Zambia Masters

Golf tournament

Lusaka GC

Location in Zambia

The Zambia Masters, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Zanaco Masters, is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in June 2014 as the Zambia Sugar Open.^[1] A tournament called the Zambia Sugar Open was played in 2013 but was a different event, the Zambia Open.

No tournaments took place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] The 2021 tournament was again removed from the Sunshine Tour schedule and was played as a local event for Zambian professionals.^[3]

The event returned in 2023 after a three-year hiatus from the Sunshine Tour schedule.^[4]

Winners

Year	Tour^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Zanaco Masters
2023	AFR	Robson Chinhoi	271	−17	Playoff	Neil Schietekat
2022: No tournament
2021	~~AFR~~^[b]	Sydney Wemba	219	E	1 stroke	Dayne Moore
2020	AFR	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	AFR	J. C. Ritchie	274	−18	Playoff	Rhys Enoch
2018	AFR	J. J. Senekal	274	−14	Playoff	Jaco Ahlers Andre de Decker Alex Haindl
Zambia Sugar Open
2017	AFR	Oliver Bekker	273	−19	2 strokes	Jared Harvey
2016	AFR	Christofer Blomstrand	276	−16	3 strokes	CJ du Plessis
2015	AFR	Vaughn Groenewald	272	−20	4 strokes	Jean Hugo
2014	AFR	Lyle Rowe	279	−13	4 strokes	Neil Schietekat

Notes

^ AFR − Sunshine Tour.
^ Tournament held without Sunshine Tour sanctioning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

^ Mutakafimbo, Diana (1 May 2014). "Summer Zambia Open attracts 119 golfers". Zambia Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ Chanda, Valentine (19 March 2020). "COVID-19: Zanaco Master Golf Tournament". The Lusaka Times. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ Miyoba, Michael (13 September 2021). "Wemba is Zambian Golf Master". Daily Nation. Zambia. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via Pressreader.
^ "Refurbished Lusaka Golf Club course re-opened". The Lusaka Times. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.