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Investec Royal Swazi Open

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The Investec Royal Swazi Open was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in 1971 and was played at the Royal Swazi Spa Country Club in the Ezulwini Valley, Eswatini. Since 2003, it was played using a Modified Stableford System.

Investec Royal Swazi Open
Tournament information
LocationEzulwini Valley, Eswatini
Established1971
Course(s)Royal Swazi Spa
Par72
Length7,834 yards (7,163 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatModified Stableford
Prize fundR 1,500,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2020
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Mark McNulty (1987)
To par−29 as above
Score65 points Jaco van Zyl (2009)
Final champion
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
Location map
Royal Swazi Spa is located in Eswatini
Royal Swazi Spa
Royal Swazi Spa
Location in Eswatini

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Investec Royal Swazi Open
2020 South Africa  Daniel van Tonder (2) 48 points 18 points South Africa  Neil Schietekat
2019 South Africa  Martin Rohwer 59 points 12 points South Africa  Jake Roos
England  Steve Surry
2018 South Africa  Justin Harding 47 points 1 point South Africa  Lyle Rowe
2017 South Africa  Peter Karmis 49 points 1 point United States  Zack Byrd
2016 South Africa  Titch Moore 60 points 11 points Brazil  Adilson da Silva
2015 South Africa  PH McIntyre 45 points 1 point South Africa  Morne Buys
2014 South Africa  Daniel van Tonder 48 points Playoff South Africa  Jacques Blaauw
South Africa  Jared Harvey
2013 South Africa  James Kingston 45 points Playoff South Africa  Ruan de Smidt
2012 South Africa  Christiaan Basson 50 points 1 point South Africa  Desvonde Botes
South Africa  Daniel van Tonder
2011 South Africa  Justin Walters 45 points 1 point South Africa  Divan van den Heever
2010 South Africa  Keith Horne 47 points 1 point South Africa  Christiaan Basson
Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open
2009 South Africa  Jaco van Zyl 65 points 12 points Zimbabwe  Tongoona Charamba
South Africa  Tyrone van Aswegen
2008 South Africa  Jean Hugo 56 points 6 points South Africa  Neil Schietekat
2007 South Africa  Des Terblanche (2) 50 points 2 points South Africa  James Kamte
2006 South Africa  Thomas Aiken 59 points 9 points South Africa  Steve Basson
Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open
2005 South Africa  Hendrik Buhrmann 42 points 1 point South Africa  Ross Wellington
2004 South Africa  Nic Henning 42 points 1 point South Africa  Titch Moore
2003 South Africa  Des Terblanche 36 points Playoff Brazil  Adilson da Silva
Royal Swazi Sun Open
2002 South Africa  Andrew McLardy 268 −20 2 strokes South Africa  Nic Henning
Investec Royal Swazi Sun Open
2001 South Africa  Bradford Vaughan 263 −25 8 strokes England  Mark Hilton
South Africa  Trevor Immelman
Stenham Swazi Open
2000 Zimbabwe  Mark McNulty (5) 267 −13 2 strokes Scotland  Doug McGuigan
Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open
1999 Zimbabwe  Marc Cayeux 266 −22 3 strokes Zimbabwe  Mark McNulty
1998 Eswatini  Paul Friedlander 201 −15 Playoff United States  Scott Dunlap
Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Open
1997 South Africa  Warrick Druian 269 −19 1 stroke England  Chris Davison
South Africa  Nic Henning
Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic
1996 South Africa  Richard Kaplan 271 −17 Playoff South Africa  Wayne Westner [1]
1995 United States  Brad Ott 266 −22 2 strokes England  Chris Davison
South Africa  Richard Kaplan
1994 United States  Omar Uresti 274 −14 2 strokes United States  Andrew Pitts
1993 South Africa  Sean Pappas 272 −16 Playoff South Africa  Ernie Els
1992 South Africa  Ernie Els 269 −19 1 stroke England  Chris Davison
1991 United States  Hugh Royer III 265 −23 4 strokes United States  Robin Freeman
South Africa  Des Terblanche
1990 United States  John Daly 267 −21 2 strokes South Africa  John Bland [2][3]
1989 South Africa  Jeff Hawkes 202[a] −14 1 stroke United States  John Daly
Eswatini  Joe Dlamini
[4]
Helix Swazi Sun Classic
