2013 Sunshine Tour Explained

Year:2013
Tour:Sunshine Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:28
Most Wins: Jacques Blaauw (3)
Jaco van Zyl (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Dawie van der Walt
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Darren Fichardt
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Dylan Frittelli
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 Sunshine Tour was the 43rd season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
WinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
25 JanTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng600,000 Oliver Bekker (3)4
10 FebJoburg OpenGauteng€1,300,000 Richard Sterne (6)22EUR
17 FebAfrica OpenEastern Cap€1,000,000 Darren Fichardt (13)20EUR
24 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape4,000,000 Jaco van Zyl (11)14Pro-Am
3 MarTshwane OpenGauteng€1,500,000 Dawie van der Walt (1)20EURNew tournament
17 MarTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng3,750,000 Jaco van Zyl (12)14
24 MarInvestec CupNorth West1,000,000 Jaco van Zyl (13)14New tournament
21 AprGolden Pilsener Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,650,000 Jake Roos (6)14
4 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,000,000 James Kingston (10)14
19 MayZambia Sugar OpenZambia1,200,000 Adilson da Silva (11)14
2 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland900,000 Merrick Bremner (3)6
7 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at SimolaEastern Cape600,000 Jacques Blaauw (1)4
15 JunPolokwane ClassicLimpopo500,000 Dean Burmester (1)4New tournament
28 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne ParkKwazulu-Natal600,000 Jacques Blaauw (2)6
5 JulSun City ChallengeNorth West600,000 Adilson da Silva (12)6
9 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at EuphoriaLimpopo600,000 Heinrich Bruiners (1)6
23 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at LangebaanWestern Cape600,000 Jean Hugo (14)6
29 AugKwazulu-Natal600,000 Andrew Curlewis (2) 4
13 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at ParysNorthern Cape600,000 Andrew Curlewis (3)4
21 SepPlatinum ClassicNorth West500,000 Neil Schietekat (1)4
11 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalEastern Cape600,000 J. J. Senekal (1)4
20 OctBMG ClassicGauteng600,000 Ulrich van den Berg (7)6
3 NovLion of Africa Cape Town OpenWestern Cape2,000,000 Tjaart van der Walt (1)14
7 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West700,000 Jacques Blaauw (3)4
24 NovSouth African Open ChampionshipGauteng€1,100,000 Morten Ørum Madsen (n/a)32EURFlagship event
1 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,500,000 Charl Schwartzel (7)22EUR
8 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$6,500,000 Thomas Bjørn (n/a)46EURLimited-field event
14 DecNelson Mandela ChampionshipKwazulu-Natal€1,000,000 Dawie van der Walt (2)20EUR

Order of Merit

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 5,094,333
2 4,518,495
3 3,027,749
4 2,475,830
5 2,045,405

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Tournament schedule . Sunshine Tour . 8 September 2023.
  2. Web site: 2013 Order of Merit . Sunshine Tour . 17 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417200442/https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=213S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 17 April 2023.
  3. Dawie van der Walt wins Nelson Mandela Championship . Golf Monthly . Fergus . Bisset . 15 December 2013 . 8 September 2023 . ...whose victory also saw him claim the co-sanctioning Sunshine Tour's Order of Merit for 2013..
  4. Web site: 2013 Rookie of the Year . Sunshine Tour . 18 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418162958/https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=RK~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=213S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 18 April 2023.
  5. News: Walters named Comissioner's Award winner . The Citizen . Johannesburg, South Africa . 24 February 2014 . 18 April 2023 . Darren Fichardt won the approval of his peers as he took the Players' Player of the Year award.... Winner Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year 2013: Dylan Frittelli.