South African Open Round 1 European Tour 2020 4 2020-01-09 2020-01-09 https://www.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/9bvzn31578239261.jpg https://www.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/nh4g5s1579634965.jpg The South African Open Championship is one of the oldest national open golf championships in the world, and is one of the principal tournaments on the Sunshine Tour. Since 1997 it has also been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The first formal event was organised in 1903, following a series of exhibition matches that had been held over the preceding ten years. The championship was initially contested over just 36 holes until 1908, when it was extended to become a 72-hole tournament. 673206