt
2007	Steve van Vuuren	276	−12	1 stroke	Desvonde Botes Des Terblanche Tjaart van der Walt
1995–2006: No tournament
Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy
1994	Bruce Vaughan	275	−13	Playoff	Tony Johnstone
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
1993	Retief Goosen	279	−9	5 strokes	Nick Price