2013 Sunshine Tour

The 2013 Sunshine Tour was the 14th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 7th 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 the schedule of events for the 2013 Sunshine Tour season.[1] As usual, the tour consisted 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 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 Prize fund Winner OWGR
points
Notes
23–25 Jan Telkom PGA Pro-Am Tshwane, Gauteng R600,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (3) 4
7–10 Feb Joburg Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 1,300,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (6) 22 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
14–17 Feb Africa Open East London, Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (13) 20 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
21–24 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am George, Western Cape R4,000,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (11) 14
28 Feb – 3 Mar Tshwane Open Tshwane, Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa Dawie van der Walt (1) 20 New tournament
Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
14–17 Mar Telkom PGA Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng R3,750,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (12) 14
21–24 Mar Investec Cup Rustenburg, North West R1,000,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (13) 14
18–21 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Harare, Zimbabwe R1,650,000 South Africa Jake Roos (6) 14
1–4 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland R1,000,000 South Africa James Kingston (11) 14
16–19 May Zambia Sugar Open Zambia R1,200,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (11) 14
31 May – 2 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland R900,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (3) 6
5–7 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf (Simola) Eastern Cape R600,000 South Africa Jacques Blaauw (1) 4
13–15 Jun Polokwane Classic Limpopo R500,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (1) 4 New tournament
26–28 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf (Selborne) Kwazulu-Natal R600,000 South Africa Jacques Blaauw (2) 6
3–5 Jul Sun City Challenge Sun City, North West R600,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (12) 6
7–9 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf (Euphoria) Limpopo R600,000 South Africa Heinrich Bruiners (1) 6
21–23 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf (Langebaan) Western Cape R600,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (14) 6
27–29 Aug Wild Waves Golf Challenge Kwazulu-Natal R600,000 South Africa Andrew Curlewis (2) 4
11–13 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf (Parys) Northern Cape R600,000 South Africa Andrew Curlewis (3) 4
19–21 Sep Platinum Classic North West R500,000 South Africa Neil Schietekat (1) 4
9–11 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape R600,000 South Africa J. J. Senekal (1) 4
18–20 Oct BMG Classic Johannesburg, Gauteng R600,000 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (7) 6
31 Oct – 3 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape R2,000,000 South Africa Tjaart van der Walt (1) 14
5–7 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West R700,000 South Africa Jacques Blaauw (3) 4
21–24 Nov South African Open Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng 1,100,000 Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
28 Nov – 1 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Limpopo 1,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (7) 22 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
5–8 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West $6,500,000 Denmark Thomas Bjørn (n/a) 46 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
11–14 Dec Nelson Mandela Championship Kwazulu-Natal 1,000,000 South Africa Dawie van der Walt (2) 20 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Shortened to 54 holes

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Dawie van der Walt 5,094,333
2 South Africa Darren Fichardt 4,518,495
3 South Africa Jaco van Zyl 3,027,749
4 South Africa Hennie Otto 2,475,830
5 South Africa Jbe' Kruger 2,045,405

Charl Schwartzel (5.7 milliion) and Richard Sterne (2.5 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (eight) to be ranked.

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