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.

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Mount Edgecombe Trophy

Tournament information
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
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