Sunshine Tour

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Sunshine Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2026–27 Sunshine Tour
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FormerlySunshine Circuit
South African Tour
Southern Africa Tour
Vodacom Tour
FNB Tour
SportGolf
Founded1971 (rebranded as the Sunshine Tour in 2000)
CommissionerThomas Abt
CountriesBased in South Africa[a]
Most titlesOrder of Merit titles:
Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (8)
Tournament wins:
Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (33)
BroadcasterTemplate:Pluralize from textSuperSport
Related
competitions		Big Easy Tour
Official websitehttp://www.sunshinetour.com

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The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the FNB Tour[1] and the Vodacom Tour.[2] For the 2000–01 season the tour rebranded itself as the Sunshine Tour in an attempt to broaden its appeal. A large majority of the tour events are still staged in South Africa.[3]

History and status

The tour is one of the six leading men's tours which before 2009 made up the membership of the International Federation of PGA Tours, but it offers much less prize money than some of the leading tours, and leading Southern African golfers traditionally prefer to play on the PGA Tour or the European Tour if they can qualify to do so, typically returning to play in Sunshine Tour events a couple of times a year.

Most of the tour's leading official money events, including the South African Open, are co-sanctioned with the European Tour to attract stronger fields. The 2015 season included 27 official money events. The co-sanctioned events had purses ranging from Template:Currency to Template:Currency, while the other 21 events had purses designated in South African Rand and ranging from 650,000 rand to 4.5 million rand. There was at least one tournament every month of the year except July, but the main events took place in the South African summer from November to February.

In accordance with the apartheid policy of the governments of Southern Africa, the tour was only open to White players for its first 20 years.[4][5] The tour has been open to non-White players since 1991. Five black golfers have won events: South Africa's John Mashego at the 1991 Bushveld Classic; South Africa's Lindani Ndwandwe at the 2001 Western Cape Classic and 2009 Highveld Classic; Zimbabwe's Tongoona Charamba at the 2006 SAA Pro-Am Invitational[6] and 2008 MTC Namibia PGA Championship; Zambia's Madalitso Muthiya at the 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (Wild Coast); and South Africa's Toto Thimba Jr. at the 2019 KCB Karen Masters.

In 2016, the Sunshine Tour announced an affiliation with the MENA Golf Tour, allowing the top five MENA Tour players Sunshine Tour cards and those 6th-15th into the final stage of Q School. A number of events would also be co-sanctioned among the Sunshine Tour, MENA Tour, and developmental Big Easy Tour.[7]

In May 2022, it was announced that the Order of Merit would be reformatted for the 2022–23 season. It was sponsored by Luno, a cryptocurrency platform. The rankings changed to a points-based system, rather than being decided on money earned. Points earned are based on tournament prize money which are split into five tiers. The leader of the OoM will receive Template:Currency; paid in Bitcoin.[8]

Since 2022, the top three players on the Order of Merit at the end of the season earn status to play on the European Tour for the following season.[9]

Schedule

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Order of Merit winners

Season Winner Points
2025–26 Template:Flagicon Casey Jarvis 4,863
2024–25 Template:Flagicon Daniel van Tonder 4,155
2023–24 Template:Flagicon Ryan van Velzen 3,525
2022–23 Template:Flagicon Ockie Strydom 3,336
Season Winner Prize money (R)
2021–22 Template:Flagicon Shaun Norris 4,890,994
2020–21 Template:Flagicon Christiaan Bezuidenhout 7,789,088
2019–20 Template:Flagicon J. C. Ritchie 2,162,387
2018–19 Template:Flagicon Zander Lombard 2,119,985
2017–18 Template:Flagicon George Coetzee (2) 2,937,226
2016–17 Template:Flagicon Brandon Stone 7,384,889
2015 Template:Flagicon George Coetzee 5,470,684
2014 Template:Flagicon Thomas Aiken 4,057,642
2013 Template:Flagicon Dawie van der Walt 5,094,333
2012 Template:Flagicon Branden Grace 2,760,319
2011 Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy 3,464,463
2010 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (4) 5,097,914
2009 Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen 4,286,038
2008 Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne 5,599,265
2007 Template:Flagicon James Kingston 1,980,689
2006–07 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (3) 1,585,117
2005–06 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (2) 1,207,460
2004–05 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel 1,635,850
2003–04 Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt (2) 726,545
2002–03 Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman 2,044,280
2001–02 Template:Flagicon Tim Clark 1,669,901
2000–01 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (8) 1,603,481
1999–2000 Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt 558,735
1998–99 Template:Flagicon David Frost 1,189,762
1997–98 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (7) 589,053
1996–97 Template:Flagicon Nick Price (2) 1,223,027
1995–96 Template:Flagicon Wayne Westner 709,389
1994–95 Template:Flagicon Ernie Els (2) 460,488
1993–94 Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone (2) 297,359
1992–93 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (6) 250,079
1991–92 Template:Flagicon Ernie Els 324,017
1990–91 Template:Flagicon John Bland (4) 333,637
1989–90 Template:Flagicon John Bland (3) 180,893
1988–89 Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone 254,950
1987–88 Template:Flagicon John Bland (2) 143,301
1986–87 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (5) 134,690
1985–86 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (4) 113,527
1984–85 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (3) 57,750
1983–84 Template:Flagicon Gavan Levenson 43,940
1982–83 Template:Flagicon Nick Price 31,986
1981–82 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty (2) 67,054
1980–81 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty 50,192
1979–80 Template:Flagicon Gary Player (2) 49,680
1978–79 Template:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi 19,804
1977–78 Template:Flagicon John Bland 25,171
1976–77 Template:Flagicon Gary Player 19,363
1975–76 Template:Flagicon Allan Henning (2) 18,275
Season Winner Points
1974–75 Template:Flagicon Allan Henning 1,833
1973–74 Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole 1,664
1972–73 Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes 1,252
1971–72 Template:Flagicon Tienie Britz 1,604

