The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning.

The inaugural event was held in February 1965 and was won by Harold Henning who beat Player by 3 strokes.

[1] New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995,[2] when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

As a result, there was no PGA Championship held in 2000, but the tournament returned to the Sunshine Tour the following year with a new sponsor.

Winning all three titles in the same season is a feat only achieved by Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.