2019–20 Sunshine Tour

The 2019–20 Sunshine Tour was the 20th 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.

2019–20 Sunshine Tour season
Duration28 March 2019 (2019-03-28) – 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Number of official events25[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins3:
J. C. Ritchie
Order of Merit J. C. Ritchie
Rookie of the Year Garrick Higgo

The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in Eswatini, Zambia, Mauritius and Kenya.

Schedule

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour season.[1]

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 Purse
(R)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
31 Mar Mopani Redpath Greendoor Logistics Zambia Open Zambia 2,500,000 Daniel van Tonder (3) 14
7 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia 2,000,000 J. C. Ritchie (5) 14
4 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Eswatini 1,500,000 Martin Rohwer (1) 14
19 May Lombard Insurance Classic Eswatini 1,000,000 Jake Redman (1) 4
7 Jun Sun City Challenge North West 1,000,000 Garrick Higgo (1) 7
30 Jun KCB Karen Masters Kenya 2,200,000 Toto Thimba Jr. (1) 14
2 Aug Royal Swazi Spa Challenge Eswatini 1,000,000 Ruan Conradie (1) 7
24 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 1,000,000 Ockie Strydom (1) 4
1 Sep Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe – Cancelled –
7 Sep King's Cup Eswatini 1,000,000 Jaco Ahlers (8) 7 New tournament
28 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood Eastern Cape 1,000,000 Merrick Bremner (6) 4
5 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Stellenbosch Western Cape 1,000,000 Thriston Lawrence (1) 4
11 Oct Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 Jean Hugo (19) 7
19 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 Jaco Ahlers (9) 7
25 Oct Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 Hennie Otto (13) 7
2 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 1,000,000 George Coetzee (10) 7
17 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$7,500,000 Tommy Fleetwood (n/a) 36 EUR[lower-alpha 3]
1 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) 19 EUR
8 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 Rasmus Højgaard (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
12 Jan South African Open Gauteng 17,500,000 Branden Grace (6) 32 EUR Flagship event
19 Jan Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 Darren Fichardt (17) 14
25 Jan Gauteng Team Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 Jaco Prinsloo (3) and
J. C. Ritchie (6)		 n/a Team event
2 Feb Limpopo Championship Limpopo 3,500,000 J. C. Ritchie (7) 13 CHA
9 Feb RAM Cape Town Open Western Cape 3,500,000 Anton Karlsson (n/a) 13 CHA
16 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 6,300,000 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2) 13 CHA
23 Feb The Tour Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 Garrick Higgo (2) 14 Tour Championship

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

RankPlayerPrize money (R)
1 J. C. Ritchie2,162,387
2 Daniel van Tonder2,043,268
3 Jaco Ahlers1,902,195
4 George Coetzee1,722,930
5 Thriston Lawrence1,377,891

Full list

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year Garrick Higgo[2]

Notes
  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. European Tour Rolex Series

References
  1. "2019/20 Season – Tournament Schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. "Higgo banks top 10 in Austria". Compleat Golfer. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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