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SDC Open

{{Short description|Professional golf tournament}}

{{use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{infobox golf tournament

| name = SDC Open

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| location = Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa

| establishment = 2022

| course = Zebula Golf Estate & Spa

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|7470|yd|m}}

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| org =

| tour = Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|375,000|USD}}

| month_played = February

| final_year =

| aggregate = 263 J. J. Senekal (2023)

| to-par = −25 as above

| current_champion = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Daniel van Tonder

| map = South Africa#South Africa Limpopo

| map_label = Zebula GC

| map_caption = Location in South Africa##Location in Limpopo

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| coordinates = {{coord|-24.747|27.883}}

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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.{{cite news |title=Sordet seals fifth Challenge Tour title at Zebula |url=https://www.golfpost.com/cms/challenge-tour-sdc-open-2022-sordet-seals-wins |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Golf Post |date=27 March 2022}}

In 2023, South African J. J. Senekal shot an opening round 62 to win his maiden Challenge Tour title in wire-to-wire style.{{cite magazine |title=Senekal seals wire-to-wire triumph at Zebula |url=https://irishgolfer.ie/latest-golf-news/2023/02/19/senekal-seals-wire-to-wire-triumph-at-zebula/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |magazine=Irish Golfer Magazine |date=19 February 2023}}

In 2024, it served as the opening tournament on the Challenge Tour season, and marked the first of a four-tournament South African swing.{{cite web |title=JJ Senekal primed to defend SDC Open title as Road to Mallorca begins |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/jj-senekal-primed-to-defend-sdc-open-title-as-road-to-mallorca-begins/ |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 May 2024}}

Winners

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!Year!!Tours{{efn|AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

2025AFR, CHA{{flagicon|ZAF}} Daniel van Tonderalign=center|272align=center|−16Playoff{{flagicon|ZAF}} Altin van der Merwe
2024AFR, CHA{{flagicon|WAL}} Rhys Enochalign=center|264align=center|−242 strokes{{flagicon|ZAF}} Deon Germishuys
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Martin Rohwer
2023AFR, CHA{{flagicon|ZAF}} J. J. Senekalalign=center|263align=center|−254 strokes{{flagicon|ZAF}} Casey Jarvis
2022AFR, CHA{{flagicon|FRA}} Clément Sordetalign=center|267align=center|−21Playoff{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Conradie

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/sdc-open-2025/ Coverage on Challenge Tour's official site]
  • [https://sunshinetour.com/tournament?id=224S&code=SDCO Coverage on Sunshine Tour's official site]

{{Sunshine Tour Events}}

{{Challenge Tour Events}}

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Category:Sunshine Tour events

Category:Challenge Tour events

Category:Golf tournaments in South Africa