| Year | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Tour | Sunshine Tour |
| Regular season | 19 February 2015 – 6 December 2015 |
| No of events | 27 |
| Most wins | Dean Burmester (4) |
| Honor 1 | Order of Merit |
| Honoree 1 | George Coetzee |
| Honor 2 | Players' Player of the Year |
| Honoree 2 | Dean Burmester |
| Honor 3 | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree 3 | Rourke van der Spuy |
| Prevseason | 2014 |
| Nextseason | 2016–17 |
The 2015 Sunshine Tour was the 45th 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 2015 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner[a] | OWGR points | Other tours[b] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 4,500,000 | Branden Grace (5) | 14 | Pro-Am | |
| 1 Mar | Joburg Open | Gauteng | €1,300,000 | Andy Sullivan (n/a) | 19 | EUR | |
| 8 Mar | Africa Open | Eastern Cape | 14,500,000 | Trevor Fisher Jnr (9) | 19 | EUR | |
| 15 Mar | Tshwane Open | Gauteng | 18,500,000 | George Coetzee (6) | 19 | EUR | |
| 22 Mar | Investec Cup | North West | 1,000,000 | Jaco Ahlers (3) | 14 | ||
| 12 Apr | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 1,800,000 | Dean Burmester (3) | 14 | ||
| 26 Apr | Mopani/Redpath Zambia Open | Zambia | 3,200,000 | Ross McGowan (1) | 14 | ||
| 3 May | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,500,000 | Vaughn Groenewald (3) | 14 | ||
| 9 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | PH McIntyre (2) | 14 | ||
| 10 May | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | George Coetzee (7) | 17 | ASA, EUR | New tournament |
| 24 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Dean Burmester (4) | 7 | ||
| 6 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan | Western Cape | 650,000 | Justin Harding (4) | 4 | ||
| 7 Aug | Sun City Challenge | North West | 700,000 | Keith Horne (8) | 7 | ||
| 22 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at San Lameer | KwaZulu-Natal | 650,000 | Jean Hugo (16) | 7 | ||
| 28 Aug | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | KwaZulu-Natal | 700,000 | Vaughn Groenewald (4) | 7 | New tournament | |
| 4 Sep | Sun Sibaya Challenge | KwaZulu-Natal | 700,000 | Michael Hollick (1) | 4 | New tournament | |
| 12 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace | Free State | 650,000 | Jean Hugo (17) | 7 | ||
| 18 Sep | Sun Windmill Challenge | Free State | 700,000 | Dean Burmester (5) | 7 | ||
| 3 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis | Eastern Cape | 650,000 | Christiaan Basson (4) | 4 | ||
| 9 Oct | Sun Boardwalk Challenge | Eastern Cape | 700,000 | Chris Swanepoel (4) | 4 | ||
| 16 Oct | Sun Fish River Sun Challenge | Eastern Cape | 700,000 | Rourke van der Spuy (1) | 4 | New tournament | |
| 24 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Koro Creek | Limpopo | 650,000 | Dean Burmester (6) | 7 | ||
| 5 Nov | Nedbank Affinity Cup | North West | 800,000 | Ruan de Smidt (2) | 4 | ||
| 13 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Limpopo | 650,000 | Darren Fichardt (14) | 4 | ||
| 22 Nov | Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | Western Cape | 1,200,000 | Brandon Stone (1) | 14 | ||
| 29 Nov | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,500,000 | Charl Schwartzel (8) | 22 | EUR | |
| 6 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Gauteng | US$6,500,000 | Marc Leishman (n/a) | 44 | EUR | Limited-field event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Coetzee | 5,470,684 |
| 2 | Charl Schwartzel | 3,302,972 |
| 3 | Jacques Blaauw | 3,080,301 |
| 4 | Dean Burmester | 2,810,226 |
| 5 | Trevor Fisher Jnr | 2,560,306 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | Dean Burmester | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | Rourke van der Spuy | [5][6] |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
- ^ "2015 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "2015 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived 17 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Coetzee tops Order of Merit". Daily News. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2023. – via Pressreader.
- ^ "Burmester cleans up in Sunshine Tour awards". News24. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
He took the Gary Player Trophy for the best stroke average of the 2015 season (69.34 over 59 rounds of tournament golf), the Media's Player of the Year as voted by members of South Africa's golf journalists, the Players' Player of the Year which is an accolade from his fellow professionals...
- ^ "2015 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived 18 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Van der Spuy claims Rookie of the Year". News24. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2023.