SOUTH AFRICAN STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 1 – 4 FEBRUARY 2021, RANDPARK GOLF CLUB Hole Par Length ABOUT RANDPARK 1 4 386 A RETURN TO RANDPARK 2 5 476 3 4 382 Welcome to Randpark Club, home to the good life on and Randpark Golf Club is one of Johannesburg’s 4 5 514 off the course. On behalf of the club’s staff and its most loved members’ clubs and is home to two fine 5 3 166 members, we would like to welcome all the players taking layouts, together with a mashie golf course. The 6 4 366 part in the SA Amateur Stroke Play Championship. 2021 SA Stroke Play Championship will be played on 7 4 406 It is a privilege to host this prestigious tournament for a the younger, and tougher, of the two courses, 8 3 190 9 4 326 second year running and to have the country’s best Firethorn, which was originally designed by Sid 10 4 420 amateurs take on our Firethorn course, which of course was Brews in the 1970s, but received a facelift in 2015. 11 4 400 also home to the recent Joburg Open on the European Tour. Since then it has hosted a number of major 12 5 542 We’d like to wish the players the best of luck this week and events, including the South African Open in 2018 13 4 404 would like to remind them that our staff are always on hand FRANCOIS SWART when Louis Oosthuizen won by six shots, and in 14 5 500 should they need anything. CEO | RANDPARK GOLF CLUB 2020 when fellow South African Branden Grace 15 3 172 emerged victorious on a score of -21. 16 4 428 This long parklands layout is known to be a fierce 17 3 204 test of golf, particularly the brutal closing stretch that 18 4 464 BACK STRONGER features a 428-metre par four, a 204-metre par three Total 6 746 and a 464-metre par four. On behalf of GolfRSA, welcome to the 2020 South African Stroke Play Championship at the wonderful Randpark club. Off the back of a tumultuous 12 months, we are delighted to be able to host our premier events, albeit under very different circumstances and under very strict risk mitigation protocols. We are fortunate that golf has emerged from the lockdown with its reputation enhanced – and I’d like to thank the GolfRSA team for their hard work in ensuring that the sport has the right measures in place to be a safe haven for those who play it. Thanks to to Francois and his Randpark team, and to Central GRANT HEPBURN Gauteng for your hospitality. Best of luck to all players this week. CEO | GOLFRSA TESTING TIMES FOR GOLF Welcome to the 2021 SA Stroke Play Championship at Randpark Covid 19 Tournament Risk Mitigation Protocols Golf Club. Given what has happened in the world as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, it feels like a lifetime ago that Casey It is important to note that each player has an obligation to act in a responsible and considerate Jarvis broke all kinds of records on his way to a win here in 2020. manner regarding reducing the risk from Covid-19 for themselves and others. This includes the The effect of Covid-19 has been dramatic and I would like to offer responsibility for a player to abide by and enforce Covid-19 Regulations as required by National my sincere condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one over Government, the GolfRSA Tournament Risk Mitigation Plan (TRMP) as well the host club’s Risk this time. Mitigation Plan (RMP). Golf has soldiered on since the lifting of the nationwide lockdown Players and, if applicable, their own caddies must, from at least 10 days prior to the first day of and it is rewarding to see that we are still able to host our three the tournament, daily record their health status through using the Daily symptoms log on the major amateur events. We may have fewer international players HealthDocs APP. here, but I expect the quality of golf on display to be very high Golfers can click here to download a copy of the Tournament Risk Mitigation Protocols, or find it this week. Good luck to all players and my thanks to all involved MARTIN SAAIMAN on the noticeboard of the GolfRSA website. in the organisation and running of this important event. PRESIDENT | SAGA Click here to see the draw for the first round of the 2021 SA Stroke Play. SA STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 1996 Titch Moore Benoni CC 289 PAST WINNERS 1995 Mark Murless Schoeman Park 285 1994 Neil Homann Royal Cape 277 Year Champion Venue Score 1993 D. Kinnear East London 296 2020 Casey Jarvis Royal JHB & Kensington 263 1992 Johnny Nelson Royal Durban 284 2019 Jayden Schaper De Zalze 269 1991 Nic Henning Royal Johannesburg 278 2018 Oliver Gillberg (Sweden) Pecanwood 261 1990 Peter Pascoe Port Elizabeth 288 2017 Edgar Catherine (France) Kingswood 269 1989 Ernie Els Maritzburg GC 279 2016 Jack Hume (Ireland) Blue Valley 269 1988 Neville Clarke Oppenheimer Park 283 2015 Ugo Coussaud (France) Port Elizabeth 273 1987 Ben Fouchee Glendower 211 2014 Jason Smith Benoni CC 274 1986 C-S Hseih (China) East London 286 2013 Haydn Porteous Oubaai 275 1985 Dean van Staden Royal Cape 285 2012 Haydn Porteous Glendower 280 1984 Derek James Humewood 287 2011 Jarey Harvey Mount Edgecombe 284 1983 Pieter van der Riet Royal Durban 288 2010 Dean O’Riley Pearl Valley 281 1982 Li Wen-sheng (China) East London 291 2009 JG Claassen Pearl Valley 287 1981 Yuan Ching Chi (China) Oppenheimer Park 291 2008 Jacques Blaauw Pearl Valley 292 1980 Etienne Groenewald Royal Johannesburg 293 2007 Louis de Jager Humewood 145 1979 David Suddards Humewood 285 2006 Branden Grace De Zalze/Stellenbosch 277 1978 David Suddards Durban CC 290 2005 Josh Cunliffe Wingate Park 278 1977 Mark McNulty Bryanston 280 2004 Dawie van der Walt Paarl 275 1976 George Harvey Mowbray 301 2003 Albert Kruger Roodepoort 274 1975 Gavan Levenson Bloemfontein 217 2002 Gary Wolstenholme (England) George 276 1974 Neville Sundelson Port Elizabeth 288 2001 Richard Sterne Oppenheimer Park 266 1973 George Harvey Houghton 281 2000 Ciaran McMonagle (Ireland) East London 290 1972 Phil Dunne East London 292 1999 Jean Hugo Westlake 284 1971 Kevin Suddards Durban CC 291 1998 Trevor Immelman Mount Edgecombe 281 1970 Dale Hayes Mowbray 291 1997 Ulrich van den Berg Humewood 292 1969 Dale Hayes Humewood GC 314 Patrick Cantlay Charley Hoff man Bubba Watson Jordan Spieth Jordan Spieth Rafa Cabrera Bello Adam Scott Ariya Jutanugarn Justin Thomas Tommy Fleetwood Henrik Stenson TRUSTJustin Thomas Webb Simpson IS EVERYWHERE. 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