Zambia Masters

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The Zambia Masters, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Zanaco Masters, is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in June 2014 as the Zambia Sugar Open.[1] A tournament called the Zambia Sugar Open was played in 2013 but was a different event, the Zambia Open.

Zanaco Masters
Tournament information
LocationLusaka, Zambia
Established2014
Course(s)Lusaka Golf Club
Par73
Length7,225 yards (6,607 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 2,200,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Vaughn Groenewald (2015)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Zimbabwe Robson Chinhoi
Location map
Lusaka GC is located in Zambia
Lusaka GC
Lusaka GC
Location in Zambia

No tournaments took place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The 2021 tournament was again removed from the Sunshine Tour schedule and was played as a local event for Zambian professionals.[3]

The event returned in 2023 after a three-year hiatus from the Sunshine Tour schedule.[4]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Zanaco Masters
2023 AFR   Robson Chinhoi 271 −17 Playoff   Neil Schietekat
2022: No tournament
2021 AFR[b]   Sydney Wemba 219 E 1 stroke   Dayne Moore
2020 AFR No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 AFR   J. C. Ritchie 274 −18 Playoff   Rhys Enoch
2018 AFR   J. J. Senekal 274 −14 Playoff   Jaco Ahlers
  Andre de Decker
  Alex Haindl
Zambia Sugar Open
2017 AFR   Oliver Bekker 273 −19 2 strokes   Jared Harvey
2016 AFR   Christofer Blomstrand 276 −16 3 strokes   CJ du Plessis
2015 AFR   Vaughn Groenewald 272 −20 4 strokes   Jean Hugo
2014 AFR   Lyle Rowe 279 −13 4 strokes   Neil Schietekat

Notes

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  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
  2. ^ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ Mutakafimbo, Diana (1 May 2014). "Summer Zambia Open attracts 119 golfers". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Pressreader.
  4. ^ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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