2020–21 Sunshine Tour

The 2020–21 Sunshine Tour was the 50th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2020–21 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) – 6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)
Number of official events	11[a]
Most wins	Daniel van Tonder (4)
Order of Merit	Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Rookie of the Year	Jayden Schaper
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

In-season changes

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour announced a suspension on 16 March.^[1] Later, the first two scheduled tournaments, the Investec Royal Swazi Open and the Zambia Open, were postponed. On 5 August, the tour announced its resumption, starting in mid-August with a new series of five 54-hole tournaments, called the "Rise Up Series".^[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
17 May	Zambia Open	Zambia	–	Postponed[1]	–
24 May	Lombard Insurance Classic	Western Cape	–	Postponed[1]	–
5 Jun	Sun City Challenge	North West	–	Postponed[1]	–
25 Jul	Vodacom Origins of Golf	Western Cape	–	Postponed[1]	–
31 Jul	Royal Swazi Spa Challenge	Eswatini	–	Postponed[1]	–
7 Aug	FNB Eswatini Nkonyeni Sunshine Tour Golf Challenge	Eswatini	–	Postponed[1]	–		New tournament
16 Aug	Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	–	Postponed[1]	–
21 Aug	Betway Championship	Gauteng	600,000	Darren Fichardt (18)	7		New tournament
23 Aug	Zanaco Masters	Zambia	–	Postponed[1]	–
28 Aug	African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship	Gauteng	600,000	Daniel van Tonder (4)	7		New tournament
29 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf	Free State	–	Postponed[1]	–
4 Sep	Titleist Championship	Gauteng	600,000	George Coetzee (11)	7		New tournament
5 Sep	King's Cup	Eastern Cape	–	Postponed[1]	–
13 Sep	KCB Karen Masters	Kenya	–	Postponed[1]	–
19 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf	Eastern Cape	–	Postponed[1]	–
25 Sep	Sun Boardwalk Challenge	Eastern Cape	–	Postponed[1]	–
25 Sep	Vodacom Championship Unlocked	Gauteng	600,000	Daniel van Tonder (5)	4		New tournament
2 Oct	Vodacom Championship Reloaded	Gauteng	600,000	Daniel van Tonder (6)	4		New tournament
10 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf	KwaZulu-Natal	–	Postponed[1]	–
23 Oct	Sibaya Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	–	Postponed[1]	–
23 Oct 2 Oct	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	700,000	Merrick Bremner (7)	4
31 Oct 9 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	North West	1,500,000	Daniel van Tonder (7)	14
6 Nov	Time Square Casino Challenge	Gauteng	700,000	Ruan Korb (1)	7		New tournament
7 Nov	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	North West	–	Postponed[1]	–
22 Nov	Joburg Open	Gauteng	19,500,000	Joachim B. Hansen (n/a)	19	EUR
29 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	29,000,000	Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3)	32	EUR	Flagship event
6 Dec	South African Open	North West	19,500,000	Christiaan Bezuidenhout (4)	19	EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	7,789,088
2	Joachim B. Hansen	3,277,475
3	Wilco Nienaber	2,681,740
4	Jayden Schaper	2,170,478
5	Shaun Norris	1,183,904

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Jayden Schaper	[6][7]

See also

• 2020–21 Big Easy Tour

Notes

1. A further 16 tournaments were scheduled but were postponed.
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. EUR − European Tour.