South African Women's Masters

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

South African Women's Masters

Tournament information
Location	South Africa
Established	1996
Course(s)	San Lameer Country Club
Organized by	Women's PGA of South Africa
Tour(s)	Sunshine Ladies Tour Ladies European Tour (2001)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£100,000 (2001)[1]
Month played	February
Current champion
Jane Turner

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]

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Country	Score
South African Women's Masters
2020	SLT	Jane Turner	Scotland	215 (−1)
2019	SLT	Leján Lewthwaite	South Africa	215 (−1)
2018	SLT	Laura Fuenfstueck	Germany	215 (−1)
2017	SLT	Carrie Park	South Korea	209 (−7)
2009–16: No tournament
WPGA Masters
2008	LAT	Rebecca Hudson	England	204 (–12)
2007	LAT	Kaisa Ruuttila	Finland	209 (–7)
Nedbank Women's Masters
2006	NED	Ashleigh Simon (a)	South Africa	209 (−7)
2005	NED	Maria Beautell	Spain	212 (–4)
Nedbank Women's SA Masters
2004	NED	Helena Alterby	Sweden	204 (–12)
2003	NED	Laurette Maritz (2)	South Africa
2002	NED	Mandy Adamson	South Africa
Nedbank Mastercard South African Masters
2001	NED · LET	Samantha Head	England	210 (−6)
South African Ladies Masters
2000	NED	Mandy Adamson	South Africa
1999: No tournament
1998		Laurette Maritz	South Africa
1997		Barbara Pestana	South Africa
Ladies South African Masters
1996		Sally Little	South Africa

1. SLT − Sunshine Ladies Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; LAT − Ladies African Tour; NED − Nedbank Women's Golf Tour.

See also

• South African Women's Open

References

1. 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.

External links

• Official website
• List of winners