Sun City Challenge

The Sun City Challenge was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It had been played annually since 2007.

Sun City Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Sun City, North West, South Africa
Established	2007
Course(s)	Gary Player Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,831 yards (7,161 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 1,000,000
Month played	June
Final year	2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate	202 Adilson da Silva (2011)
To par	−14 as above
Final champion
Garrick Higgo
Location map
Gary Player CC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Gary Player CC Location in North West Show map of North West (South African province)

From 2007 to 2011 it was called the Nashua Golf Challenge and was held at the Gary Player Country Club, although from 2007 to 2009 the second round was played at Lost City Golf Course. From 2012 to 2015 it was held at Lost City Golf Course, before returning to the Gary Player Country Club from 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Sun City Challenge
2020	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Garrick Higgo	209	−7	1 stroke	Ockie Strydom
2018	Neil Schietekat	210	−6	1 stroke	Louis de Jager
2017	Peter Karmis	210	−6	Playoff	Jake Roos
2016	Oliver Bekker	210	−6	1 stroke	Shaun Norris
2015	Keith Horne (2)	203	−13	5 strokes	Andrew Curlewis
2014	Dean Burmester	206	−10	1 stroke	Haydn Porteous
2013	Adilson da Silva (2)	207	−9	1 stroke	Jared Harvey
2012	Bryce Easton	207	−9	Playoff	Andrew Georgiou Brandon Pieters Allan Versfeld
Nashua Golf Challenge
2011	Adilson da Silva	202	−14	5 strokes	Trevor Fisher Jnr
2010	Jaco van Zyl	208	−8	5 strokes	Jean Hugo PH McIntyre
2009	Doug McGuigan	209	−7	2 strokes	Tyron van Aswegan
2008	Keith Horne	210	−6	Playoff	Nic Henning
2007	Warren Abery	207	−9	4 strokes	Adilson da Silva

External links

• Sunshine Tour's official site