Vodacom Players Championship
Encyclopedia
The Vodacom Players Championship was a golf
tournament on the Sunshine Tour
that was held in South Africa
. It was founded as the FNB Players Championship in 1992 and was played for the final time in 2002. In 1996 it was also included on the schedule of the European Tour.
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 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...
that was held in 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...
. It was founded as the FNB Players Championship in 1992 and was played for the final time in 2002. In 1996 it was also included on the schedule of the European Tour.
Winners
| Year | Season | Venue | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vodacom Players Championship | |||||
| 2002 | 2002–03 | Royal Cape GC | Mark McNulty Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty... |
272 (−16) | |
| 2001 | 2001–02 | Royal Cape GC | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
273 (−15) | |
| 2000 | 2000–01 | Royal Cape GC | Trevor Immelman Trevor Immelman Trevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School... |
279 (−9) | |
| 1999 | 1999–00 | Royal Cape GC | Nic Henning | 276 (−12) | |
| 1999 | 1998–99 | Royal Durban GC | Chris Davison | 275 (−13) | |
| 1998 | 1997–98 | Killarney GC | Mark McNulty Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty... |
275 (−5) | |
| FNB Players Championship | |||||
| 1997 | 1996–97 | Durban CC | Warren Schutte | 274 (−14) | |
| 1996 | 1995–96 | Durban CC | Wayne Westner Wayne Westner Wayne Brett Westner is a South African golfer.Westner was born in Johannesburg. He turned professional in 1981 and has won several events in his home country, including two South African Opens. He spent many years on the European Tour where he won two tournaments and had a best Order of Merit... |
270 (−18) | |
| 1995 | 1994–95 | Durban CC | Ron Whittacker | 270 (−18) | |
| 1993 | 1993–94 | Royal Johannesburg GC | Mark McNulty Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty... |
273 (−15) | |
| 1992 | 1992–93 | Royal Johannesburg GC | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
 South Africa |
270 (−18) |