2021–22 Sunshine Tour

The 2021–22 Sunshine Tour is the 22nd 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.

2021–22 Sunshine Tour season
Duration5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) – 6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
Number of official events31[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins3:
J. C. Ritchie
Order of Merit Shaun Norris
Rookie of the Year Jayden Schaper

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

Schedule

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2021–22 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
7 Mar[lower-alpha 3]
7 Feb		 Kit Kat Group Pro-Am Gauteng 1,000,000 Rhys Enoch (2) 8 New tournament
14 Mar Players Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 Jaco Prinsloo (4) 14 New tournament
21 Mar Gauteng Championship Gauteng 1,000,000 Jbe' Kruger (5) 14 New tournament
28 Mar Serengeti Pro-Am Invitational Gauteng 1,500,000 Jaco Prinsloo (5) 14 New tournament
28 Mar The Tour Championship Gauteng – Removed[lower-alpha 4] – Tour Championship
18 Apr Zanaco Masters Zambia – Removed[lower-alpha 4] –
25 Apr[lower-alpha 3]
28 Feb		 Limpopo Championship Limpopo 3,000,000 Brandon Stone (4) 13 CHA
2 May[lower-alpha 3]
21 Feb		 Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Western Cape 3,000,000 J. C. Ritchie (8) 13 CHA
9 May[lower-alpha 3]
14 Feb		 Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 6,000,000 Wilco Nienaber (1) 13 CHA
4 Jun SunBet Challenge – Sun City North West 1,000,000 Alex Haindl (3) 7 New tournament
6 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at De Zalze Western Cape 1,000,000 George Coetzee (12) 7
13 Aug FNB Eswatini Nkonyeni Challenge Eswatini – Removed[lower-alpha 4] – New tournament
20 Aug SunBet Challenge – Times Square Casino Gauteng 1,000,000 Estiaan Conradie (1) 4 New tournament
28 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Gauteng 1,000,000 Alex Haindl (4) 4
4 Sep King's Cup Eswatini – Removed[lower-alpha 4] –
10 Sep Sunshine Tour Invitational Gauteng 1,000,000 Jacques Kruyswijk (2) 4 New tournament
12 Sep Zanaco Masters Zambia – Removed[lower-alpha 4] –
18 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Mount Edgecombe KwaZulu-Natal 1,000,000 Louis Albertse (1) 4
26 Sep Karen Masters Kenya – Removed[lower-alpha 4] –
2 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood Eastern Cape 1,000,000 Daniel Greene (1) 4
9 Oct SunBet Challenge – Wild Coast Sun KwaZulu-Natal – Cancelled[lower-alpha 5] – New tournament
16 Oct Blue Label Challenge North West 1,500,000 Lyle Rowe (3) 14 New tournament
24 Oct Blair Atholl Championship Gauteng 1,250,000 Luke Brown (1) 14 New tournament
7 Nov PGA Championship Eastern Cape 1,200,000 Dean Burmester (8) 14
14 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge North West – Cancelled – EUR
27 Nov Joburg Open Gauteng 17,500,000 Thriston Lawrence (2) 19 EUR
5 Dec SA Open Championship North West US$500,000[lower-alpha 6] Daniel van Tonder (8) 32 EUR Flagship event
12 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga – Cancelled – EUR
30 Jan Vodacom Origins of Golf Final North West 1,000,000 Martin Rohwer (2) 8
6 Feb Kit Kat Group Pro-Am Gauteng – Postponed[lower-alpha 7] –
13 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 6,000,000 Alexander Knappe (1) 13 CHA
20 Feb Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Western Cape US$250,000 J. C. Ritchie (9) 13 CHA
27 Feb Jonsson Workwear Open KwaZulu-Natal US$250,000 J. C. Ritchie (10) 13 CHA New tournament
6 Mar Mangaung Open Free State US$250,000 Oliver Hundebøll (n/a) 13 CHA New tournament
13 Mar MyGolfLife Open North West US$1,500,000 Pablo Larrazábal (n/a) 23 EUR New tournament
20 Mar Steyn City Championship Gauteng US$1,500,000 Shaun Norris (3) 19 EUR New tournament
27 Mar SDC Open Limpopo US$250,000 Clément Sordet (n/a) 13 CHA New tournament
3 Apr Limpopo Championship Limpopo US$250,000 Mateusz Gradecki (n/a) 13 CHA
10 Apr Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic Tanzania – Removed – CHA New tournament
24 Apr Stella Artois Players Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 Jaco Ahlers (10) 14
1 May The Tour Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 Tristen Strydom (1) 14 Tour Championship
6 May Altron Vusi Ngubeni Tournament Gauteng 100,000 n/a New tournament

Order of Merit

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

RankPlayerPrize money (R)
1 Shaun Norris4,890,994
2 Dean Burmester4,196,182
3 Thriston Lawrence3,854,950
4 Oliver Bekker3,359,398
5 Hennie du Plessis2,779,485

Full list

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year Jayden Schaper[2]

Notes
  1. A further eleven tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  2. CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. Removed from the schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. Cancelled due to rain.
  6. Reduced from US$1,500,000 after losing European Tour co-sanctioning as a result of COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
  7. Postponed after one round due to rain.

References
  1. "Sunshine Tour schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. "Strydom claims record Tour Championship win". Compleat Golfer. 1 May 2022.
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