Nelson Mandela Championship

The Nelson Mandela Championship was a golf tournament, played for the first time in December 2012. It was played in Durban, South Africa and was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. It was sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. It was the first event of the 2013 European Tour.^[1]

Nelson Mandela Championship

Tournament information
Location	Durban, South Africa
Established	2012
Course(s)	Mount Edgecombe Country Club
Par	70
Length	6,612 yards (6,046 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,000,000
Month played	December
Final year	2013
Final champion
Dawie van der Walt
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

The first ever event was reduced to 36 holes due to rain and in order for the tournament to commence the course was reduced to a par 65 and was 1600 yards shorter. The tournament ended in a playoff. Eduardo de la Riva dropped out with a bogey on the first extra hole, Steve Webster made a bogey on the second extra hole, and Scott Jamieson won with a par. It was his first European Tour victory in his 65th event.

The second event was a week after Nelson Mandela's death. His funeral was on Sunday 15 December so the tournament was moved forward one day and played Wednesday through Saturday, 11–14 December. Again, this tournament was suspended several times due to a water-logged course and shortened to 54 holes, with one of the holes being shortened from a par 5 to a par 4. Spain's Jorge Campillo and South Africa's Colin Nel shot 59 in the second round, but the European Tour considers them unofficial after the use preferred lies, which allowed players to lift, clean and place their ball.^[2] South Africa's Dawie van der Walt earned his second European Tour win.

Winners

Year	Tours[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up	Venue
2013	AFR, EUR	Dawie van der Walt	195[b]	−15	2 strokes	Matthew Baldwin Jorge Campillo	Mount Edgecombe
2012	AFR, EUR	Scott Jamieson	123[c]	−7	Playoff[d]	Eduardo de la Riva Steve Webster	Royal Durban

Notes

1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
3. Shortened to 36 holes due to heavy rain.
4. Jamieson won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff; De la Riva was eliminated on the first extra hole.