2018–19 Sunshine Tour

The 2018–19 Sunshine Tour was the 19th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. 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 Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia, Mauritius and Kenya.

Schedule

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2018–19 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
12–15 Apr	Zanaco Masters	Zambia	2,000,000	J. J. Senekal (2)	14
19–22 Apr	Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	2,000,000	Bryce Easton (3)	14
26–29 Apr	Mopani Redpath Zambia Open	Zambia	US$150,000	Rourke van der Spuy (2)	14
9–12 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	1,200,000	Justin Harding (6)	14
18–20 May	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	1,000,000	Justin Harding (7)	7
5–7 Jun	Sun City Challenge	Sun City, North West	800,000	Neil Schietekat (2)	7
19–22 Jul	KCB Karen Masters	Kenya	2,000,000	Michael Palmer (1)	14
1–3 Aug	Royal Swazi Spa Challenge	Swaziland	800,000	Andre de Decker (1)	7
8–10 Aug	Sun Carnival City Challenge	Benoni, Gauteng	800,000	J. C. Ritchie (2)	7
16–18 Aug	Vodacom Origins (Zebula)	Bela-Bela, Limpopo	800,000	Zander Lombard (1)	7
22–25 Aug	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal	800,000	Vaughn Groenewald (6)	7
30 Aug – 1 Sep	Vodacom Origins (Selborne)	Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal	800,000	Peter Karmis (6)	7
14–16 Sep	Vodacom Origins (Arabella)	Kleinmond, Western Cape	800,000	Neil Schietekat (3)	7
27–29 Sep	Vodacom Origins (St Francis)	St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape	800,000	Alex Haindl (2)	4
18–20 Oct	Vodacom Origins (Parys)	Parys, Free State	800,000	Garth Mulroy (4)	4
24–26 Oct	Sun Sibaya Challenge	Durban	800,000	Louis de Jager (4)	4
1–3 Nov	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Mossel Bay, Eastern Cape	800,000	Steve Surry (1)	4
29 Nov – 2 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Kurt Kitayama (n/a)	17	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour
6–9 Dec	South African Open	Johannesburg, Gauteng	17,500,000	Louis Oosthuizen (8)	32	Flagship event Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour
13–16 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Limpopo	€1,500,000	David Lipsky (n/a)	23	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
31 Jan – 3 Feb	Eye of Africa PGA Championship	Johannesburg, Gauteng	2,000,000	Louis de Jager (5)	14
7–10 Feb	RAM Cape Town Open	Western Cape	2,000,000	Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)	14
14–17 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	George, Western Cape	5,050,000	Philip Eriksson (1)	14
28 Feb – 2 Mar	Team Championship	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1,500,000	Jaco Prinsloo (2) & J. C. Ritchie (3)	n/a
7–10 Mar	Limpopo Championship	Modimolle	1,500,000	J. C. Ritchie (4)	14
21–24 Mar	The Tour Championship	Kempton Park, Gauteng	2,000,000	Jean-Paul Strydom (1)	14

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Zander Lombard	2,119,984
2	Justin Harding	1,467,795
3	Bryce Easton	1,361,128
4	Neil Schietekat	1,206,168
5	Philip Eriksson	1,059,233

Full list

External links

• Official website