2011 Sunshine Tour

The 2011 Sunshine Tour was the 41st season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2011 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	6 January 2011 (2011-01-06) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Jean Hugo (3) Hennie Otto (3)
Order of Merit	Garth Mulroy
Players' Player of the Year	Jean Hugo
Rookie of the Year	Allan Versfeld
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OWGR points adjustment

In July, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the "Winter Series" events would be awarded points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
9 Jan	Africa Open	Eastern Cape	€1,000,000	Louis Oosthuizen (6)	22	EUR
16 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,300,000	Charl Schwartzel (5)	20	EUR
30 Jan	Africom Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	1,250,000	Theunis Spangenberg (1)	14
20 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Western Cape	3,000,000	Hennie Otto (10)	14		Pro-Am
27 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	3,250,000	George Coetzee (4)	14
20 Mar	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	1,200,000	J. G. Claassen (1)	14
7 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	750,000	Justin Walters (2)	14
14 May	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	500,000	Adilson da Silva (8)	n/a
27 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	540,000	Jean Hugo (11)	n/a
5 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	850,000	Justin Harding (2)	n/a
10 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	540,000	Chris Swanepoel (2)	n/a
29 Jul	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola	Eastern Cape	540,000	Jean Hugo (12)	n/a
12 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun	KwaZulu-Natal	540,000	Darren Fichardt (11)	n/a
2 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen	Northern Cape	540,000	Adilson da Silva (9)	n/a
9 Sep	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	500,000	Jaco van Zyl (10)	n/a
17 Sep	Northern Cape Classic	Northern Cape	600,000	Oliver Bekker (1)	n/a		New tournament
23 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Limpopo	600,000	Jean Hugo (13)	n/a
8 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	500,000	Hennie Otto (11)	n/a
15 Oct	KCM Zambia Open	Zambia	1,200,000	Doug McGuigan (5)	14
22 Oct	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Darren Fichardt (12)	n/a
30 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	600,000	James Kamte (4)	n/a
6 Nov	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Shaun Norris (2)	14
10 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	600,000	Warren Abery (8)	n/a
20 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Garth Mulroy (3)	20	EUR
27 Nov	SA Open Championship	Gauteng	€1,000,000	Hennie Otto (12)	32	EUR	Flagship event
4 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$5,000,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	38		Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Garth Mulroy	3,464,463
2	Hennie Otto	2,806,214
3	George Coetzee	1,586,587
4	Thomas Aiken	1,569,896
5	Jaco van Zyl	1,231,134

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Jean Hugo	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Allan Versfeld	[4]

See also

• 2011 Big Easy Tour

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.