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2018–19 Sunshine Tour

The 2018–19 Sunshine Tour was the 48th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2018–19 Sunshine Tour season
Duration12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) – 24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)
Number of official events26
Most wins J. C. Ritchie (3)
Order of Merit Zander Lombard
Rookie of the Year Benjamin Follett-Smith

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2018–19 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
15 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia 2,000,000   J. J. Senekal (2) 14
22 Apr Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 2,000,000   Bryce Easton (3) 14
29 Apr Mopani Redpath Zambia Open Zambia US$150,000   Rourke van der Spuy (2) 14
12 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Eswatini 1,200,000   Justin Harding (6) 14
20 May Lombard Insurance Classic Eswatini 1,000,000   Justin Harding (7) 7
7 Jun Sun City Challenge North West 800,000   Neil Schietekat (2) 7
22 Jul KCB Karen Masters Kenya 2,000,000   Michael Palmer (1) 14 New to Sunshine Tour
3 Aug Royal Swazi Spa Challenge Eswatini 800,000   Andre de Decker (1) 7 New tournament
10 Aug Sun Carnival City Challenge Gauteng 800,000   J. C. Ritchie (2) 7
18 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Limpopo 800,000   Zander Lombard (1) 7
25 Aug Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 800,000   Vaughn Groenewald (6) 7
1 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park KwaZulu-Natal 800,000   Peter Karmis (6) 7
16 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 800,000   Neil Schietekat (3) 7
29 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis Eastern Cape 800,000   Alex Haindl (2) 4
20 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys Free State 800,000   Garth Mulroy (4) 4
26 Oct Sun Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 800,000   Louis de Jager (4) 4
3 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 800,000   Steve Surry (1) 4
2 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000   Kurt Kitayama (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
9 Dec South African Open Gauteng 17,500,000   Louis Oosthuizen (8) 32 ASA, EUR Flagship event
16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000   David Lipsky (n/a) 23 EUR
3 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000   Louis de Jager (5) 14
10 Feb RAM Cape Town Open Western Cape 2,000,000   Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) 14
17 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,050,000   Philip Eriksson (1) 14 Pro-Am
2 Mar Team Championship Gauteng 1,500,000   Jaco Prinsloo (2) and
  J. C. Ritchie (3)
n/a Team event
10 Mar Limpopo Championship Modimolle 1,500,000   J. C. Ritchie (4) 14 New tournament
24 Mar The Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000   Jean-Paul Strydom (1) 14 Tour Championship

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   Zander Lombard 2,119,985
2   Justin Harding 1,467,795
3   Bryce Easton 1,361,129
4   Neil Schietekat 1,206,168
5   Philip Eriksson 1,059,234

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. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References edit

  1. ^ "2018/19 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ . Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ Damgaard, Peter (26 March 2019). "Zander Lombard vandt Sunshine Tour Order of Merit 2018-19" [Zander Lombard won the 2018-19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ . Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Follett-Smith wins in Cape Town to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". Gulf News. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. In my first year on the Sunshine Tour I picked up a win and Rookie of the Year...

External links edit

  • Official website

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