Limpopo Championship

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The Limpopo Championship is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour played at Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate in Modimolle, Limpopo, South Africa.

LocationModimolle, South Africa
Established2019
CourseEuphoria Golf Club
Par72
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Limpopo Championship
Tournament information
LocationModimolle, South Africa
Established2019
CourseEuphoria Golf Club
Par72
Length7,699 yards (7,040 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 2,500,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Deon Germishuys (2024)
To par−22 as above
Current champion
South Africa Pieter Moolman
Location map
Euphoria GC is located in South Africa
Euphoria GC
Euphoria GC
Location in South Africa
Euphoria GC is located in Limpopo
Euphoria GC
Euphoria GC
Location in Limpopo
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History

The tournament was first played in March 2019 with prize money of R 1,500,000. J. C. Ritchie won the event on the first hole of a playoff with Steve Surry.[1] The second edition was played in early 2020. It was co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour and had increased prize money of US$250,000 (R3,500,000). Because of the large field, a second venue, Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate, was used for the first two rounds. Ritchie retained the title in 2020, beating Wilco Nienaber by two strokes.[2] The 2021 event was played at Euphoria in April and was again co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour with prize money of R3,000,000. It was won in a four-man playoff by Brandon Stone, who made a birdie at the first extra hole.[3] The 2022 event was again co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, with Mateusz Gradecki winning by three shots ahead of Hennie du Plessis.[4]

In 2023, the event was not part of the Challenge Tour schedule and was a sole-sanctioned Sunshine Tour event. Ryan van Velzen won the title, with the tournament being shortened to 54 holes due to rain.[5][6] The event returned for the final time in 2024, again as a sole-sanctioned Sunshine Tour event. Deon Germishuys won the title by two shots over Jacques Blaauw.[7]

Winners

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YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2025AFRSouth Africa Pieter Moolman276−122 strokesSouth Africa Kyle de Beer
South Africa Rupert Kaminski
South Africa Altin van der Merwe
2024AFRSouth Africa Deon Germishuys266−222 strokesSouth Africa Jacques Blaauw
2023AFRSouth Africa Ryan van Velzen204[b]−121 strokeSouth Africa Luca Filippi
South Africa Jaco Prinsloo
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
2022AFR, CHAPoland Mateusz Gradecki269−193 strokesSouth Africa Hennie du Plessis
2021AFR, CHASouth Africa Brandon Stone280−8PlayoffSouth Africa Oliver Bekker
South Africa Hennie du Plessis
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
2020AFR, CHASouth Africa J. C. Ritchie (2)269−192 strokesSouth Africa Wilco Nienaber
2019AFRSouth Africa J. C. Ritchie270−18PlayoffEngland Steve Surry
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Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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