2015 Sunshine Tour

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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
22 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 4,500,000 South Africa Branden Grace (5) 14
1 Mar Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000 England Andy Sullivan (n/a) 19 EUR
8 Mar Africa Open Eastern Cape 14,500,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (9) 19 EUR
15 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng 18,500,000 South Africa George Coetzee (6) 19 EUR
22 Mar Investec Cup North West 1,000,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (3) 14
12 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (3) 14
26 Apr Mopani/Redpath Zambia Open Zambia 3,200,000 England Ross McGowan (1) 14
3 May Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,500,000 South Africa Vaughn Groenewald (3) 14
9 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,200,000 South Africa PH McIntyre (2) 14
10 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (7) 17 ASA, EUR New tournament
24 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,000,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (4) 7
6 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Langebaan 		Western Cape 650,000 South Africa Justin Harding (4) 4
7 Aug Sun City Challenge North West 700,000 South Africa Keith Horne (8) 7
22 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at San Lameer 		KwaZulu-Natal 650,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (16) 7
28 Aug KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 South Africa Vaughn Groenewald (4) 7
4 Sep KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 South Africa (1) 4
12 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Vaal de Grace 		Free State 650,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (17) 7
18 Sep Free State 700,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (5) 7
3 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at St Francis 		Eastern Cape 650,000 South Africa Christiaan Basson (4) 4
9 Oct Eastern Cape 700,000 South Africa Chris Swanepoel (4) 4
16 Oct Eastern Cape 700,000 South Africa (1) 4
24 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Koro Creek 		Limpopo 650,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (6) 7
5 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 800,000 South Africa (2) 4
13 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Limpopo 650,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (14) 4
22 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,200,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (1) 14
29 Nov Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (8) 22 EUR
6 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge Gauteng US$6,500,000 Australia Marc Leishman (n/a) 44 EUR
  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

Order of Merit[]

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa George Coetzee 5,470,684
2 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 3,302,972
3 South Africa 3,080,301
4 South Africa Dean Burmester 2,810,226
5 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr 2,560,306

Andy Sullivan (2.7 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (seven) to be ranked.

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