First played
1893
Most wins
13, Gary Player between 1956-81
Consecutive wins
5, Bobby Locke 1937-40 and 46, Gary Player 1965-69
Youngest winner
Bobby Locke, 17 in 1935
Oldest winner
Sid Brews, 53 in 1952
(Stats since 1997 when event became part of The European Tour International Schedule)
Past winners
1997: Vijay Singh
1998: Ernie Els
1999: David Frost,
2000: Mathias Grönberg
2001: Mark McNulty,
2002: Tim Clark
2003: Trevor Immelman,
2004: Trevor Immelman
2005: Tim Clark
2006: Retief Goosen
2007: Ernie Els
2008: James Kingston
2009: Richard Sterne
2010: Richie Ramsay
Lowest 18 hole score
63 (-9), John Mellor, 2000, Malcolm Mackenzie, 2001, Trevor Immelman, 2007
Lowest first 18 hole score
64 (-8), Ernie Els, 1998, Carl Pettersson, 2002, Brett Rumford, 2004, Fabrizio Zanotti, 2009, Martin Erlandsson, 2010
Lowest first 36 hole score
132 (-12), Patrik Sjöland, 2007, Michael Lorenzo-Vera, 2009
Lowest first 54 hole score
196 (-20), Trevor Immelman, 2007
Lowest 72 hole score
264 (-24), Ernie Els, 2007
Lowest under par winning score
264 (-24), Ernie Els, 2007
Lowest final round by a winner
65 (-7), Tim Clark, 2002, Ernie Els, 2007, Richie Ramsay, 2010
Wire-to-wire-winners
None
Largest 18 hole lead
2 shots, Ernie Els, 1998, Carl Pettersson, 2002
Largest 36 hole lead
5 shots, Ross Fisher, 2006
Largest 54 hole lead
3 shots, Retief Goosen, 2006, Trevor Immelman, 2007
Largest winning margin
6 shots, Tim Clark, 2005
Biggest final round comeback by a winner
6 shots, Richard Sterne, 2009
Play-offs
Trevor Immelman beat Tim Clark, 2003
Richard Sterne beat Gareth Maybin, 2009
Richie Ramsay beat Shiv Kapur, 2010
Holes-in-one
Neil Homann, 1998 (Durban CC)
Paul McGinley, 1999 (Stellenbosch GC)
Anthony Wall, 1999, (Stellenbosch GC)
Henk Alberts (AM), 2000 (Randpark GC)
Hernan Rey, 2005 (Durban CC)
Richard Finch, 2007 (Humewood GC)
Callum Macualay, 2010 (Pearl Valley)
High cut
143(-1), 2009
Low cut
154 (+8), 2006
153 (+9), 2008
