Platinum Classic

The Platinum Classic was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 1995, and was played at the nine-hole Mooinooi Golf Club, North West Province, South Africa, although the first event had to be moved to Rustenburg when the greens at Mooinooi were vandalised.^[1]

Platinum Classic

Tournament information
Location	Mooinooi, South Africa
Established	1995
Course(s)	Mooinooi Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,948 yards (6,353 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 500,000
Month played	September
Final year	2013
Tournament record score
Aggregate	196 Jean Hugo (2010)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
Neil Schietekat
Location map
Mooinooi GC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Mooinooi GC Location in North West Show map of North West (South African province)

The tournament was traditionally held in October but was moved to March in 2012 and September in 2013. The prize fund was R500,000.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Platinum Classic
2013	Neil Schietekat	201	−15	3 strokes	Jaco Ahlers
2012	Jake Roos	202	−14	Playoff	Anthony Michael Chris Swanepoel
2011	Hennie Otto	199	−17	2 strokes	Darren Fichardt
2010	Jean Hugo	196	−20	2 strokes	Michiel Bothma
2009	Darren Fichardt	201	−15	1 stroke	Titch Moore
2008	Thomas Aiken	197	−19	5 strokes	Desvonde Botes Nic Henning Keith Horne
2007	Louis Oosthuizen	205	−11	Playoff	Marc Cayeux Adilson da Silva
2006	Vaughn Groenewald	202	−14	1 stroke	Thomas Aiken
2005	Jaco van Zyl	198	−18	Playoff	Grant Muller
2004	Titch Moore (2)	200	−16	3 strokes	Hennie Otto
2003	Doug McGuigan	199	−17	1 stroke	Ashley Roestoff
2002	Titch Moore	198	−18	5 strokes	Doug McGuigan
2001	Roger Wessels	201	−15	4 strokes	Des Terblanche
2000	Desvonde Botes (2)	202	−14	1 stroke	Roger Wessels
1999	Bobby Lincoln (2)	201	−15	Playoff	Callie Swart
1998 (Nov)	Bobby Lincoln	202	−14	3 strokes	Ashley Roestoff
1998 (Jan)	Desvonde Botes	199	−17	3 strokes	Richard Kaplan
1997: No tournament
1996	Mark Murless	204	−12	2 strokes	Dean van Staden
Rustenburg Classic
1995	Brett Liddle	208	−8	2 strokes	Steve van Vuuren