2015 Sunshine Tour Explained

Year:2015
Tour:Sunshine Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:27
Most Wins: Dean Burmester (4)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: George Coetzee
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Dean Burmester
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Rourke van der Spuy
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016–17

The 2015 Sunshine Tour was the 45th 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 2015 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
WinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
22 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape4,500,000 Branden Grace (5) 14Pro-Am
1 MarJoburg OpenGauteng€1,300,000 Andy Sullivan (n/a)19EUR
8 MarAfrica OpenEastern Cape14,500,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (9)19EUR
15 MarTshwane OpenGauteng18,500,000 George Coetzee (6)19EUR
22 MarInvestec CupNorth West1,000,000 Jaco Ahlers (3) 14
12 AprGolden Pilsener Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,800,000 Dean Burmester (3)14
26 AprMopani/Redpath Zambia OpenZambia3,200,000 Ross McGowan (1)14
3 MayZambia Sugar OpenZambia1,500,000 Vaughn Groenewald (3) 14
9 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,200,000 PH McIntyre (2)14
10 MayAfrAsia Bank Mauritius OpenMauritius€1,000,000 George Coetzee (7) 17ASA, EURNew tournament
24 MayLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland1,000,000 Dean Burmester (4)7
6 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at LangebaanWestern Cape650,000 Justin Harding (4)4
7 AugNorth West700,000 Keith Horne (8)7
22 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at San LameerKwaZulu-Natal650,000 Jean Hugo (16)7
28 AugKwaZulu-Natal700,000 Vaughn Groenewald (4)7New tournament
4 SepKwaZulu-Natal700,000 Michael Hollick (1)4New tournament
12 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de GraceFree State650,000 Jean Hugo (17)7
18 SepFree State700,000 Dean Burmester (5)7
3 OctVodacom Origins of Golf at St FrancisEastern Cape650,000 Christiaan Basson (4)4
9 OctSun Boardwalk ChallengeEastern Cape700,000 Chris Swanepoel (4)4
16 OctEastern Cape700,000 Rourke van der Spuy (1)4New tournament
24 OctVodacom Origins of Golf at Koro CreekLimpopo650,000 Dean Burmester (6) 7
5 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West800,000 Ruan de Smidt (2)4
13 NovVodacom Origins of Golf FinalLimpopo650,000 Darren Fichardt (14)4
22 NovLion of Africa Cape Town OpenWestern Cape1,200,000 Brandon Stone (1)14
29 NovAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,500,000 Charl Schwartzel (8) 22EUR
6 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeGautengUS$6,500,000 Marc Leishman (n/a) 44EURLimited-field event

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 5,470,684
2 3,302,972
3 3,080,301
4 2,810,226
5 2,560,306

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Tournament schedule . Sunshine Tour . 8 September 2023.
  2. Web site: 2015 Order of Merit . Sunshine Tour . 17 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417200912/https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=215S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 17 April 2023.
  3. News: Coetzee tops Order of Merit . Daily News . Durban, South Africa . 24 February 2016 . 8 September 2023 . Pressreader.
  4. News: Burmester cleans up in Sunshine Tour awards . News24 . 23 February 2016 . 9 September 2023 . He took the Gary Player Trophy for the best stroke average of the 2015 season (69.34 over 59 rounds of tournament golf), the Media's Player of the Year as voted by members of South Africa's golf journalists, the Players' Player of the Year which is an accolade from his fellow professionals....
  5. Web site: 2015 Rookie of the Year . Sunshine Tour . 18 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418163002/https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=RK~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=215S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ . 18 April 2023.
  6. News: Van der Spuy claims Rookie of the Year . News24 . 29 November 2015 . 18 April 2023.