2009 Sunshine Tour

The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the tenth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the third since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.

The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 26 of the 30 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, with one each in Zambia and Namibia.

The Order of Merit was won by Anders Hansen of Denmark.[1]

Schedule

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2009 Sunshine Tour.[2] As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with six events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in December.

The Winter Swing ran from April to early December, starting with the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour, and closing with the Nedbank Affinity Cup.

Prize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

Dates Tournament Venue
(RSA unless stated)
Prize fund Winner OWGR
points
Notes
8–11 Jan Joburg Open Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC 1,100,000 Denmark Anders Hansen (1) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
15–18 Jan Africa Open East London GC R5,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (9) 18
22–25 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am Gary Player CC and Lost City GC, Sun City R1,800,000 South Africa Deane Pappas (2) 14
29 Jan – 1 Feb Nashua Masters Wild Coast Sun CC R1,200,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (7) 14
12–15 Feb Vodacom Championship Pretoria CC R2,650,000 Denmark Anders Hansen (2) 14
19–22 Feb Telkom PGA Championship The Country Club, Johannesburg R2,750,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (3) 14
1–3 Apr Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Bloemfontein GC R480,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (4) n/a
30 Apr – 2 May SAA Pro-Am Invitational Mount Edgecombe GC R500,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (5) n/a
6–9 May Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open Royal Swazi GC, Swaziland R750,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (4) n/a
14–16 May Nashua Golf Challenge Gary Player CC and Lost City GC, Sun City R500,000 South Africa Doug McGuigan (4) n/a
20–22 May Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Pretoria CC R480,000 South Africa Brandon Pieters (1) n/a
5–7 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Royal Swazi GC, Swaziland R500,000 South Africa Peter Karmis (2) n/a
24–25 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Fancourt R480,000 South Africa Brandon Pieters (2) n/a
6–8 Aug Suncoast Classic Durban CC R500,000 South Africa Louis de Jager (1) n/a
12–14 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Erinvale Golf Estate R480,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (1) n/a
19–21 Aug Telkom PGA Pro-Am Centurion CC R450,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (5) n/a
28–30 Aug Zambia Open Lusaka, Zambia R800,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (1) n/a Tournament postponed from
its original date in March.[3][4]
3–5 Sep SAA Pro-Am Invitational Randpark GC R500,000 South Africa Ryan Tipping (1) n/a
16–18 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Selborne Hotel Spa and Golf Estate R480,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (8) n/a
1–3 Oct SAA Pro-Am Invitational Paarl GC R500,000 South Africa Prinavin Nelson (1) n/a
7–9 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final Simola Golf Estate R480,000 South Africa Brandon Pieters (3) n/a
16–18 Oct BMG Classic Ebotse GC, Johannesburg R500,000 Canada Graham DeLaet (1) n/a
23–25 Oct Highveld Classic Witbank GC R600,000 South Africa Lindani Ndwandwe (2) n/a
29–31 Oct Platinum Classic Mooinooi GC R705,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (9) n/a
12–15 Nov MTC Namibia PGA Championship Windhoek Country Club, Namibia R1,000,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (8) 14
24–26 Nov Coca-Cola Charity Championship The Outeniqua, Fancourt R550,000 South Africa Christiaan Basson (1) n/a
30 Nov – 2 Dec Nedbank Affinity Cup Lost City GC, Sun City R550,000 South Africa Jake Roos (2) n/a
3–6 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge Gary Player CC, Sun City $4,385,000 Australia Robert Allenby (n/a) 30
10–13 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Leopard Creek CC 1,000,000 Spain Pablo Martín (n/a) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
17–20 Dec South African Open Pearl Valley Golf Estates 1,000,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Order of Merit

RankPlayer[5]CountryEventsPrize Money (R)
1 Anders Hansen  Denmark 5 4,286,038.20
2 Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 5 2,315,187.86
3 Darren Fichardt  South Africa 24 1,475,025.83
4 Jaco van Zyl  South Africa 25 1,333,023.17
5 David Drysdale  Scotland 6 1,184,733.10

References

  1. Dempster, Martin (21 December 2009). "Richie Ramsay holds nerve to fend off Shiv Kapur and win maiden European Tour title". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  2. "2009 Sunshine Tour schedule". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  3. "Zambia Open Golf Championship Postponed". Lusaka Times. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. "Zambia Open back on Sunshine Tour calendar". Sunshine Tour. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  5. "2009 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2009-12-23.

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