2015 Sunshine Tour
The 2015 Sunshine Tour was the 16th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 9th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.
The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mauritius.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the partial schedule of events for the 2015 Sunshine Tour season.
Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
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22 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 4,500,000 | Branden Grace (5) | 14 | ||
1 Mar | Joburg Open | Gauteng | €1,300,000 | Andy Sullivan (n/a) | 19 | EUR | |
8 Mar | Africa Open | Eastern Cape | 14,500,000 | Trevor Fisher Jnr (9) | 19 | EUR | |
15 Mar | Tshwane Open | Gauteng | 18,500,000 | George Coetzee (6) | 19 | EUR | |
22 Mar | Investec Cup | North West | 1,000,000 | Jaco Ahlers (3) | 14 | ||
12 Apr | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 1,800,000 | Dean Burmester (3) | 14 | ||
26 Apr | Mopani/Redpath Zambia Open | Zambia | 3,200,000 | Ross McGowan (1) | 14 | ||
3 May | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,500,000 | Vaughn Groenewald (3) | 14 | ||
9 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | PH McIntyre (2) | 14 | ||
10 May | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | George Coetzee (7) | 17 | ASA, EUR | New tournament |
24 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Dean Burmester (4) | 7 | ||
6 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan |
Western Cape | 650,000 | Justin Harding (4) | 4 | ||
7 Aug | Sun City Challenge | North West | 700,000 | Keith Horne (8) | 7 | ||
22 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at San Lameer |
KwaZulu-Natal | 650,000 | Jean Hugo (16) | 7 | ||
28 Aug | KwaZulu-Natal | 700,000 | Vaughn Groenewald (4) | 7 | |||
4 Sep | KwaZulu-Natal | 700,000 | (1) | 4 | |||
12 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace |
Free State | 650,000 | Jean Hugo (17) | 7 | ||
18 Sep | Free State | 700,000 | Dean Burmester (5) | 7 | |||
3 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis |
Eastern Cape | 650,000 | Christiaan Basson (4) | 4 | ||
9 Oct | Eastern Cape | 700,000 | Chris Swanepoel (4) | 4 | |||
16 Oct | Eastern Cape | 700,000 | (1) | 4 | |||
24 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Koro Creek |
Limpopo | 650,000 | Dean Burmester (6) | 7 | ||
5 Nov | Nedbank Affinity Cup | North West | 800,000 | (2) | 4 | ||
13 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Limpopo | 650,000 | Darren Fichardt (14) | 4 | ||
22 Nov | Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | Western Cape | 1,200,000 | Brandon Stone (1) | 14 | ||
29 Nov | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,500,000 | Charl Schwartzel (8) | 22 | EUR | |
6 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Gauteng | US$6,500,000 | Marc Leishman (n/a) | 44 | EUR |
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
Order of Merit[]
This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.
Rank | Player | Prize money (R) |
---|---|---|
1 | George Coetzee | 5,470,684 |
2 | Charl Schwartzel | 3,302,972 |
3 | 3,080,301 | |
4 | Dean Burmester | 2,810,226 |
5 | Trevor Fisher Jnr | 2,560,306 |
Andy Sullivan (2.7 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (seven) to be ranked.
External links[]
- Sunshine Tour
- 2015 in golf