Glendower to host SA Open
The 103rd round of the South African Open Championship of golf will be held at Glendower Golf Club from November 21 to 24.
Glendower staged the country’s flagship event in 1989, 1993 and 1997 and the 18-hole championship course was also home to the Sunshine Tour’s annual BMG Classic since 2009.
South Africa’s Clinton Whitelaw won the 1993 edition but the course was kinder to the international visitors on the other two occasions.
American Fred Wadsworth became only the fourth foreign winner of the SA Open since it’s inauguration in 1903 when he outplayed countryman, Tom Lehman, to lift the title in 1989.
In 1997, Fijian Vijay Singh held off Zimbabwe’s Nick Price in a battle to claim the title.
The course has also provided the backdrop to some of the country’s flagship amateur championships. These included the 1986 Women’s 72-Hole Teams Championship, 1987 SA Amateur and SA Stroke Play Championships, the 1993 SA Men’s Inter-Provincial and the SA Women’s Amateur and SA Stroke Play Championships in 2003.
Sunshine Tour tournament director, Mr Gary Todd, said, “We are delighted to announce Glendower Golf Club as the venue for 103rd South African Open Championship.”
He added that Glendower has a proud history extending back to 1935.
“The course is a true classic and with recent upgrades, arguably one of the best golf courses in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality area,” he said.
“I have no doubt that the course will present a stern challenge, befitting the status and prestige of the South African Open Championship.”
