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Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate extends record as longest course on DP World Tour
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Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate extends record as longest course on DP World Tour

Two weeks into the new DP World Tour season and history is being created at the Investec South African Open Championship.

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Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate in Johannesburg measures a colossal 8,233 – an increase of 72 yards on last year, when it first became the longest course ever played on Tour.

It then surpassed the previous record held by another South African venue in Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate - venue for the 2014 Tshwane Open - by 198 yards.

The par-72 course – designed by Gary Player – features five par fives with four of those playing over 600 yards.

Despite their length they statistically played as the five easiest holes during last year’s edition of South Africa’s national Open, which celebrates its 113th edition this week.

Five of the par fours measure more than 500 yards, highlighting just why it was described as a “beast” ahead of last year’s staging of the event, co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.

The shortest hole is the 197-yard par three 17th, with the other ‘short’ holes all measuring more than 200 yards.

Thriston Lawrence won the third of his four DP World Tour titles 12 months ago, claiming a one-shot victory over Clément Sordet.

The last four editions have all been won by a South African – will that trend continue this week?

The ten longest courses in DP World Tour history

YearEventCourseYardage
2024Investec South African Open ChampionshipBlair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate8,233
2023Investec South African Open ChampionshipBlair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate8,161
2014Tshwane OpenCopperleaf Golf & Country Estate7,963
2021U.S. PGA CHAMPIONSHIPThe Ocean Course, Kiawah Island7,876
2010WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipThe Gallery GC at Dove Mountain7,850
2008WGC-Accenture Match PlayThe Gallery GC at Dove Mountain7,850
2009WGC-Accenture Match PlayThe Gallery GC at Dove Mountain7,850
2019Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary PlayerGary Player CC7,835
2020South African OpenGary Player CC7,834
2017Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary PlayerGary Player CC7,832

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