Randpark Firethorn Course
Randpark Firethorn Course: Sid Brews (1971), redesigned by Sean Quinn (Golf Data) (2000). Par 72, 7,399 yards. Thriston Lawrence won the 2021 Joburg Open here with 130 (−12).
Randpark Firethorn Course: Sid Brews (1971), redesigned by Sean Quinn (Golf Data) (2000). Par 72, 7,399 yards. Thriston Lawrence won the 2021 Joburg Open here with 130 (−12).
Randpark Firethorn Course: Sid Brews (1971), redesigned by Sean Quinn (Golf Data) (2000). Par 72, 7,399 yards. Thriston Lawrence won the 2021 Joburg Open here with 130 (−12).
Updated October 24, 2026
5 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Joburg Open Thriston Lawrence | 130 (−12) | by 4 strokes |
| 2020 | South African Open Branden Grace | 263 (−21) | by 3 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Louis Oosthuizen | 266 (−18) | by 6 strokes · DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour; Asian Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mathias Grönberg | 274 (−14) | by 1 stroke · Sunshine Tour; European Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Retief Goosen | 275 (−13) | by 5 strokes · Sunshine Tour |
Randpark bought land beside Windsor Park in 1964 and had South African professional Sid Brews lay out the "Randpark" championship course; it and the clubhouse opened on 20 March 1971. Retief Goosen won the 1995 SA Open here and Mathias Gronberg the 2000 edition.
Source: PlanetGolf (quoting club history) · Randpark Firethorn page
The club describes the tough par-4 16th, treacherous par-3 17th and long par-4 18th, with water in play on all three, as a particularly demanding finish.
Source: Randpark Firethorn page
The course was rebranded Firethorn in 2013, the same name Augusta National gives its 15th hole (after a shrub found in southern Europe).
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
Golf Data designer Sean Quinn built seven new holes, partly in response to flooding by the stream through the property, rebuilt every green and gave the bunkers a white-faced look; the course reopened in 2015.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
In 2019 Randpark became the first 36-hole facility to host the SA Open using both its courses for the first two rounds, accommodating a 240-player field.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
Sid Brews
green complexes completely redesigned
Source: Randpark Firethorn course page · PlanetGolf (quoting club history)
redesign returning course to a championship test (c. turn of the millennium)
Source: Randpark Firethorn course page
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Joburg Open 25–27 November 2021 | Thriston Lawrence | shortened · DP World Tour |
| 2020 | South African Open 9–12 January 2020 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | DP World Tour |
| 2018 | South African Open 6–9 December 2018 | Louis Oosthuizen | DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: randpark-firethorn.json. Spot an error? See corrections.