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 | Tour Championship |
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 |