2016 Sunshine Tour

The 2016 Sunshine Tour will be the 17th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 10th 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 Mauritius.

Schedule

The table below shows the partial schedule of events for the 2016 Sunshine Tour season.

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
(R)
Winner OWGR
points
Notes
7–10 Jan BMW South African Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 15,000,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (2) 32 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
14–17 Jan Joburg Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 16,500,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (1) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
11–14 Feb Tshwane Open Tshwane, Gauteng 18,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (9) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
18–21 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am George, Western Cape 5,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (8) 14
25–28 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng 1,200,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (14) 14
9–12 Mar Investec Cup Rustenburg, North West 10,000,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (2) n/a
14–17 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 South Africa Lyle Rowe (2) 14
21–24 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,500,000 Sweden Christofer Blomstrand (1) 14
4–7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,400,000
12–15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius 1,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Asian Tour
20–22 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,200,000
2–5 Jun KCM Zambia Open Zambia $130,000
28–30 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf KwaZulu-Natal 700,000
4–6 Aug Sun City Challenge Sun City, North West 700,000
18–20 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf Cape Town, Western Cape 700,000
24–26 Aug Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000
8–10 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Northern Cape 700,000
14–16 Sep Sun Windmill-Flamingo Challenge Bloemfontein, Free State 700,000
21–23 Sep Sun Carnival City Challenge Gauteng 700,000
29 Sep – 1 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Western Cape 700,000
5–7 Oct Sun Boardwalk Challenge Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 700,000
12–14 Oct Sun Fish River Sun Challenge Port Alfred, Eastern Cape 700,000
20–22 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf TBA 700,000
26–28 Oct Sun Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000
3–5 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 700,000

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