2019–20 Sunshine Tour
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 Swaziland, 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.
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (R) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28–31 Mar | Mopani Redpath Greendoor Logistics Zambia Open |
Zambia | 2,500,000 |  Daniel van Tonder (3) |
14 | |
| 4–7 Apr | Zanaco Masters | Zambia | 2,000,000 | J. C. Ritchie (5) |
14 | |
| 1–4 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,500,000 | Martin Rohwer (1) |
14 | |
| 17–19 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Jake Redman (1) |
4 | |
| 5–7 Jun | Sun City Challenge | Sun City, North West | 1,000,000 | Garrick Higgo (1) |
7 | |
| 17–30 Jun | KCB Karen Masters | Kenya | 2,200,000 | Toto Thimba Jr. (1) |
14 | |
| 31 Jul – 2 Aug | Royal Swazi Spa Challenge | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Ruan Conradie (1) |
7 | |
| 22–24 Aug | Vodacom Origins (Sishen) | Kathu, Northern Cape | 1,000,000 | Ockie Strydom (1) |
4 | |
| 5–7 Sep | King's Cup | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Jaco Ahlers (8) |
7 | |
| 26–28 Sep | Vodacom Origins (Humewood) | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape | 1,000,000 | Merrick Bremner (6) |
4 | |
| 3–5 Oct | Vodacom Origins (Stellenbosch) | Stellenbosch, Western Cape | 1,000,000 | Thriston Lawrence (1) |
4 | |
| 9–11 Oct | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal | 1,000,000 | Jean Hugo (19) |
7 | |
| 17–19 Oct | Vodacom Origins (Selborne) | Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal | 1,000,000 | Jaco Ahlers (9) |
7 | |
| 23–25 Oct | Sibaya Challenge | Durban | 1,000,000 | Hennie Otto (13) |
7 | |
| 31 Oct – 2 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Knysna, Western Cape | 1,000,000 | George Coetzee (10) |
7 | |
| 14–17 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Sun City, North West | US$7,500,000 |  Tommy Fleetwood (n/a) |
36 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 28 Nov – 1 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Malelane, Mpumalanga | €1,500,000 |  Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) |
19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 5–8 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 |  Rasmus Højgaard (n/a) |
17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour |
| 9–12 Jan | South African Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 17,500,000 | Branden Grace (6) |
32 | Flagship event Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 16–19 Jan | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Darren Fichardt (17) |
14 | |
| 23–25 Jan | Gauteng Team Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,500,000 | Jaco Prinsloo (3) & J. C. Ritchie (6) |
0 | |
| 30 Jan–2 Feb | Limpopo Championship | Modimolle, Limpopo | 3,500,000 | J. C. Ritchie (7) |
13 | Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour |
| 6–9 Feb | RAM Cape Town Open | Cape Town, Western Cape | 3,500,000 |  Anton Karlsson (n/a) |
13 | Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour |
| 13–16 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | George, Western Cape | 6,300,000 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2) |
13 | Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour |
| 20–23 Feb | The Tour Championship | Kempton Park, Gauteng | 1,500,000 | Garrick Higgo (2) |
14 | Tour Championship |
Order of Merit
This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.
| Rank | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. C. Ritchie | 2,162,387 |
| 2 | Daniel van Tonder | 2,043,268 |
| 3 | Jaco Ahlers | 1,902,195 |
| 4 | George Coetzee | 1,722,930 |
| 5 | Thriston Lawrence | 1,377,891 |
References
- "2019/20 Season – Tournament Schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2019.