2016–17 Sunshine Tour

The 2016–17 Sunshine Tour was 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. It marked a return to a multi-year schedule, the first since the 2006–07 Sunshine Tour season, and ended in March 2017. 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 schedule of events for the 2016–17 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.

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(R)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
10 Jan BMW SA Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 15,000,000 Brandon Stone (2) 32 Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
17 Jan Joburg Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 16,500,000 Haydn Porteous (1) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
14 Feb Tshwane Open Tshwane, Gauteng 18,500,000 Charl Schwartzel (9) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
21 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am George, Western Cape 5,000,000 George Coetzee (8) 14
28 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng 1,200,000 Jaco van Zyl (14) 14
12 Mar Investec Cup Rustenburg, North West 10,000,000 Haydn Porteous (2) n/a
17 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 Lyle Rowe (2) 14
24 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,500,000 Christofer Blomstrand (1) 14
7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,400,000 Titch Moore (10) 14
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 Wang Jeung-hun (n/a) 17 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Asian Tour
22 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,200,000 Merrick Bremner (5) 4
5 Jun KCM Zambia Open Zambia 2,000,000 Jaco Ahlers (4) 14
30 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf (Wild Coast) KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 Madalitso Muthiya (1) 4
6 Aug Sun City Challenge Sun City, North West 700,000 Oliver Bekker (4) 7
20 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf (Arabella) Cape Town, Western Cape 700,000 Vaughn Groenewald (5) 4
26 Aug Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 Jaco Ahlers (5) 4
10 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf (Sishen) Northern Cape 700,000 Jacques Blaauw (4) 4
23 Sep Sun Carnival City Challenge Gauteng 700,000 Ruan de Smidt (3) 4
1 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf (Simola) Western Cape 700,000 Justin Harding (5) 4
8 Oct Sun Boardwalk Challenge Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 700,000 Ruan de Smidt (4) 4
14 Oct Sun Fish River Challenge Port Alfred, Eastern Cape 700,000 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (1) 4
22 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf (Euphoria) Pretoria, Gauteng 700,000 Jaco Ahlers (6) 7
28 Oct Sun Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 Peter Karmis (3) 7
5 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 700,000 Mark Williams (1) 4
27 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,500,000 Jacques Kruyswijk (1) 14
4 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Limpopo €1,200,000 Brandon Stone (3) 32 Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
15 Jan BMW SA Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 15,000,000 Graeme Storm (n/a) 26 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
12 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Johannesburg, Gauteng 1,500,000 Erik van Rooyen (1) 14
19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am George, Western Cape 5,050,000 Paul Lawrie (n/a) 14
26 Feb Joburg Open Johannesburg, Gauteng 16,500,000 Darren Fichardt (15) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Shortened to 54 holes
5 Mar Tshwane Open Tshwane, Gauteng 18,500,000 Dean Burmester (7) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

RankPlayerPrize money (R)
1 Brandon Stone7,384,889
2 Dean Burmester5,955,793
3 Darren Fichardt3,303,541
4 Haydn Porteous3,277,711
5 Zander Lombard3,021,640

Full list

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