Joburg Open

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The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger fields. It is one of several tournaments in South Africa on the European Tour's international schedule, and until 2017 was one of the events where high-finishing players earned entry into The Open Championship if not already exempt.

History

The event was founded in 2007 and was played at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa until 2017. The tournament was contested over both the West and East courses for the first two rounds, enabling a large field of 210 competitors, with the final two rounds being played over the East course following a cut to the top 65 and ties.

Originally contested in January or February, the tournament moved to December in late 2017 and became a tri-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour joining the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour in sanctioning the event; the number of players in the field increased from 210 to 240. The December 2017 event was part of the 2018 European Tour. Having not been held in 2018 or 2019, in October 2020 it was announced that the tournament would be revived in November 2020, when it would be played at Randpark Golf Club.

The 2021 event was shortened due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in place in the UK from South Africa. Originally the event was shortened to 54 holes to allow international players to travel back home in time. However, the following day rain and the threat of lightning shortened the event even further to 36 holes. Thriston Lawrence was the eventual winner.

**Joburg Open: Et golfmæssigt mesterskab på Gautengs baner**

Joburg Open er en årlig golfturnering, der afholdes på nogle af Johannesburgs mest prestigefyldte baner. Turneringen er en del af Sunshine Tour og er et vigtigt arrangement for både lokale og internationale golfspillere.

Joburg Open byder på en stærk præmiepulje, hvilket tiltrækker topspillere fra hele verden. Turneringen spilles over fire runder på to forskellige baner, med et cut efter 36 huller. De to baner, der bruges til turneringen, er Randpark Golf Club og Country Club Johannesburg.

Randpark Golf Club er en anerkendt bane, der har været vært for flere store golfturneringer, herunder PGA European Tour. Banen er kendt for sine udfordrende huller og smukke omgivelser.

Country Club Johannesburg er en historisk bane, der blev anlagt i 1904. Banen har bevaret sin charme og karakter gennem årene og byder på en række klassiske golfhuller.

Joburg Open er en prestigefyldt turnering, der giver golfspillere mulighed for at konkurrere mod nogle af verdens bedste og vinde en betydelig præmie. Turneringen er også en vigtig begivenhed for golfbranchen i Sydafrika og hjælper med at fremme sporten i landet.