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Volvo Golf Champions
	The Links at Fancourt (2011)
Tournament information
Location	Durban, South Africa
Established	2011
Course(s)	Durban Country Club
Par	72
Length	6,689 yards (6,116 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$4,000,000
Month played	January
Final year	2014
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 Paul Casey (2011)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
	Louis Oosthuizen
Location map
	Durban CC Location in South Africa Durban CC Location in KwaZulu-Natal

The Volvo Golf Champions was an annual 72-hole stroke play men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour.^[1] Following the inaugural tournament in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2011, the 2012 event was moved to the Southern hemisphere and the Fancourt Golf Resort in South Africa.^[2] In 2013 and 2014, it was played at the Durban Country Club in Durban, South Africa. The tournament was a unique "Tournament of Champions" style event which saw European Tour winners compete together with leading amateurs on one day of the tournament.

The tournament was created by Volvo, together with IMG and in conjunction with the European Tour Tournament Committee. It was cancelled after the 2014 event when Volvo reduced their sponsorship commitments on the tour.^[3]

Format

The Championship was contested over 72 holes, with all participants playing four rounds (there was no cut after 36 holes).

On Friday, the Volvo World Golf Challenge "World Finalists" played in the tournament, with one amateur playing with two professionals in each group. The professionals continued to play individual stroke play format, while the amateurs played in a team competition with both professionals in their group forming their team. The best two scores of the three team members on each hole counted towards the team total.

Qualification

The Championship was open to players who had taken up the current year's European Tour Membership and who were eligible under the following categories:

Players who had won during the previous year's European Tour schedule.
Past winners of the Volvo Golf Champions under 50 years of age on the first day of the tournament.
Players with 10 or more official Race to Dubai/European Tour Order of Merit tournament wins under 50 years of age on the first day of the tournament.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2014	Louis Oosthuizen (2)	276	−12	1 stroke	Branden Grace	Durban, South Africa
2013	Louis Oosthuizen	272	−16	1 stroke	Scott Jamieson	Durban, South Africa	^[4]
2012	Branden Grace	280	−12	Playoff	Ernie Els Retief Goosen	Fancourt, South Africa	^[5]
2011	Paul Casey	268	−20	1 stroke	Peter Hanson Miguel Ángel Jiménez	The Royal GC, Bahrain	^[6]

References

^ "Montgomerie signs up for Volvo Golf Champions". Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ "South Africa to host Golf Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "European Tour: Volvo withdraw sponsorship of two events". Sky Sports. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "Louis Oosthuizen wins Volvo Golf Champions with impressive come back in Durban". The Daily Telegraph. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
^ "Back-to-back wins for divine Grace". European Tour. 22 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
^ "Paul Casey wins first title for 20 months in Bahrain". BBC Sport. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

External links

[1] "Montgomerie signs up for Volvo Golf Champions". Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[2] "South Africa to host Golf Champions". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[3] "European Tour: Volvo withdraw sponsorship of two events". Sky Sports. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[4] "Louis Oosthuizen wins Volvo Golf Champions with impressive come back in Durban". The Daily Telegraph. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

[5] "Back-to-back wins for divine Grace". European Tour. 22 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

[6] "Paul Casey wins first title for 20 months in Bahrain". BBC Sport. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

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Volvo Golf Champions

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