Multiple winners

Rank Player Wins Years won
1 Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty 8 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2000–01
2 Template:Flagicon John Bland 4 1977–78, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91
Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010
T4 Template:Flagicon George Coetzee 2 2015, 2017–18
Template:Flagicon Ernie Els 1991–92, 1994–95
Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt 1999–2000, 2003–04
Template:Flagicon Allan Henning 1974–75, 1975–76
Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone 1988–89, 1993–94
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 1976–77, 1979–80
Template:Flagicon Nick Price 1982–83, 1996–97

Awards

Season Players' Player of the Year Rookie of the Year
2025–26 Template:Flagicon Herman Loubser Template:Flagicon Luis Carrera
2024–25 No award Template:Flagicon Altin van der Merwe
2023–24 Template:Flagicon Robin Williams
2022–23 Template:Flagicon Casey Jarvis
2021–22 Template:Flagicon Jayden Schaper (2)
2020–21 Template:Flagicon Jayden Schaper
2019–20 Template:Flagicon Garrick Higgo
2018–19 Template:Flagicon Benjamin Follett-Smith
2017–18 Template:Flagicon Oliver Bekker Template:Flagicon Neil O'Briain
2016–17 Unknown Template:Flagicon Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2015 Template:Flagicon Dean Burmester Template:Flagicon Rourke van der Spuy
2014 Unknown Template:Flagicon Haydn Porteous
2013 Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt Template:Flagicon Dylan Frittelli
2012 Template:Flagicon Trevor Fisher Jnr Template:Flagicon Daniel van Tonder
2011 Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo Template:Flagicon Allan Versfeld
2010 Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl Template:Flagicon Anthony Michael
2009 Unknown Template:Flagicon Graham DeLaet
2008 Template:Flagicon Louis Moolman
2007 Template:Flagicon Ross McGowan
2006–07 Template:Flagicon Rossouw Loubser
2005–06 Template:Flagicon Mohamed Tayob
2004–05 Template:Flagicon Garry Houston
2003–04 Template:Flagicon Johan Edfors
2002–03 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel
2001–02 Template:Flagicon Nicholas Lawrence
2000–01 Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman
1999–2000 Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo
1998–99 Unknown
1997–98 Template:Flagicon Richard Fulford
1996–97 Unknown
1995–96 Template:Flagicon Alan McLean
1994–95 Unknown
1993–94 Template:Flagicon Brenden Pappas

Notes

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  1. ^ Schedules have also included events in Botswana, eSwatini, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

References

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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charamba rewrites history at SAA Pro-Am Invitational". Sunshine Tour. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023. Following a recent announcement that the top 5 players on the final 2016 MENA Golf Tour Order of Merit will earn full playing privileges on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, as well as the MENA Golf Tour receiving 10 exemptions into the Sunshine Tour Final Stage of Qualifying School and 3 Tri Sanctioned Tournaments with the MENA Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour and the Big Easy Tour…
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sunshine Tour announces new Luno Order of Merit". Compleat Golfer. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."European Tour and Sunshine Tour launch landmark partnership". European Tour. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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