1988 United States  Don Levin 268 −20 Playoff United States  Alan Pate [5]
Royal Swazi Sun Pro-Am
1987 Zimbabwe  Mark McNulty (4) 259 −29 6 strokes South Africa  Wayne Westner [6]
Swazi Sun Pro-Am
1986 Zimbabwe  Mark McNulty (3) 263 −25 Playoff South Africa  Fulton Allem [7]
1985 Zimbabwe  Mark McNulty (2) 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa  Simon Hobday
1984 United States  Rick Hartmann 271 −17 1 stroke Zimbabwe  Teddy Webber [8][9]
Holiday Inns Pro-Am
1983 South Africa  John Bland (3) 271 −17 2 strokes Zimbabwe  Teddy Webber [10]
1982 Zimbabwe  Denis Watson 268 −20 4 strokes South Africa  Fulton Allem [11][12]
1981 England  Ian Mosey 278 −10 Playoff England  Nigel Burch
South Africa  Allan Henning
[13]
Holiday Inns Invitational
1980   Mark McNulty 274 −14 1 stroke South Africa  Tienie Britz [14]
Holiday Inns Open
1979 South Africa  John Bland (2) 267 −21 Playoff South Africa  Andries Oosthuizen
1978: No tournament
Holiday Inns Invitational
1977 South Africa  John Bland 265 −23 4 strokes South Africa  Bobby Cole [15]
1976 South Africa  Hugh Baiocchi 273 −15 Playoff South Africa  Dale Hayes
Holiday Inns Open
1975
(Dec)
South Africa  Dale Hayes (3) 275 −13 Playoff South Africa  John Fourie [16]
Holiday Inns Invitational
1975
(Feb)
Republic of Ireland  John O'Leary 271 −17 4 strokes South Africa  John Fourie
South Africa  Dale Hayes
[16]
Holiday Inns Open
1974 South Africa  Dale Hayes (2) 269 −19 2 strokes New Zealand  Bob Charles [17]
1973 South Africa  Dale Hayes 136 −8 1 stroke South Africa  Trevor Wilkes [18]
1972 United States  John Buczek 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa  Cobie Legrange [19]
Holiday Inns Invitational
1971 South Africa  Cobie Legrange 273 −15 Playoff South Africa  Denis Hutchinson [20][21]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. pp. 201, 581. ISBN 1-878843-17-6.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 254, 497. ISBN 1-85592-558-3.
  3. ^ "Daly's win at Investec Royal Swazi remembered". Sunshine Tour. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 254, 498. ISBN 0-948615-38-9.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 247, 472. ISBN 0-00-218284-X.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 222, 441. ISBN 0-00-218283-1.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 231, 446. ISBN 0-00-218257-2.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 201, 415. ISBN 0-86254-124-7.
  9. ^ "Clipped From The Daily Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 5 March 1984. p. 22. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  10. ^ "It's Bland by two strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 February 1983. p. 38. Retrieved 29 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  11. ^ "For the Record | Golf". The Times. 22 February 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 22 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  12. ^ "Rafferty eyes top ten finish". Belfast Telegraph. 20 February 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 22 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 213, 429. ISBN 0-86254-101-8.
  14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 150, 352. ISBN 0-86254-005-4.
  15. ^ The Allied Book of South African Sport & Sports Records, Issue 2. SASBOR. 1988. ISBN 0620128828. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ a b McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 271, 461, 463. ISBN 0-385-14940-9.
  17. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 234, 413. ISBN 0-00-211955-2.
  18. ^ Simms, George (1974). John Player Golf Yearbook 1974. Queen Anne Press. p. 50. ISBN 0362001758.
  19. ^ "Britons slip as Buczek wins". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. 21 February 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  20. ^ "Legrange's title after playoff". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. 15 March 1971. p. 4. Retrieved 29 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  21. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1972). The World of Professional Golf 1972. Collins. pp. 295–296, 484. ISBN 0-00-211941-2.
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