2021–22 Sunshine Tour

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The 2021–22 Sunshine Tour is the 22nd 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 2021–22 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
7 Mar
7 Feb[b]
Gauteng 1,000,000 Wales Rhys Enoch (2) 8 New tournament
14 Mar Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa (4) 14 New tournament
21 Mar Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (5) 14 New tournament
28 Mar Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa (5) 14 New tournament
28 Mar The Tour Championship Gauteng Removed[c] Tour Championship
18 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia Removed[c]
25 Apr
28 Feb[b]
Limpopo Championship Limpopo 3,000,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (4) 13 CHA
2 May
21 Feb[b]
Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Western Cape 3,000,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (8) 13 CHA
9 May
14 Feb[b]
Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 6,000,000 South Africa Wilco Nienaber (1) 13 CHA
4 Jun – Sun City North West 1,000,000 South Africa (3) 7 New tournament
6 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at De Zalze
Western Cape 1,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (12) 7
13 Aug Eswatini Removed[c] New tournament
20 Aug – Times Square Casino Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 4 New tournament
28 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen
Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa (4) 4
4 Sep Eswatini Removed[c]
10 Sep Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa Jacques Kruyswijk (2) 4 New tournament
12 Sep Zanaco Masters Zambia Removed[c]
18 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Mount Edgecombe
KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 4
26 Sep Karen Masters Kenya Removed[c]
2 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Humewood
Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa (1) 4
9 Oct – Wild Coast Sun KwaZulu-Natal Cancelled[d] New tournament
16 Oct North West 1,500,000 South Africa Lyle Rowe (3) 14 New tournament
24 Oct Gauteng 1,250,000 South Africa (1) 14 New tournament
7 Nov PGA Championship Eastern Cape 1,200,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (8) 14
14 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge North West Cancelled EUR
27 Nov Joburg Open Gauteng 17,500,000 South Africa Thriston Lawrence (2) 19 EUR
5 Dec SA Open Championship North West US$500,000[e] South Africa Daniel van Tonder (8) 32 EUR Flagship event
12 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga Cancelled EUR
30 Jan Vodacom Origins of Golf Final North West 1,000,000 South Africa (2) 8
6 Feb Gauteng 1,000,000 Postponed[f]
13 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape US$375,000 13 CHA
20 Feb Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Western Cape US$250,000 CHA
27 Feb KwaZulu-Natal US$250,000 CHA New tournament
6 Mar Free State US$250,000 CHA New tournament
13 Mar North West US$1,500,000 EUR New tournament
20 Mar Gauteng US$1,500,000 EUR New tournament
27 Mar Limpopo US$250,000 CHA New tournament
3 Apr Limpopo Championship Limpopo US$250,000 CHA
10 Apr Tanzania US$275,000 CHA New tournament
24 Apr Gauteng 1,000,000
29 Apr Gauteng 100,000 New tournament
1 May The Tour Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 Tour Championship
  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Removed from the schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Cancelled due to rain.
  5. ^ Reduced from US$1,500,000 after losing European Tour co-sanctioning as a result of COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
  6. ^ Postponed after one round due to rain.

References[]

  1. ^ "Sunshine Tour schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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