HOYLAKE, England – The R&A has created a new amateur event in Africa that will award a spot in next year’s Open Championship.
Leopard Creek in South Africa will host the inaugural African Amateur Championship, scheduled for Feb. 21-24, 2024. The course has been the longtime host of the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship.
The new men’s event will feature 72 amateurs from the African region, with the winner receiving an exemption into the Open Championship later that summer at Royal Troon.
Unlike the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Latin America Amateur Championship – the other amateur tournaments organized by golf’s major organizations – the African event will be run strictly by the R&A.