BMG Classic
Encyclopedia
The BMG Classic is a golf
tournament on the Southern Africa
based Sunshine Tour
. It was founded in 2008 after title sponsors Bearing Man Group ended their long-standing relationship with the Highveld Classic
.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
based Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal...
. It was founded in 2008 after title sponsors Bearing Man Group ended their long-standing relationship with the Highveld Classic
Highveld Classic
The Highveld Classic is a golf tournament on the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour. It has been held annually at Witbank Golf Club in Witbank on the highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa since 1979.-Winners:...
.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Glendower GC | James Kamte James Kamte James Bongani Kamte , nicknamed "Cobra", is a South African golfer. He has been playing on the Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tours for the past four years, and earned his tour card for the 2008 European Tour season by finishing in the top 30 of the qualifying school.-Early life:Kamte was a... |
207 (−9) | Playoff | Dawie Van der Walt | |
| 2010 | Glendower GC | Brandon Pieters Brandon Pieters Brandon Paul Pieters is an South African professional golfer.Pieters was born in Germiston, Gauteng. He turned professional in 1994 and has played on the Sunshine Tour since then. His best finish on the Order of Merit came in 2008 when he finished in 32nd... |
205 (−11) | Playoff | Ben Mannix | |
| 2009 | Glendower GC | Graham DeLaet Graham DeLaet Graham DeLaet is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, the Canadian Tour and the Sunshine Tour.-Early life:... |
205 (−11) | 1 stroke | Jeff Inglis | |
| 2008 | Ebotse G&CE | Doug McGuigan Doug McGuigan Douglas Gordon McGuigan is a professional golfer from South Africa. He has won four times on the Sunshine Tour between 2003 and 2009.McGuigan was born in Durban, and currently resides in Johannesburg... |
206 (−10) | 1 stroke | Jaco van Zyl Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl is a professional golfer from South Africa.Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour... |