2018–19 Sunshine Tour

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The 2018–19 Sunshine Tour was the 19th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. 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 Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Zambia, Mauritius and Kenya.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2018–19 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
15 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia 2,000,000 South Africa (2) 14
22 Apr Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 2,000,000 South Africa Bryce Easton (3) 14
29 Apr Mopani Redpath Zambia Open Zambia US$150,000 South Africa (2) 14
12 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Eswatini 1,200,000 South Africa Justin Harding (6) 14
20 May Lombard Insurance Classic Eswatini 1,000,000 South Africa Justin Harding (7) 7
7 Jun Sun City Challenge North West 800,000 South Africa (2) 7
22 Jul KCB Karen Masters Kenya 2,000,000 South Africa (1) 14
3 Aug Eswatini 800,000 South Africa (1) 7
10 Aug Gauteng 800,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (2) 7
18 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Zebula 		Limpopo 800,000 South Africa Zander Lombard (1) 7
25 Aug KwaZulu-Natal 800,000 South Africa Vaughn Groenewald (6) 7
1 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Selborne Park 		KwaZulu-Natal 800,000 Greece Peter Karmis (6) 7
16 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Arabella 		Western Cape 800,000 South Africa (3) 7
29 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at St Francis 		Eastern Cape 800,000 South Africa (2) 4
20 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Parys 		Free State 800,000 South Africa Garth Mulroy (4) 4
26 Oct KwaZulu-Natal 800,000 South Africa Louis de Jager (4) 4
3 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 800,000 England Steve Surry (1) 4
2 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 United States Kurt Kitayama (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
9 Dec South African Open Gauteng 17,500,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (8) 32 ASA, EUR Flagship event
16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 United States David Lipsky (n/a) 23 EUR
3 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 South Africa Louis de Jager (5) 14
10 Feb RAM Cape Town Open Western Cape 2,000,000 Zimbabwe (1) 14
17 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,050,000 Sweden Philip Eriksson (1) 14
2 Mar Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa (2) and
South Africa J. C. Ritchie (3) 		n/a
10 Mar Limpopo Championship Modimolle 1,500,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (4) 14
24 Mar The Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 South Africa (1) 14 Tour Championship
  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 Zander Lombard 2,119,984
2 South Africa Justin Harding 1,467,795
3 South Africa Bryce Easton 1,361,128
4 South Africa 1,206,168
5 Sweden Philip Eriksson 1,059,233

Full list

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