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SDC Open

Professional golf tournament

Golf tournament

Zebula GC

Location in South Africa

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Zebula GC

Location in Limpopo

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The SDC Open is a professional golf tournament held at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa, near Bela-Bela in Limpopo, South Africa. It is played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour as a co-sanctioned event.

History

The inaugural tournament in 2022 was won by Clément Sordet of France who birdied the first extra hole to defeat home player Ruan Conradie in a playoff.^[1]

In 2023, South African J. J. Senekal shot an opening round 62 to win his maiden Challenge Tour title in wire-to-wire style.^[2]

In 2024, it served as the opening tournament on the Challenge Tour season, and marked the first of a four-tournament South African swing.^[3]

Winners

Year	Tours^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2024	AFR, CHA	Rhys Enoch	264	−24	2 strokes	Deon Germishuys Martin Rohwer
2023	AFR, CHA	J. J. Senekal	263	−25	4 strokes	Casey Jarvis
2022	AFR, CHA	Clément Sordet	267	−21	Playoff	Ruan Conradie

Notes

^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

^ "Sordet seals fifth Challenge Tour title at Zebula". Golf Post. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "Senekal seals wire-to-wire triumph at Zebula". Irish Golfer Magazine. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ "JJ Senekal primed to defend SDC Open title as Road to Mallorca begins". European Tour. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

External links

Coverage on Challenge Tour official site

Sunshine Tour events

Tournaments in playing order

FBC Zim Open
Zanaco Masters
Kit Kat Cash & Carry Pro-Am
SunBet Challenge (Sun City)
SunBet Challenge (Wild Coast)
FNB Eswatini Challenge
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula
SunBet Challenge (Time Square)
Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship
Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge
VOG Western Cape
PGA Championship
Fortress Invitational
Blue Label Challenge
VOG KZN
SunBet Challenge (Sun Sibaya)
Vodacom Origins of Golf Final
Nedbank Golf Challenge (E)

v t e Challenge Tour events
SDC Open (S) Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open (S) Dimension Data Pro-Am (S) Nelson Mandela Bay Championship (S) Delhi Challenge (I) Kolkata Challenge (I) Abu Dhabi Challenge UAE Challenge Challenge de España B-NL Challenge Trophy Danish Golf Challenge D+D Real Czech Challenge Challenge de Cádiz Kaskáda Golf Challenge Blot Open de Bretagne Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge Hopps Open de Provence Euram Bank Open Northern Ireland Open Irish Challenge Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Indoor Golf Group Challenge Rosa Challenge Tour Big Green Egg German Challenge Open de Portugal Italian Challenge Open Swiss Challenge Hainan Open (C) Hangzhou Open (C) Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
(C) - co-sanctioned by the China Tour; (I) - co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India; (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.

Challenge Tour events