The 2016–17 Sunshine Tour was the 46th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
^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.
^"2016/17 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^. Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^"Stone wins Sunshine Tour order of merit". Reuters. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^. Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^"Christiaan Bezuidenhout". ISPS Handa. Retrieved 17 April 2023. He was 'Rookie of the Year' on the Sunshine Tour in 2017...
External linksedit
Official website
December 15, 2023
2016, sunshine, tour, 46th, season, sunshine, tour, formerly, southern, africa, tour, main, professional, golf, tour, south, africa, since, formed, 1971, seasonduration7, january, 2016, 2016, march, 2017, 2017, number, official, events31most, winsjaco, ahlers,. The 2016 17 Sunshine Tour was the 46th season of the Sunshine Tour formerly the Southern Africa Tour the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971 2016 17 Sunshine Tour seasonDuration7 January 2016 2016 01 07 5 March 2017 2017 03 05 Number of official events31Most winsJaco Ahlers 3 Order of MeritBrandon StoneRookie of the YearChristiaan Bezuidenhout 20152017 18 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Order of Merit 3 Awards 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksSchedule editThe following table lists official events during the 2016 17 season 1 Date Tournament Location Purse R Winner a OWGRpoints Othertours b Notes10 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15 000 000 nbsp Brandon Stone 2 32 EUR Flagship event17 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng 16 500 000 nbsp Haydn Porteous 1 19 EUR14 Feb Tshwane Open Gauteng 18 500 000 nbsp Charl Schwartzel 9 19 EUR21 Feb Dimension Data Pro Am Western Cape 5 000 000 nbsp George Coetzee 8 14 Pro Am28 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1 200 000 nbsp Jaco van Zyl 14 1412 Mar Investec Cup North West 10 000 000 nbsp Haydn Porteous 2 n a17 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1 800 000 nbsp Lyle Rowe 2 1424 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1 500 000 nbsp Christofer Blomstrand 1 147 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1 400 000 nbsp Titch Moore 10 1415 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius 1 000 000 nbsp Wang Jeung hun n a 17 ASA EUR22 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1 200 000 nbsp Merrick Bremner 5 45 Jun KCM Zambia Open Zambia 2 000 000 nbsp Jaco Ahlers 4 1430 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun KwaZulu Natal 700 000 nbsp Madalitso Muthiya 1 46 Aug Sun City Challenge North West 700 000 nbsp Oliver Bekker 4 720 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 700 000 nbsp Vaughn Groenewald 5 426 Aug Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu Natal 700 000 nbsp Jaco Ahlers 5 410 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 700 000 nbsp Jacques Blaauw 4 423 Sep Sun Carnival City Challenge Gauteng 700 000 nbsp Ruan de Smidt 3 4 New tournament1 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Western Cape 700 000 nbsp Justin Harding 5 48 Oct Sun Boardwalk Challenge Eastern Cape 700 000 nbsp Ruan de Smidt 4 414 Oct Sun Fish River Challenge Eastern Cape 700 000 nbsp Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1 422 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria Gauteng 700 000 nbsp Jaco Ahlers 6 728 Oct Sun Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu Natal 700 000 nbsp Peter Karmis 3 75 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 700 000 nbsp Mark Williams 1 427 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1 500 000 nbsp Jacques Kruyswijk 1 144 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga 1 200 000 nbsp Brandon Stone 3 32 EUR Flagship event15 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15 000 000 nbsp Graeme Storm n a 26 EUR12 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1 500 000 nbsp Erik van Rooyen 1 1419 Feb Dimension Data Pro Am Western Cape 5 050 000 nbsp Paul Lawrie n a 1426 Feb Joburg Open Gauteng 16 500 000 nbsp Darren Fichardt 15 19 EUR5 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng 18 500 000 nbsp Dean Burmester 7 19 EUROrder of Merit editThe 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 nbsp Brandon Stone 7 384 8892 nbsp Dean Burmester 5 955 7933 nbsp Darren Fichardt 3 303 5414 nbsp Haydn Porteous 3 277 7115 nbsp Zander Lombard 3 021 640Awards editAward Winner Ref Rookie of the Year Bobby Locke Trophy nbsp Christiaan Bezuidenhout 4 5 Notes edit 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 ASA Asian Tour EUR European Tour References edit 2016 17 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour Retrieved 8 September 2023 2016 17 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 Retrieved 17 April 2023 Stone wins Sunshine Tour order of merit Reuters 4 March 2017 Retrieved 8 September 2023 2016 17 Rookie of the Year Sunshine Tour Archived from the original on 18 April 2023 Retrieved 18 April 2023 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ISPS Handa Retrieved 17 April 2023 He was Rookie of the Year on the Sunshine Tour in 2017 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 17 Sunshine Tour amp oldid 1183770426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
