| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lusaka, Zambia | 
| Established | 2014 | 
| Course(s) | Lusaka Golf Club | 
| Par | 73 | 
| Length | 7,225 yards (6,607 m) | 
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour | 
| Format | Stroke play | 
| Prize fund | R 2,200,000 | 
| Month played | May | 
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Vaughn Groenewald (2015) | 
| To par | −20 as above | 
| Current champion | |
|  Sydney Wemba | |
| Location Map | |
|   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
| Year | Tour[lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanaco Masters | |||||||
| 2023 | AFR |  Robson Chinhoi | 271 | −17 | Playoff |  Neil Schietekat | |
| 2022: No tournament | |||||||
| 2021 |  Sydney Wemba | 219 | E | 1 stroke |  Dayne Moore | ||
| 2020 | AFR | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2019 | AFR |  J. C. Ritchie | 274 | −18 | Playoff |  Rhys Enoch | |
| 2018 | AFR |  J. J. Senekal | 274 | −14 | Playoff |  Jaco Ahlers  Andre de Decker  Alex Haindl | |
| Zambia Sugar Open | |||||||
| 2017 | AFR |  Oliver Bekker | 273 | −19 | 2 strokes |  Jared Harvey | |
| 2016 | AFR |  Christofer Blomstrand | 276 | −16 | 3 strokes |  CJ du Plessis | |
| 2015 | AFR |  Vaughn Groenewald | 272 | −20 | 4 strokes |  Jean Hugo | |
| 2014 | AFR |  Lyle Rowe | 279 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Neil Schietekat | |
Notes
- ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
- ↑ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Pressreader.
- ↑ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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