Cape Town Open

The Cape Town Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour in Cape Town, South Africa.

Cell C Cape Town Open

Tournament information
Location	Cape Town, South Africa
Established	2012
Course(s)	Royal Cape Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,633 yards (6,065 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$375,000
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Rhys Enoch (2018)
To par	−19 as above
Current champion
Jamie Rutherford
Location map
Royal Cape GC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Royal Cape GC Location in Western Cape Show map of Western Cape

History

From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at Royal Cape Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club. Rhys Enoch won by one stroke from Peter Karmis.^[1] In 2019, the event moved to the Royal Cape Golf Club and was won by Benjamin Follett-Smith.^[2]

The 2020 edition was co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and had increased prize money of US$250,000 (R3,500,000). Because of the large field, two courses were used for the first two rounds; Royal Cape Golf Club and King David Mowbray Golf Club. Anton Karlsson won by a stroke from Garrick Higgo, with overnight leader Daniel van Tonder fading with a final round 78.^[3]

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Cell C Cape Town Open
2025	AFR, CHA	Jamie Rutherford	274	−14	2 strokes	Keenan Davidse
Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open
2024	AFR, CHA	Mikael Lindberg	272	−16	Playoff	Ryan van Velzen
2023	AFR, CHA	Benjamin Follett-Smith (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	Ugo Coussaud Jaco van Zyl
2022	AFR, CHA	J. C. Ritchie (2)	270	−18	1 stroke	Christopher Mivis
2021	AFR, CHA	J. C. Ritchie	274	−14	Playoff	Jacques Blaauw
RAM Cape Town Open
2020	AFR, CHA	Anton Karlsson	274	−14	1 stroke	Garrick Higgo
2019	AFR	Benjamin Follett-Smith	275	−13	2 strokes	Zander Lombard Jean-Paul Strydom
Cape Town Open
2018	AFR	Rhys Enoch	269	−19	1 stroke	Peter Karmis
2017: No tournament due to reschedulling from November to February
Lion of Africa Cape Town Open
2016	AFR	Jacques Kruyswijk	271	−17	2 strokes	Justin Harding Brandon Stone
2015	AFR	Brandon Stone	272	−16	5 strokes	Ockie Strydom Steve Surry
2014	AFR	Jaco Ahlers	276	−12	Playoff	Ross McGowan Hennie Otto
2013	AFR	Tjaart van der Walt	274	−14	6 strokes	Michael Hollick
2012	AFR	Jake Roos	279	−9	Playoff	Tyrone van Aswegen Jaco van Zyl Mark Williams

Notes

1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.