South African Open
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The South African Open is one of the principal golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and since 1997 it has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. It is one of the "National Opens" which receives special treatment from the Official World Golf Rankings, with the winner being guaranteed a minimum of 16 points regardless of the strength of the field. It has been known by several sponsored names and is currently called the "South African Airways Open".
[edit] Winners
South African Airways Open
- Dec 2005 Retief Goosen - South Africa
- Jan 2005 Tim Clark - South Africa
- 2004 Trevor Immelman - South Africa
- 2003 Trevor Immelman - South Africa
Bell's South African Open
- 2002 Tim Clark - South Africa
Mercedes-Benz South African Open
- 2001 Mark McNulty - Zimbabwe
Mercedes-Benz - S.A. Open Championship
- 2000 Mathias Grönberg - Sweden
Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open
- 1999 David Frost - South Africa
South African Open
- 1998 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1997 Vijay Singh - Fiji
Philips South African Open
- 1996 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1995 Retief Goosen - South Africa
- 1994 No tournament
Title sponsors for 1993 and earlier unconfirmed. In the earlier years, there won't have been one.
- 1993 Tony Johnstone - Zimbabwe (two events in 1993)
- 1993 Clinton Whitelaw - South Africa
- 1992 Ernie Els - South Africa
- 1991 Wayne Westner - South Africa
- 1990 Trevor Dodds - Namibia
- 1989 Fred Wadsworth
- 1988 Wayne Westner - South Africa
- 1987 Mark McNulty - Zimbabwe
- 1986 David Frost - South Africa
- 1985 Gavan Levenson - South Africa
- 1984 Tony Johnstone - Zimbabwe
- 1983 Charlie Bolling - United States
- 1982 No tournament
- 1981 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1980 Bobby Cole - South Africa
- 1979 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1978 Hugh Baiocchi - South Africa
- 1977 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1976 Gary Player - South Africa (Two events in 1976)
- 1976 Dale Hayes - South Africa
- 1975 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1974 Bobby Cole - South Africa
- 1973 Bob Charles - New Zealand
- 1972 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1971 Simon Hobday - South Africa
- 1970 Tommy Horton - England
- 1969 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1968 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1967 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1966 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1965 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1964 Allan Henning - South Africa
- 1963 Retief Waltman - South Africa
- 1962 Harold Henning - South Africa
- 1961 Retief Waltman - South Africa
- 1960 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1959 Denis Hutchinson
- 1958 Arthur Stewart
- 1957 Harold Henning - South Africa
- 1956 Gary Player - South Africa
- 1955 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1954 Reg Taylor
- 1953 Jimmy Boyd
- 1952 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1951 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1950 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1949 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1948 Mickey Janks
- 1947 Ronnie Glennie
- 1946 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1941-1945 No tournament
- 1940 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1939 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1938 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1937 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1936 Clarence Olander
- 1935 Bobby Locke - South Africa
- 1934 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1933 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1932 Charles Mcllvenny
- 1931 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1930 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1929 Archie Tosh
- 1928 Jock Brews
- 1927 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1926 Jock Brews
- 1925 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1924 Bertie Elkin
- 1923 Jock Brews
- 1922 F. Jangle
- 1921 Jock Brews
- 1920 Laurie Waters
- 1919 W.H. Horne
- 1915-1918 No tournament
- 1914 George Fotheringham
- 1913 James Prentice
- 1912 George Fotheringham
- 1911 George Fotheringham
- 1910 George Fotheringham
- 1909 John Fotheringham
- 1908 George Fotheringham
(36 holes before 1908)
- 1907 Laurie Waters
- 1906 A.G. Gray
- 1905 A.G. Gray
- 1904 Laurie Waters
- 1903 Laurie Water
