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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Established | 2014 |
| Course(s) | Lusaka Golf Club |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 7,225 yards (6,607 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R 2,200,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Vaughn Groenewald (2015) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Robson Chinhoi | |
| Location map | |
  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
edit| 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 |  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
edit- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
- ^ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Pressreader.
- ^ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.