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The South African Women’s Masters
The South African Women’s Masters is the third oldest, but second most contested, professional women’s golf tournament in South Africa. Established and sanctioned by the Women’s PGA of South Africa in 1996, and second only to the WPGA’s flagship event, the South African Women’s Open which was founded in 1988. The inaugural event in 1996 was won by South Africa’s legendary golfer, Sally Little, a two-time LPGA major winner. South Africa’s other major winner and Olympian, Ashleigh Buhai (nee Simon), won the event in 2006 whilst still an amateur, the year before she turned professional. This event was last hosted in 2020 when Standard Bank became the Naming Rights Sponsor for the very first time.
Scoreboard of the South African Women’s Masters 1996 -2023
| YEAR | WINNER | NATIONALITY |
| 1996 | Sally Little | South Africa |
| 1997 | Barbara Pestana | South Africa |
| 1998 | Laurette Maritz | South Africa |
| 1999 | Not Played | |
| 2000 | Mandy Adamson | South Africa |
| 2001 | Samantha Head | England |
| 2002 | Mandy Adamson | South Africa |
| 2003 | Laurette Maritz | South Africa |
| 2004 | Helena Alterby | Sweden |
| 2005 | Maria Beautell | Spain |
| 2006 | Ashleigh Simon (a) | South Africa |
| 2007 | Kaisa Ruuttila | Finland |
| 2008 | Rebecca Hudson | England |
| 2009-2016 | Not Played | |
| 2017 | Carrie Park | South Korea |
| 2018 | Laura Fuenfstueck | Germany |
| 2019 | Lejan Lewthwaite | South Africa |
| 2020 | Jane Turner | Scotland |
| 2021-2023 | Not Played | |
| 2024 | Kelsey Nicholas | South Africa |
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