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2012 Sunshine Tour

The 2012 Sunshine Tour was the 42nd season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2012 Sunshine Tour season
Duration5 January 2012 (2012-01-05) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most wins Jake Roos (3)
Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)
Order of Merit Branden Grace
Players' Player of the Year Trevor Fisher Jnr
Rookie of the Year Daniel van Tonder
2011
2013

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
8 Jan Africa Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000   Louis Oosthuizen (7) 20 EUR
15 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000   Branden Grace (2) 22 EUR
19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 3,200,000   Oliver Bekker (2) 14 Pro-Am
26 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 3,500,000   Keith Horne (5) 14
24 Mar Platinum Classic North West 500,000   Jake Roos (3) 4
22 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,250,000   Chris Swanepoel (3) 6
5 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,000,000   Christiaan Basson (2) 6
11 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Eastern Cape 600,000   Ryan Cairns (1) 8
26 May Sun City Challenge North West 550,000   Bryce Easton (1) 4
3 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 900,000   Jake Roos (4) 4
8 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Limpopo 600,000   Bryce Easton (2) 4
17 Jun Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open Zambia 1,200,000   Justin Harding (3) 6
27 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at De Zalze Western Cape 600,000   Allan Versfeld (1) 6
24 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park KwaZulu-Natal 600,000   Adilson da Silva (10) 4
31 Aug Wild Waves Golf Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 600,000   Trevor Fisher Jnr (5) 4 New tournament
7 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 600,000   Trevor Fisher Jnr (6) 4
28 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 600,000   Branden Grace (3) 10
21 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng 600,000   Teboho Sefatsa (1) 4
27 Oct Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 600,000   Ruan de Smidt (1) 6
4 Nov ISPS Handa Match Play Championship Gauteng 2,000,000   Doug McGuigan (6) 14 New tournament
8 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 650,000   Trevor Fisher Jnr (7) 4
18 Nov SA Open Championship Gauteng €1,000,000   Henrik Stenson (n/a) 32 EUR Flagship event
25 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 2,000,000   Jake Roos (5) 14 New tournament
2 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$5,000,000   Martin Kaymer (n/a) 30 Limited-field event
9 Dec Nelson Mandela Championship KwaZulu-Natal €1,300,000   Scott Jamieson (n/a) 20 EUR New tournament
16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000   Charl Schwartzel (6) 28 EUR

Order of Merit edit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1   Branden Grace 2,760,319
2   George Coetzee 1,930,565
3   Jaco van Zyl 1,655,987
4   Trevor Fisher Jnr 1,502,093
5   Tjaart van der Walt 1,464,182

Awards edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Sunshine Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.

References edit

  1. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ . Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Grace, Fisher score in Sunshine Tour awards". The Gremlin. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2023. Grace picked up the Sid Brews Trophy for winning the 2012 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit... Fisher was named Players' Player of the Year in a ballot of his peers... Bobby Locke Trophy for the Rookie of the Year: Danie van Tonder
  4. ^ . Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website

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