Sunshine Ladies Tour Explained

Sunshine Ladies Tour
Current Season:2024 Sunshine Ladies Tour
Sport:Golf
Inaugural:2014
Country:South Africa
Schedule has included events in Eswatini and Zambia.
Headquarters:Somerset West, Western Cape
Most Champs: Lee-Anne Pace (14)
Website:sunshineladiestour.com
Ceo:Thomas Abt[1]
Related Comps:Sunshine Tour
Founder:Women's PGA of South Africa (WPGA)

The Sunshine Ladies Tour is a professional golf tour for women based in South Africa.[2]

Schedule

Since the inaugural 2014 season, tournaments have averaged around ten per season and been concentrated in the January–March window.[3] Sponsors have included Investec, Jabra, Dimension Data, Sun International, SuperSport, Canon, the municipalities of Joburg, Cape Town and Ray Nkonyeni and Serengeti Estates. In 2019, over 40 foreign players, mainly European, competed on the tour.

Cooperation

The Ladies European Tour co-sanctions the flagship Investec South African Women's Open, and the champion receives a tournament winner's category exemption on the Ladies European Tour, as well as exemption into the two of the five majors that are held in Europe, Women's British Open and the Evian Championship.[4]

Also, the winner of the Jabra Ladies Classic earns exemption for the Jabra Ladies Open, the final qualifying event for the Evian Championship.[4]

Flagship tournaments

Order of Merit winners

Source:[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Abt appointed Commissioner of Sunshine Tour . News24 . 18 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Georgia Oboh makes LET debut in South Africa . The Guardian . 30 January 2019 . 18 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Tournaments . Sunshine Ladies Tour . 18 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Sunshine Ladies Tour poised for glorious run in 2020 . African News Agency (ANA) . 18 November 2020.
  5. Web site: New venue – and sponsor – for SA Women's Open . December 2017 . The South Coast Herald . 18 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Welcome boost for South African Women's Masters . The Independent Online . 18 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Statistics. Sunshine Ladies Tour . 18 November 2020.