A deluge of rain at Fancourt on Thursday has led to both the NTT DATA Men’s and Ladies’ Pro-Ams being shortened to 54 holes and 36 holes respectively.
Heavy rain prevented a single ball from being hit on what was meant to be the first round of the men’s Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour co-sanctioned tournament on Thursday.
Following repeated delays to the start of the round, it was eventually called off at 12:14.
The start of the first round has been delayed due to waterlogged courses.#NTTDATAProAmByStandardBank pic.twitter.com/NlYdvOGt0J
— Sunshine Tour (@Sunshine_Tour) February 12, 2026
The men’s tournament is traditionally played over the three golf courses of The Links, Outeniqua and Montagu.
But with all three golf courses left waterlogged by Thursday’s rain, the tournament has been shortened to 54 holes.
It will now be played solely over the Outeniqua and Montagu courses for the first two rounds, after which there will be a cut and the final round will be played solely on the Montagu.
The ladies’ tournament was scheduled to start on Friday and has now been shortened to 36 holes on Saturday and Sunday with no halfway cut, and to be played solely on The Links.
“It’s a tough decision to make to have to cancel any round of golf. We had 18mm of rain through the night, on top of the rain already had in this area. We had continual rain on Thursday. In consultation with the head greenkeeper it was felt the courses had gone too far for us to be able to play today. We have more rain forecast for Thursday evening and also Friday afternoon through the night into Saturday. So if we continued in the same course order of playing all three courses, if we had as much as a two-hour delay we wouldn’t be able to complete the tournament. So we agreed to change the format to accommodate this,” said Gary Butler, Tournament Director of the HotelPlanner Tour.
🚨Tournament Update:
— Sunshine Tour (@Sunshine_Tour) February 12, 2026
🔵Round One Cancelled.
🔵Men’s Tournament Reduced to 54 holes.
🔵 @SLadiesTour tournament update.@HPlanner_Tour Tournament Director, Gary Butler, explains the reasons for cancellation of round one and clarifies the way forward for the… pic.twitter.com/6MbXIbg7lw