MTC Namibia PGA Championship

The MTC Namibia PGA Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2004, the year after the PGA of Namibia was formed, and played at the Windhoek Country Club, to the south of Windhoek, Namibia until 2009 when it moved to Rossmund Golf Club in Swakopmund. After not being played in 2010, it moved back to Windhoek in 2011.

MTC Namibia PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationWindhoek, Namibia
Established2004
Course(s)Windhoek Country Club
Par71
Length7,187 yards (6,572 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 1,200,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate54 holes:
195 Keith Horne (2008)
72 holes:
268 J. G. Claassen (2011)
To par54 holes:
−18 as above
72 holes:
−16 as above
Final champion
South Africa J. G. Claassen
Location map
Windhoek CC is located in Namibia
Windhoek CC
Windhoek CC
Location in Namibia

In 2008, the event was played over 72 holes for the first time, having previously been contested over just three rounds, with a prize fund of 1 million rand, making it the richest event on the winter swing of the tour.[1]

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2011   J. G. Claassen 268 −16 1 stroke   Christiaan Basson
2010: No tournament
2009   Hennie Otto 280 −8 Playoff   Titch Moore
2008   Tongoona Charamba 270 −14 Playoff   Merrick Bremner
  Nic Henning
2007   Keith Horne 195 −18 5 strokes   Doug McGuigan
  Hennie Otto
  Ulrich van den Berg
2006   Anton Haig 196 −17 1 stroke   Thomas Aiken
2005   Thomas Aiken 198 −15 4 strokes   Michiel Bothma
  Sean Farrell
  Werner Geyer
  Keith Horne
2004   Mark Murless 202 −11 2 strokes   Bradley Davison
  Sean Farrell

References edit

  1. ^ "R1-million beckons for field in MTC Namibia PGA Championship". Sunshine Tour. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2008.

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