2015 Sunshine Tour

The 2015 Sunshine Tour was the 16th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 9th 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 2015 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
19–22 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	George, Western Cape	4,500,000	Branden Grace (5)	14
26 Feb – 1 Mar	Joburg Open	Johannesburg, Gauteng	€1,300,000	Andy Sullivan (n/a)	19	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
5–8 Mar	Africa Open	East London, Eastern Cape	14,500,000	Trevor Fisher Jnr (9)	19	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
12–15 Mar	Tshwane Open	Tshwane, Gauteng	18,500,000	George Coetzee (6)	19	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
19–22 Mar	Investec Cup	Rustenburg, North West	1,000,000	Jaco Ahlers (3)	14
9–12 Apr	Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	1,800,000	Dean Burmester (3)	14
23–26 Apr	Mopani/Redpath Zambia Open	Zambia	3,200,000	Ross McGowan (1)	14
30 Apr – 3 May	Zambia Sugar Open	Zambia	1,500,000	Vaughn Groenewald (3)	14
6–9 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	1,200,000	PH McIntyre (2)	14
7–10 May	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	George Coetzee (7)	17	New tournament Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour and the European Tour
22–24 May	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	1,000,000	Dean Burmester (4)	7
4–6 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf (Langebaan)	Langebaan, Western Cape	650,000	Justin Harding (4)	4
5–7 Aug	Sun City Challenge	Sun City, North West	700,000	Keith Horne (8)	7
20–22 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf (San Lameer)	Southbroom, KwaZulu-Natal	650,000	Jean Hugo (16)	7
26–28 Aug	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	700,000	Vaughn Groenewald (4)	7
2–4 Sep	Sun Sibaya Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	700,000	Michael Hollick (1)	4
10–12 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf (Vaal de Grace)	Parys, Free State	650,000	Jean Hugo (17)	7
16–18 Sep	Sun Windmill Challenge	Bloemfontein, Free State	700,000	Dean Burmester (5)	7
1–3 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf (St Francis)	Eastern Cape	650,000	Christiaan Basson (4)	4
7–9 Oct	Sun Boardwalk Challenge	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape	700,000	Chris Swanepoel (4)	4
14–16 Oct	Sun Fish River Sun Challenge	Port Alfred, Eastern Cape	700,000	Rourke van der Spuy (1)	4
22–24 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf (Koro Creek)	Limpopo	650,000	Dean Burmester (6)	7
3–5 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	800,000	Ruan de Smidt (2)	4
11–13 Nov	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Limpopo	650,000	Darren Fichardt (14)	4
19–22 Nov	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	Western Cape	1,200,000	Brandon Stone (1)	14
26–29 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Limpopo	€1,500,000	Charl Schwartzel (8)	22	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
3–6 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Johannesburg, Gauteng	$6,500,000	Marc Leishman (n/a)	44	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank	Player	Prize money (R)
1	George Coetzee	5,470,684
2	Charl Schwartzel	3,302,972
3	Jacques Blaauw	3,080,301
4	Dean Burmester	2,810,226
5	Trevor Fisher Jnr	2,560,306

Andy Sullivan (2.7 million) did not play the minimum number of tournaments required (seven) to be ranked.

Full list

External links

• Official website