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2024 FNB Eswatini Challenge
Sunshine Tour
Nkonyeni Lodge & Golf Estate
Eswatini
1-3 August 2024
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2024 FNB Eswatini Challenge is scheduled to be staged at the Nkonyeni Lodge & Golf Estate in Eswatini between 1 and 3 August.
What to know about the tournament
This event was established in 2019, but it was played for the first time on the Sunshine Tour in 2022 and it is sponsored by banking giants, FNB.
The Nkonyeni Residential Golf Estate features one world-class Championship Golf course, designed by Phil Jacobs previously associated with the Gary Player Group.
News
In July 2024, tournament organisers announced that 120 local golfers had registered for the 2024 FNB Eswatini Golf Challenge pre-qualifier.
The golfers included 90 amateur golfers and 19 pros ahead of the pre-qualifier scheduled for Saturday at Nkonyeni Golf Estate.
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Defending champion Peter Karmis and top African golfers MJ Viljoen, Jacques Blaauw and Marcel Steyn Scholtz will headline the 2024 edition.
James Pennington, Oscar Dube, Sanele Myeni, Mandla Dlamini and Brandon Rennie are some of the local golfers who will compete in the FNB Eswatini Challenge.
What Is At Stake
The winner of the 2024 FNB Eswatini Nkonyeni Challenge is set to take home around E200,000 (R200,000).
The purse is E2 million (R2 million) and the champion will also receive a trophy.
Quotes
The President of Eswatini Golf Union (ESGU), Mandla Dlamini, is looking forward to the 2024 edition.
“We expect the upcoming FNB Eswatini Challenge to be better than the last edition, local fans will be treated to an exciting golf event,’’ Dlamini said on Eswatini Times.
The past FNB Eswatini Challenge winners
2022 - Jaco Prinsloo (South Africa)
2023 - Peter Karmis (Greece/South Africa)
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