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Henrik Stenson will return to the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player for the first time in three years, when The 2016 Open Champion tees it up in the penultimate Rolex Series event on the 2019 Race to Dubai from November 14 – 17, 2019. The Swede, who lifted the trophy at Gary Player Country Club in 2008, became the first male Major champion from Scandinavia when he triumphed in The 145th Open Championship at Royal Troon three years ago. He recorded a final round 63 in a thrilling battle with Phil Mickelson, which drew comparisons with the legendary ‘Duel in the Sun’ between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in 1977. Stenson’s last appearance in Sun City came in the same year as that famous win, as he went on to top the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex for the second time, after first ascending to the […]

Tommy Fleetwood has confirmed his participation in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player – the seventh Rolex Series event on the 2019 Race to Dubai – from November 14-17, 2019. The English Ryder Cup star last teed it up in Sun City during a stellar 2017 season, when a top ten finish proved to be crucial as he went on to top the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex for the first time in his career. Fleetwood is once again in contention to be crowned European Number One, currently sitting in fourth position in the Rankings, and with increased Race to Dubai points now available in the penultimate event of the season, his next stop in South Africa could once again prove to be pivotal. The 28-year-old enjoyed another dazzling season in 2018, including a memorable debut in The Ryder Cup, when he and Francesco Molinari became […]

The Gary Player Country Club celebrates its 40th anniversary this year as the iconic venue once again hosts the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player – the penultimate Rolex Series event on the 2019 Race to Dubai. Ever since the par-72 golf course opened at Sun City in the late Seventies, the Gary Player Country Club has been a timeless test of golf at the highest level and some of the world’s best golfers have walked its fairways. As the course prepares for the Nedbank Golf Challenge from November 14-17, 2019,  tournament host and course designer Gary Player reflects back on his masterpiece. “When Sol Kerzner, the hotel magnate, and I first visited the volcanic crater that is now Sun City, his vision was almost unbelievable. But he had an imagination of what it could become – a world-class resort with extraordinary entertainment, sport and golf courses. I look back […]