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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Established | 1993 |
| Course(s) | Mount Edgecombe Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,825 yards (6,241 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R 500,000 |
| Month played | February/March |
| Final year | 2008 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 275 Tony Johnstone (1994) 275 Bruce Vaughan (1994) 275 Darren Fichardt (2008) 275 Mark Murless (2008) |
| To par | −13 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Mark Murless | |
| Location map | |
  Mount Edgecombe CC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Mount Edgecombe CC Location in KwaZulu-Natal Show map of KwaZulu-Natal | |
The Mount Edgecombe Trophy was a golf tournament that was played on the Sunshine Tour. Formed in 1993, it included a deep international field of not only Africans, but drawing names like Vijay Singh, whose best finish in the event was a tie for 3rd in 1993. It was one of the richest purses on the Sunshine Tour at the time with a first place winners share of R 71,100. The inaugural champion was Retief Goosen.[1] The 1994 champion was Bruce Vaughan, the first American to win the event.
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| Mount Edgecombe Trophy | |||||
| 2008 | Mark Murless |
275 | −13 | Playoff | Darren Fichardt
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| 2007 | Steve van Vuuren |
276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Desvonde Botes Des Terblanche Tjaart van der Walt
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| 1995–2006: No tournament | |||||
| Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy | |||||
| 1994 |  Bruce Vaughan |
275 | −13 | Playoff |  Tony Johnstone
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| Mount Edgecombe Trophy | |||||
| 1993 |  Retief Goosen |
279 | −9 | 5 strokes | Nick Price
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