{"id":45345,"date":"2026-02-19T08:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/?p=45345"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:24:59","slug":"durban-welcomes-players-and-visitors-as-jonsson-workwear-open-tees-off-at-durban-country-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/featured\/durban-welcomes-players-and-visitors-as-jonsson-workwear-open-tees-off-at-durban-country-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban welcomes players and visitors as Jonsson Workwear Open tees off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap dropcap2\">T<\/span>he Jonsson Workwear Durban Open is being played at the historic Durban\u00a0Country Club from <strong>19\u201322 February 2026<\/strong>, featuring a strong field of South\u00a0African and international golfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Host City Co-Sponsor, eThekwini Municipality has partnered with tournament owner <strong>Sunshine Tour<\/strong> and title sponsor <strong>Jonsson Workwear<\/strong> to secure this annual event for Durban for a three-year period (2026\u20132028). The partnership delivers extensive global brand exposure for the city, along with a dedicated junior golf development legacy programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tournament forms part of the <strong>South African Swing<\/strong> \u2013 a series of four\u00a0events on the\u00a0<strong>HotelPlanner\u00a0Tour<\/strong>, which serves as the official feeder tour to\u00a0the <strong>DP World Tour<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the final tournament on this opening swing, the Jonsson Workwear Durban Open plays a critical role in the <strong>Road to Mallorca Rankings<\/strong>. It provides Sunshine Tour professionals with a final opportunity to earn valuable ranking points and secure promotion to the DP World Tour for the upcoming season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The City invites all golf enthusiasts to attend and enjoy the tournament.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><strong>Entrance is free to the public.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An overview of the week&#8217;s programme is available below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonsson-Workwear-Open-City-Manager-Overview-Document.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Jonsson Workwear Open City Manager Overview Document.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fbabe892-8049-44f9-bf1f-1b8b79f0b75e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonsson-Workwear-Open-City-Manager-Overview-Document.pdf\">Jonsson Workwear Open City Manager Overview Document<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonsson-Workwear-Open-City-Manager-Overview-Document.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fbabe892-8049-44f9-bf1f-1b8b79f0b75e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jonsson Workwear Durban Open is being played at the historic Durban\u00a0Country Club from 19\u201322 February 2026, featuring a strong field of South\u00a0African and international golfers.\u00a0Entrance is free to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1964,3,2,42,41,29,101,1445,560,611],"tags":[2061,2032,2034,2033],"class_list":{"0":"post-45345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"category-company-news","9":"category-featured","10":"category-invest-durban","11":"category-kwazulu-natal","12":"category-leisure-travel-tourism","13":"category-media-entertainment","14":"category-business-news-featured","15":"category-provincial-focus","16":"category-trending","17":"tag-dp-world-tour","18":"tag-golf","19":"tag-golf-tournament","20":"tag-jonsson-workwear"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45345"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45371,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345\/revisions\/45371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}