The Jonsson Workwear Open was a professional golf tournament held at Glendower Golf Club, in Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa. It was last played on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour as a co-sanctioned event, having previously been played on the Challenge Tour in 2022.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Established | 2022 |
| Course(s) | Glendower Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,542 yards (6,896 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,500,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Final year | 2024 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 260 J. C. Ritchie (2022) |
| To par | −26 J. C. Ritchie (2022) −26 Matteo Manassero (2024) |
| Final champion | |
 Matteo Manassero | |
| Location map | |
  Glendower GC Location in South Africa  Glendower GC Location in Gauteng | |
History
editThe tournament was inaugurated in 2022 as a co-sanctioned event between the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour.[1] J. C. Ritchie won the event, shooting 26-under-par, beating Christopher Mivis by six shots.[2]
The 2023 event was scheduled as a co-sanctioned European Tour and Sunshine Tour event, played at The Club at Steyn City, the same venue in which the 2022 Steyn City Championship was played at.[3]
In 2024, Matteo Manassero won the tournament by three shots in fading light, claiming his fifth European Tour victory and first in nearly 11 years.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | AFR, EUR | Matteo Manassero |
262 | −26 | 3 strokes |  Thriston Lawrence Shaun Norris Jordan Smith |
Glendower |
| 2023 | AFR, EUR |  Nick Bachem |
264 | −24 | 4 strokes | Hennie du Plessis Zander Lombard |
Steyn City |
| 2022 | AFR, CHA | J. C. Ritchie |
260 | −26 | 6 strokes |  Christopher Mivis |
Durban Mount Edgecombe |
Notes
edit- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
edit- ^ "Challenge Tour: Jonsson Workwear Open 2022". Golf Post. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Peters, Carl (28 February 2022). "JC Ritchie wins inaugural Jonsson Workwear Open". The Witness. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Vlismas, Michael (7 March 2023). "Jonsson Workwear to title parner DP World Tour event". Super Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Magnificent Manassero claims first win in 11 years". Reuters. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.