2019–20 Sunshine Tour

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The 2019–20 Sunshine Tour is the 20th 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 Eswatini, Zambia, Mauritius and Kenya.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour season.[1]

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
31 Mar Mopani Redpath Greendoor Logistics Zambia Open Zambia 2,500,000 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (3) 14
7 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia 2,000,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (5) 14
4 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Eswatini 1,500,000 South Africa (1) 14
19 May Lombard Insurance Classic Eswatini 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 4
7 Jun Sun City Challenge North West 1,000,000 South Africa Garrick Higgo (1) 7
30 Jun KCB Karen Masters Kenya 2,200,000 South Africa (1) 14
2 Aug Eswatini 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 7
24 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen 		Northern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 4
7 Sep Eswatini 1,000,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (8) 7
28 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Humewood 		Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (6) 4
5 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Stellenbosch 		Western Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Thriston Lawrence (1) 4
11 Oct KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (19) 7
19 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Selborne Park 		KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (9) 7
25 Oct KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (13) 7
2 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 1,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (10) 7
17 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$7,500,000 England Tommy Fleetwood (n/a) 36 EUR[b]
1 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 Spain Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) 19 EUR
8 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
12 Jan South African Open Gauteng 17,500,000 South Africa Branden Grace (6) 32 EUR Flagship event
19 Jan Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (17) 14
25 Jan Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa (3) and
South Africa J. C. Ritchie (6) 		n/a
2 Feb Limpopo Championship Limpopo 3,500,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (7) 13 CHA
9 Feb RAM Cape Town Open Western Cape 3,500,000 Sweden Anton Karlsson (n/a) 13 CHA
16 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 6,300,000 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2) 13 CHA
23 Feb The Tour Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa Garrick Higgo (2) 14 Tour Championship
  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ European Tour Rolex Series event.

Order of Merit[]

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa J. C. Ritchie 2,162,387
2 South Africa Daniel van Tonder 2,043,268
3 South Africa Jaco Ahlers 1,902,195
4 South Africa George Coetzee 1,722,930
5 South Africa Thriston Lawrence 1,377,891

Full list

References[]

  1. ^ "2019/20 Season – Tournament Schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2019.

External links[]

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