MTC Namibia PGA Championship

The MTC Namibia PGA Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2004, the year after the PGA of Namibia was formed, and played at the Windhoek Country Club, to the south of Windhoek, Namibia until 2009 when it moved to Rossmund Golf Club in Swakopmund. After not being played in 2010, it moved back to Windhoek in 2011.

MTC Namibia PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationWindhoek, Namibia
Established2004
Course(s)Windhoek Country Club
Par71
Length7,187 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 1,200,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate195 Keith Horne (2008)
(54-holes)
268 J. G. Claassen (2011)
(72-holes)
To par−18 Keith Horne (2008)
(54-holes)
−16 J. G. Claassen (2011)
(72-holes)
Final champion
J. G. Claassen

In 2008, the event was played over 72 holes for the first time, having previously been contested over just three rounds, with a prize fund of 1 million rand, making it the richest event on the winter swing of the tour.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScore
MTC Namibia PGA Championship
2011 J. G. Claassen268 (−16)
2010No tournament
2009 Hennie Otto280 (−8)PO
2008 Tongoona Charamba270 (−14)PO
2007 Keith Horne 195 (−18)
2006 Anton Haig 196 (−17)
2005 Thomas Aiken 198 (−15)
2004 Mark Murless 202 (−11)
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References

  1. "R1-million beckons for field in MTC Namibia PGA Championship". Sunshine Tour. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2008-11-08.


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