2019–20 Sunshine Tour

The 2019–20 Sunshine Tour was the 49th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2019–20 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	28 March 2019 (2019-03-28) – 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Number of official events	25[a]
Most wins	J. C. Ritchie (3)
Order of Merit	J. C. Ritchie
Rookie of the Year	Garrick Higgo
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019–20 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	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[2]	–
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[d]	Limited-field event
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	Pro-Am
23 Feb	The Tour Championship	Gauteng	1,500,000	Garrick Higgo (2)	14		Tour Championship

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	J. C. Ritchie	2,162,387
2	Daniel van Tonder	2,043,268
3	Jaco Ahlers	1,902,195
4	George Coetzee	1,722,930
5	Thriston Lawrence	1,377,891

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Garrick Higgo	[5][6]

See also

• 2019 Big Easy Tour

Notes

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