European Golf Tour Golf Top Story News Leaderboard Player Bios Schedule Statistics Results Recap Field Tee Times Preview Money Leaders PGA European - Africa Open Preview From The Sports Network DATES: Thursday, February 14th through Sunday, February 17th SITE: East London Golf Club, East London, South Africa COURSE ARCHITECT: Colonel SV Hotchkin (1893) PAR: 72 YARDAGE: 6,632 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 507 yds 10 - Par 3 176 yds 2 - Par 3 175 yds 11 - Par 4 478 yds 3 - Par 5 506 yds 12 - Par 4 429 yds 4 - Par 4 367 yds 13 - Par 4 320 yds 5 - Par 4 323 yds 14 - Par 4 431 yds 6 - Par 4 308 yds 15 - Par 5 534 yds 7 - Par 4 389 yds 16 - Par 4 318 yds 8 - Par 4 362 yds 17 - Par 3 166 yds 9 - Par 4 468 yds 18 - Par 4 375 yds ------------- ------------- 37 3,405 Yds 35 3,227 Yds Annual:  6th (4th on European Tour) Television:  Golf Channel - Thursday/Sunday -- 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (et) - taped Defending Champion:  Louis Oosthuizen (Not defending) Runner-Up:  Tjaart van der Walt Tournament Record:  265 (Louis Oosthuizen, 2012) 54-Hole Record:  198 (James Kingston, Darren Clarke, 2009;   Louis Oosthuizen, Tjaart van der Walt, 2012) 36-Hole Record:  131 (Louis Oosthuizen, 2012) Course Record:  61 (Richard Sterne, 2009) Total Purse:  $1,340,846 (1,000,000 euros) Shares:  1st Place - $211,740; 2nd Place - $153,628; 3rd Place - $92,444 2012 Finish Player Score Player Score Louis Oosthuizen * 265 Richard Sterne 272 Tjaart van der Walt 267 Danny Willett 273 Retief Goosen 268 Craig Lee 274 Jaco Van Zyl 269 Lyle Rowe 274 Alastair Forsyth 270 Four players at 275 * - Won in Playoff Past Africa Open Winners Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up 2012 *Louis Oosthuizen (265) -- Tjaart van der Walt 2011 *Louis Oosthuizen (276) -- Manuel Quiros, Chris Wood 2010 Charl Schwartzel (272) -- Thomas Aiken 2009 Retief Goosen (267) -- Darren Clarke, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Darren Fichardt 2008 Shaun Norris (275) -- Nic Henning * - Won in Playoff Top Contenders in the Field Player 2010 2011 2012 T. van der Walt T-43 T-26 2nd Jaco Van Zyl T-28 T-4 4th Shaun Norris mc T-8 T-14 Thomas Aiken 2nd T-14 T-14 Garth Mulroy --- --- T-34 James Kingston T-8 T-26 T-41 Jbe Kruger 3rd T-8 mc Ricardo Santos --- --- mc Lorenzo Gagli mc T-38 --- Robert Rock --- T-51 --- S.S.P. Chowrasia --- mc --- F. Andersson Hed T-18 --- --- Tom Lewis --- --- --- Sports Network Selections Pick to Win - Ricardo Santos Darkhorse - Lorenzo Gagli   Last Week's Pick to Win (Charl Schwartzel) - Finished 2nd Last Week's Darkhorse (Richard Sterne) - Won   NOTES:The European Tour remains in South Africa for the second straight week with the Africa Open in East London. The event is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. Richard Sterne won last week at the Joburg Open in Johannesburg. Fredrik Andersson Hed, 97th in the world, is the only player in the field ranked in the top 100. This is the fifth straight year that the tournament is being held at East London Golf Club in East London. The inaugural event in 2008 was staged at the Fish River Sun Country Club in Port Alfred. Last year, Louis Oosthuizen birdied the 17th hole in the final round to propel himself to a second straight Africa Open title by two strokes over Tjaart Van Der Walt. Oosthuizen carded rounds of 69-62-67-67, giving him a tournament- record 27-under 265 over 72 holes at East London Golf Club. It was the fourth European Tour title for the South African, who became the first player to repeat at this event in its brief five-year history. Oosthuizen will not be on hand to defend his title this week. Oosthuizen joined Ernie Els (2002-04 Heineken Classic), Trevor Immelman (2003-04 South African Open Championship) and Charl Schwartzel (2010-11 Joburg Open) as South African players to make a successful defense of a European Tour title. The European Tour travels to the United States next week, as the best players in the world compete in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, where American Hunter Mahan will defend his title. 02/12 15:57:37 ET As of February 12, 2013, at 03:57 PM ET