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2020–21 Sunshine Tour

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2020–21 Sunshine Tour season
Duration19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) – 6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)
Number of official events11[a]
Most winsSouth Africa Daniel van Tonder (4)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Jayden Schaper

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.

In-season changes

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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

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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 South Africa Darren Fichardt (18) 7 New tournament
23 Aug Zanaco Masters Zambia Postponed[1]
28 Aug African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship Gauteng 600,000 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (4) 7 New tournament
29 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf Free State Postponed[1]
4 Sep Titleist Championship Gauteng 600,000 South Africa 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 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (5) 4 New tournament
2 Oct Vodacom Championship Reloaded Gauteng 600,000 South Africa 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 South Africa Merrick Bremner (7) 4
31 Oct
9 May
Investec Royal Swazi Open North West 1,500,000 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (7) 14
6 Nov Time Square Casino Challenge Gauteng 700,000 South Africa 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 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (n/a) 19 EUR
29 Nov Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga 29,000,000 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3) 32 EUR Flagship event
6 Dec South African Open North West 19,500,000 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (4) 19 EUR

Order of Merit

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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 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout 7,789,088
2 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 3,277,475
3 South Africa Wilco Nienaber 2,681,740
4 South Africa Jayden Schaper 2,170,478
5 South Africa Shaun Norris 1,183,904

Awards

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

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Sunshine Tour suspends all activities". Sunshine Tour. 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Sunshine Tour announces return with new Rise-Up Series". SuperSport. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ "2020/21 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ Tremlett, Sam (21 May 2021). "15 Things You Didn't Know About Christiaan Bezuidenhout". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 7 September 2023. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2020/21 after winning back-to-back Sunshine/European Tour co-sanctioned events at the Alfred Dunhill Championship and South African Open.
  6. ^ "2020/21 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  7. ^ GolfRSA [@GolfRSA] (30 November 2020). "Bank the lessons learned Jay and take pride in your achievement!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 April 2023 – via Twitter. Congratulations on leading the 2020 @Sunshine_Tour Rookie of the Year race!!
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