2014 Sunshine Tour
Year2014
TourSunshine Tour
Regular season6 February 2014 – 11 January 2015
No of events26
Most winsLouis de Jager (2)
Keith Horne (2)
Titch Moore (2)
Daniel van Tonder (2)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1Thomas Aiken
Honor 2Rookie of the Year
Honoree 2Haydn Porteous
Prevseason2013
Nextseason2015

The 2014 Sunshine Tour was the 44th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
9 FebJoburg OpenGauteng€1,300,000George Coetzee (5)20EUR
16 FebAfrica OpenEastern Cape€1,000,000Thomas Aiken (8)20EUR
23 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape3,750,000Estanislao Goya (n/a)14Pro-Am
2 MarTshwane OpenGauteng€1,500,000Ross Fisher (n/a)20EUR
23 MarInvestec CupNorth West1,000,000Trevor Fisher Jnr (8)14
6 AprTelkom Business PGA ChampionshipGauteng3,750,000Titch Moore (8)14
13 AprGolden Pilsener Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,800,000Jbe' Kruger (3)14
10 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,000,000Daniel van Tonder (1)14
18 MayMopani Copper Mines Zambia OpenZambiaUS$250,000Wallie Coetsee (2)14
25 MayLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland900,000Christiaan Basson (3)6
8 JunZambia Sugar OpenZambia1,200,000Lyle Rowe (1)14New tournament
27 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at EuphoriaLimpopo600,000Daniel van Tonder (2)6
4 JulSun City ChallengeNorth West700,000Dean Burmester (2)6
25 JulVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape600,000Jean Hugo (15)4
1 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at St FrancisEastern Cape600,000Keith Horne (6)6
29 AugWild Waves Golf ChallengeKwazulu-Natal700,000Colin Nel (1)6
5 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast SunEastern Cape600,000Louis de Jager (2)7
3 OctVodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de GraceFree State600,000PH McIntyre (1)4
10 OctSun Boardwalk Golf ChallengeEastern Cape600,000Titch Moore (9)4New tournament
19 OctBMG ClassicGauteng800,000Merrick Bremner (4)7
31 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape650,000Keith Horne (7)4
6 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West750,000Louis de Jager (3)4
30 NovLion of Africa Cape Town OpenWestern Cape1,500,000Jaco Ahlers (2)14
7 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$6,500,000Danny Willett (n/a)38EURLimited-field event
14 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,500,000Branden Grace (4)22EUR
11 JanSouth African Open ChampionshipGauteng14,500,000Andy Sullivan (n/a)32EURFlagship event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (R)
1Thomas Aiken4,057,642
2Daniel van Tonder3,900,386
3George Coetzee3,339,251
4Charl Schwartzel2,081,444
5Trevor Fisher Jnr2,052,708

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)Haydn Porteous[4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Sunshine Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2014 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived 17 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ Winter, Grant (12 January 2015). "Aiken captures Order of Merit". Cape Times. Retrieved 8 September 2023. – via Pressreader.
  4. ^ "2014 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ Titleist South Africa (13 January 2015). "RT & join us in congratulating Titleist loyalist @HaydnPorteous.". No. 554865455111098368. Retrieved 18 April 2023. Winner of the '14 Sunshine Tour Rookie of the year!