Highveld Classic
Encyclopedia
The Highveld Classic is a golf
tournament on the Southern Africa
based Sunshine Tour
. It has been held annually at Witbank Golf Club in Witbank
on the highveld
of Mpumalanga
, South Africa
since 1979.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
based Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal...
. It has been held annually at Witbank Golf Club in Witbank
Witbank
Witbank , also known as eMalahleni is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the eMalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for White Ridge and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested...
on the highveld
Highveld
The Highveld is a high plateau region of inland South Africa which is largely home to the largest metropolitan area in the country, the Gauteng City Region, which accounts for one-third of South Africa's population.-Location and description:...
of Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
since 1979.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Highveld Classic | ||
| 2009 |  Lindani Ndwandwe |
197 (-19) |
| Metmar Highveld Classic | ||
| 2008 | James Kamte James Kamte James Bongani Kamte , nicknamed "Cobra", is a South African golfer. He has been playing on the Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tours for the past four years, and earned his tour card for the 2008 European Tour season by finishing in the top 30 of the qualifying school.-Early life:Kamte was a... |
196 (-20) |
| Bearing Man Highveld Classic | ||
| 2007 |  Marc CayeuxMarc Cayeux Marc Elton Cayeux is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. His father is South African, and his mother English. He was born in Lancaster, England and raised in Zimbabwe, leaving school at 14 to pursue a career in golf... |
202 (-14) |
| 2006 | Darren Fichardt Darren Fichardt Darren Clive Fichardt is a South African professional golfer.Fichardt was born in Pretoria and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured... |
204 (-12)PO |
| 2005 | Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan is a South African professional golfer. He won the South African Amateur in 1994 and turned professional the following year. He has won eight tournaments on the Sunshine Tour... |
201 (-15) |
| 2004 | Divan van den Heever |
198 (-18) |
| 2003 | Dion Fourie |
201 (-15) |
| 2002 | Titch Moore Titch Moore Trevor Richard "Titch" Moore is a South African professional golfer. He currently plays on the Sunshine Tour, where he has won seven times between 2000 and 2007.... |
196 (-20) |
| 2001 | Justin Hobday Justin Hobday Justin Richard Hobday is a South African professional golfer who has won eleven official money events on the Sunshine Tour.... |
203 (-13)PO |
| 2000 | Sean Pappas Sean Pappas Sean Critton Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the oldest of three brothers who are also professional golfers. Deane and Brenden . Both of his brothers have played previously in South Africa, but they reside currently... |
200 (-16) |
| 1999 | Bobby Lincoln Bobby Lincoln Robert James Lincoln is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour.... |
209 (-7)PO |
| 1998 | Wayne Bradley |
202 (-14) |
| 1997 | Darren Fichardt Darren Fichardt Darren Clive Fichardt is a South African professional golfer.Fichardt was born in Pretoria and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured... |
200 (-16) |
| 1996 | Des Terblanche Des Terblanche Desmond Terblanche is a South African professional golfer who plays currently on the Sunshine Tour. He has won 12 times on the Sunshine Tour, along with three wins on the Asian Tour.... |
200 (-16) |
| 1995 | Russell Fletcher |
204 (-12) |
| Highveld Classic | ||
| 1994 |  Sean PappasSean Pappas Sean Critton Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the oldest of three brothers who are also professional golfers. Deane and Brenden . Both of his brothers have played previously in South Africa, but they reside currently... |
206 (-10) |
| 1993 | Des Terblanche Des Terblanche Desmond Terblanche is a South African professional golfer who plays currently on the Sunshine Tour. He has won 12 times on the Sunshine Tour, along with three wins on the Asian Tour.... |
198 (-18) |
| 1992 | Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
199 (-17) |
| 1991 | Robbie Stewart |
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| 1989 | Nico van Rensburg Nico van Rensburg Nicholas Marthinus van Rensburg is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour. He has won on the Sunshine Tour six times between 1989 and 2005. He has three Asian Tour victories also.... |
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