Houghton
The main tournaments played at Houghton are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
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Played as the Joburg Open (Mar 6-9; European-DP World/Sunshine Tours event). Calum Hill (Scot) beat Shaun Norris (RSA) and Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA) with a par at the second playoff hole, to record his second European Tour win. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Played as the Joburg Open (Nov 23-26; Sunshine Tour event, and joint European-DP World Tour 2024 season-opener with the Australian PGA Championship). Second-placed Darren Fichardt (RSA) finished 3 shots behind Dean Burmester (RSA), who recorded his third European (DP World) Tour title and second on home soil. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Played as the Joburg Open (Nov 24-27; Sunshine Tour event and joint European-DP World Tour 2023 season-opener with the Australian PGA Championship). Second-placed Sami Välimäki (Fin) finished 3 shots behind 23-year-old wire-to-wire winner Dan Bradbury (Eng), who recorded his first European Tour win in just his third start on the Tour. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Championship (Jan 22-25; Sunshine/European Trs event). 23-year-old Marcel Siem (Ger) beat Raphaël Jacquelin (Fra) with a birdie at the third playoff hole, to claim his first European Tour win. Grégory Havret (Fra) was eliminated at the second playoff hole. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Championship (Jan 16-19; Sunshine/European Trs event). 27-year-old first-time European Tour winner Mark Foster (Eng) won a six-way playoff beating Trevor Immelman (RSA), Paul Lawrie (Scot) and Bradford Vaughan (RSA) with an eagle-3 at the second playoff hole. Doug McGuigan (Scot) and Anders Hansen (Den) were eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Championship (Jan 17-20; Sunshine/European Trs event). Second-placed Mark Foster (Eng), Retief Goosen (RSA) and Martin Maritz (RSA) finished 2 shots behind 21-year-old Justin Rose (Eng), who recorded his first European Tour win in his 86th start on the Tour. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Jan 18-21; Sunshine/European Trs event). Second-placed Justin Rose (Eng) finished 1 shot behind 20-year-old Adam Scott (Aus), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the inaugural Alfred Dunhill Championship (Jan 18-21; Sunshine/European Trs event, Dunhill having switched their sponsorship away from the South African PGA Championship). Second-placed Gary Orr (Scot) and Phillip Price (Wales) finished 2 shots behind 24-year-old Anthony Wall (Eng), who recorded the first of his two European Tour wins. Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship (Jan 14-17; S African/Eurpn Trs event; S African Tr 1998/99 season). Second-placed Richard Kaplan (RSA) finished 4 shots behind Els (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship (Feb 12-15; S African/Eurpn Trs event; S African Tr 1997/98 season). Second-placed Ernie Els (RSA) finished 2 shots behind Johnstone (Zim), who recorded his fifth European Tour win. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship (Feb 20-23; S African/Eurpn Trs event; S African Tr 1996/97 season). Price (Zim) beat David Frost (RSA) with a par at the first playoff hole to record back-to-back wins and the last of his five European Tour wins. Price won the Dimension Data Pro-Am a week earlier. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Alfred Dunhill
Played as the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship (Feb 15-18; S African/Eurpn Trs event; S African Tr 1995/96 season). Second-placed Ernie Els (RSA) and David Feherty (N.Ire) finished 3 shots behind first-time European Tour winner Struver (Ger). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Protea Assurance
Played as the Protea Assurance South African Open (Jan 16-19; S African Tr 1991/92 season). Second-placed Derek James (RSA) finished 3 shots behind Els (RSA). Els also won the PGA and Masters titles in 1992 to take the South African "Triple Crown" (the second player after Gary Player to achieve this feat). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Played as the South African Open. Fulton Allem (RSA) finished in second place behind Johnstone (Zim). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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BA/Yellow Pages
Played as the BA/Yellow Pages South African Open. Second-placed Ian Mosey (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Player (RSA), who also won the SA PGA and SA Masters in 1979 to take the South African 'Triple Crown' (the first player ever to do so). This was the twelfth of 13 South African Open wins for Player. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
Played as the South African Open. Hayes (RSA) beat John Fourie (RSA) in a playoff. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop South African Masters (Feb 1-4). Second-placed Graham Henning (RSA; Allan's brother), Hugh Inggs (RSA), Cobie Legrange (RSA), Trevor Wilkes (RSA) and Terry Westbrook (RSA) finished 6 shots behind Allan Henning (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Played as the South African Open. Second-placed Cobie le Grange (RSA) finished 7 shots behind defending champion Player (RSA). This was the sixth of 13 South African Open wins for Player, and his fourth straight win in this event. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop South African Masters (Feb 17-20). Second-placed Cobie Legrange (RSA) finished 2 shots behind Player (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Grosvenor Motors
Played as the South African Open. Second-placed Harold Henning (RSA) and Cobie le Grange (RSA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Player (RSA). This was the fourth of 13 South African Open wins for Player. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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PGA of S Africa
Played as the inaugural South African PGA Championship. Won by Henning (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop South African Masters. Won by Player (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop South African Masters (Feb 22-25). Won by defending champion Hutchinson (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Played as the South African Open. Second-placed Denis Hutchinson (RSA) finished 1 shot behind two-time South African Open winner Henning (RSA). [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the inaugural Dunlop South African Masters (Jan 21-24; evolved out of the South African Professional Match Play Championship). Second-placed Retief Waltman (S Africa) finished 17 shots behind Player (S Africa), whose total of 266 stood as a record low score for the event for the next 44 years. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop South African Match Play Masters (replaced in 1960 by the Dunlop South African Masters). Player (S Africa) beat Harold Henning (S Africa) 3 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
Played as the Dunlop South African Match Play Masters (a renamed version of the SA Professional Match Play Ch'ship, which dated from 1923). Jacobs (Eng) beat Gary Player (S Africa) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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SA Golf Union
Played as the South African Professional Match Play Ch'ship. Defending champion Bobby Locke (S Africa) beat Harry Bradshaw (Ire) 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
Played as the South African Open. Second-placed Jimmy Boyd (S Africa, amateur) and Harry Bradshaw (Ire) finished 9 shots behind defending champion Locke (S Africa). This was the eighth of nine South African Open wins for Locke. [Houghton GC, Johannesburg, RSA].
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