FACT FILE – 2019 JOBURG LADIES OPEN The R500 000 Joburg Ladies Open will draw the curtain on the 2019 Sunshine Ladies Tour. Venue – Soweto Country Club Dates – 26 to 28 March Prize Fund – R 500 000 First Prize – R 70 000 This marks the 4th edition of the Joburg Ladies Open, sponsored by the City of Johannesburg. PAST WINNERS 2015 Lee-Anne Pace at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club 2016 Kim Williams at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club 2017 Ashleigh Buhai at Modderfontein Golf Club. Investec Property Fund Order of Merit The Joburg Ladies Open carries 650 points for the winner. As the final event of the season, the Investec Property Fund Order of Merit winner will be crowned at the end of the event. Nobuhle Dlamini from Eswatini currently leads the points race with 1,597 points. Field and Format Size 42 Countries represented – 9 Eswatini, France, India, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sweden and South Africa Format Three rounds (54 holes) with a cut to 30 and ties after two rounds The sixth season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour featured nine events (two more than last year) and we celebrated six maiden winners. R200 000 Canon Sunshine Ladies Tour Open Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa) R100 000 Serengeti Teams Championship Maiden winners Marion Duvernay and Flora Peuch (France) R500 000 Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am Nobuhle Dlamini (Eswatini) R250 000 SA Womens Masters Maiden winner Lejan Lewthwaite (South Africa) R400 000 SuperSport Ladies Challenge, presented by Sun International Maiden winner Jane Turner (Scotland) R200 000 Cape Town Ladies Open Carrie Park (South-Korea) R2-million Investec South Africa Women’s Open Maiden winner Diksha Dagar (India) R200 000 Jabra Ladies Classic Maiden winner Anne-Lise Caudal (France).