2012 Sunshine Tour

The 2012 Sunshine Tour is the 13th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 6th 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 is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Namibia.

Schedule

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2012 Sunshine Tour season.[1] As usual, the tour consists of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and the "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally have much higher prize funds, attract stronger fields, and until 2012 were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with some 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 some events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in November and December. Beginning in 2012, all events will carry world ranking points, with the "Winter Swing" 72-hole events having a minimum of 6 points and the 54-hole events having a minimum of 4 points, compared with the 14 point minimum for the "Summer Swing" events.[2]

Prize funds shown do 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 Location
(RSA unless stated)		 Prize fund Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
5–8 Jan Africa Open East London, Eastern Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (7) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
12–15 Jan Joburg Open Johannesburg, Gauteng €1,300,000 South Africa Branden Grace (2) 22 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
16–19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am George, Western Cape R3,200,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (2) 14
22–26 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng R3,500,000 South Africa Keith Horne (5) 14
22–24 Mar Platinum Classic North West R500,000 South Africa Jake Roos (3) 4
19–22 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Harare, Zimbabwe R1,250,000 South Africa Chris Swanepoel (3) 6
2–5 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland R1,000,000 South Africa Christiaan Basson (2) 6
9–11 May Vodacom Origins of Golf (Simola) Eastern Cape R600,000 Zimbabwe Ryan Cairns (1) 8
24–26 May Sun City Challenge Sun City, North West R550,000 South Africa Bryce Easton (1) 4
1–3 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland R900,000 South Africa Jake Roos (4) 4
6–8 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf (Zebula) Limpopo R600,000 South Africa Bryce Easton (2) 4
14–17 Jun Zambia Open Zambia R1,200,000 South Africa Justin Harding (3) 6
26–28 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf (De Zalze) Western Cape R600,000 South Africa Allan Versfeld (1) 6
22–24 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf (Selborne) Kwazulu-Natal R600,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (10) 4
29–31 Aug Wild Waves Golf Challenge Kwazulu-Natal R600,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (5) 4
5–7 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf (Sishen) Northern Cape R600,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (6) 4
26–28 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Final George, Western Cape R600,000 South Africa Branden Grace (3) 10
19–21 Oct BMG Classic Johannesburg, Gauteng R600,000 South Africa Teboho Sefatsa (1) 4
25–27 Oct Sun Coast Classic Kwazulu-Natal R600,000 South Africa Ruan de Smidt (1) 6
30 Oct – 4 Nov ISPS Handa Match Play Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng R2,000,000 South Africa Doug McGuigan (6) 14
6–8 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West R650,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (7) 4
15–18 Nov South African Open Johannesburg, Gauteng €1,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
22–25 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape R2,000,000 South Africa Jake Roos (5) 14
23–25 Nov Gary Player Invitational KwaZulu-Natal R250,000 South Africa Team Clark (n/a) n/a
29 Nov – 2 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge Sun City, North West US$5,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (n/a) 30
6–9 Dec The Nelson Mandela Championship KwaZulu-Natal €1,300,000 Scotland Scott Jamieson (1) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
13–16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Limpopo €1,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (6) 28 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Branden Grace 2,760,319
2 South Africa George Coetzee 1,930,565
3 South Africa Jaco van Zyl 1,655,987
4 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr 1,502,093
5 South Africa Tjaart van der Walt 1,464,182

Charl Schwartzel (3.2 milliion) and Louis Oosthuizen (1.7 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required to be ranked.

Full list

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Sunshine Tour schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking Board Announces Adjustments To Ranking System". 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

External links

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