South African Women's Masters

South African Women's Masters
Tournament information
LocationSouth Africa
Established1996
Course(s)San Lameer Country Club
Organized byWomen's PGA of South Africa
Tour(s)Sunshine Ladies Tour
Ladies European Tour (2001)
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£100,000 (2001)[1]
Month playedFebruary
Current champion
Scotland Jane Turner

The South African Women's Masters is a golf tournament in South Africa.

First played in 1996 it is the second oldest professional women's golf tournament in South Africa, after the South African Women's Open founded in 1988.[2] The inaugural event was won by South Africa's Sally Little, a two-time LPGA major winner.[3][4]

The tournament was included on the Ladies European Tour in 2001 and played at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City.[5][6][1] It is sanctioned by the WPGA and supported by Women's Golf South Africa (the governing body for amateur golf), and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour.[7]

  1. ^ a b golftoday.co.uk. "Head wins title on final hole". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ news24.com. "SA dominate Nedbank ladies golf". Retrieved 29 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame. "Sally Little". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Ladies European Tour Player Profile (Laurette Maritz)". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Simon wins the Masters". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Nedbank Mastercard South African Ladies Masters". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ "The South African Women's Masters". South African Women’s Masters. Retrieved 11 February 2020.