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.
DatesTournamentLocationPrize fund
WinnerOWGR
points
Notes
12–15 AprZanaco MastersZambia2,000,000 J. J. Senekal 14
19–22 AprOld Mutual Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe2,000,000 Bryce Easton 14
26–29 AprMopani Redpath Zambia OpenZambiaUS$150,000 Rourke van der Spuy 14
9–12 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,200,000 Justin Harding 14
18–20 MayLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland1,000,000 Justin Harding 7
5–7 JunSun City ChallengeSun City, North West800,000 Neil Schietekat 7
19–22 JulKCB Karen MastersKenya2,000,000 Michael Palmer 14
1–3 AugRoyal Swazi Spa ChallengeSwaziland800,000 Andre de Decker 7
8–10 AugSun Carnival City ChallengeBenoni, Gauteng800,000 J. C. Ritchie 7
16–18 AugVodacom Origins Bela-Bela, Limpopo800,000 Zander Lombard 7
22–25 AugSun Wild Coast Sun ChallengePort Edward, KwaZulu-Natal800,000 Vaughn Groenewald 7
30 Aug – 1 SepVodacom Origins Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal800,000 Peter Karmis 7
14–16 SepVodacom Origins Kleinmond, Western Cape800,000 Neil Schietekat 7
27–29 SepVodacom Origins St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape800,000 Alex Haindl 4
18–20 OctVodacom Origins Parys, Free State800,000 Garth Mulroy 4
24–26 OctSun Sibaya ChallengeDurban800,000 Louis de Jager 4
1–3 NovVodacom Origins of Golf FinalMossel Bay, Eastern Cape800,000 Steve Surry 4
29 Nov – 2 DecAfrAsia Bank Mauritius OpenMauritius€1,000,000 Kurt Kitayama 17Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Asian Tour
6–9 DecSouth African OpenJohannesburg, Gauteng17,500,000 Louis Oosthuizen 32Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Asian Tour
13–16 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipLimpopo€1,500,000 David Lipsky 23Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
31 Jan – 3 FebEye of Africa PGA ChampionshipJohannesburg, Gauteng2,000,000 Louis de Jager 14
7–10 FebRAM Cape Town OpenWestern Cape2,000,000 Benjamin Follett-Smith 14
14–17 FebDimension Data Pro-AmGeorge, Western Cape5,050,000 Philip Eriksson 14
28 Feb – 2 MarTeam ChampionshipJohannesburg, Gauteng1,500,000 Jaco Prinsloo &
J. C. Ritchie
n/a
7–10 MarLimpopo ChampionshipModimolle1,500,000 J. C. Ritchie 14
21–24 MarThe Tour ChampionshipKempton Park, Gauteng2,000,000 Jean-Paul Strydom 14

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.
RankPlayerPrize money
1 Zander Lombard2,119,984
2 Justin Harding1,467,795
3 Bryce Easton1,361,128
4 Neil Schietekat1,206,168
5 Philip Eriksson1,059,233