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Zambia Masters

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Zanaco Masters
Tournament information
LocationLusaka, Zambia
Established2014
Course(s)Lusaka Golf Club
Par73
Length7,225 yards (6,607 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 2,200,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Vaughn Groenewald (2015)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Zimbabwe Robson Chinhoi
Location map
Lusaka GC is located in Zambia
Lusaka GC
Lusaka GC
Location in Zambia

The Zambia Masters, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Zanaco Masters, is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in June 2014 as the Zambia Sugar Open.[1] A tournament called the Zambia Sugar Open was played in 2013 but was a different event, the Zambia Open.

No tournaments took place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The 2021 tournament was again removed from the Sunshine Tour schedule and was played as a local event for Zambian professionals.[3]

The event returned in 2023 after a three-year hiatus from the Sunshine Tour schedule.[4]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Zanaco Masters
2023 AFR Zimbabwe Robson Chinhoi 271 −17 Playoff South Africa Neil Schietekat
2022: No tournament
2021 AFR[b] Zambia Sydney Wemba 219 E 1 stroke Zambia Dayne Moore
2020 AFR No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 AFR South Africa J. C. Ritchie 274 −18 Playoff Wales Rhys Enoch
2018 AFR South Africa J. J. Senekal 274 −14 Playoff South Africa Jaco Ahlers
South Africa Andre de Decker
South Africa Alex Haindl
Zambia Sugar Open
2017 AFR South Africa Oliver Bekker 273 −19 2 strokes South Africa Jared Harvey
2016 AFR Sweden Christofer Blomstrand 276 −16 3 strokes South Africa CJ du Plessis
2015 AFR South Africa Vaughn Groenewald 272 −20 4 strokes South Africa Jean Hugo
2014 AFR South Africa Lyle Rowe 279 −13 4 strokes South Africa Neil Schietekat

Notes

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  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
  2. ^ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ Mutakafimbo, Diana (1 May 2014). "Summer Zambia Open attracts 119 golfers". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Pressreader.
  4. ^ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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