2007 Sunshine Tour

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf season The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the 37th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	WinnerTemplate:Efn	OWGR points	Other toursTemplate:Efn	Notes
14 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Ariel Cañete (n/a)	20	EUR	New tournament
28 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	1,600,000	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen (2)	14		Pro-Am
4 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (5)	14
18 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,200,000	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (2)	14
25 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,250,000	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen (3)	14
11 Mar	Mount Edgecombe Trophy	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Steve van Vuuren (7)	n/a
1 Apr	Finance Bank Zambia Open	Zambia	750,000	Template:Flagicon Steve Basson (3)	n/a
15 Apr	Eskom Power Cup	North West	400,000	Template:Flagicon Chris Swanepoel (1)	n/a
20 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	400,000	Template:Flagicon Andrew Curlewis (1)	n/a
5 May	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	600,000	Template:Flagicon Des Terblanche (7)	n/a
11 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	400,000	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto (7)	n/a
19 May	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	400,000	Template:Flagicon Adilson da Silva (3)	n/a
10 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	350,000	Template:Flagicon Peter Karmis (1)	n/a		New tournament
15 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	400,000	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee (1)	n/a
30 Jun	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	400,000	Template:Flagicon Warren Abery (6)	n/a		New tournament
3 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein	Free State	400,000	Template:Flagicon Ulrich van den Berg (5)	n/a
24 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt	Western Cape	400,000	Template:Flagicon Adilson da Silva (4)	n/a
31 Aug	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	350,000	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma (2)	n/a
8 Sep	Seekers Travel Pro-Am	Gauteng	400,000	Template:Flagicon James Kamte (1)	n/a
28 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Eastern Cape	400,000	Template:Flagicon Titch Moore (6)	n/a
7 Oct	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	400,000	Template:Flagicon Marc Cayeux (8)	n/a
20 Oct	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	700,000	Template:Flagicon Keith Horne (2)	n/a
27 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen (4)	n/a
22 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	500,000	Template:Flagicon Titch Moore (7)	n/a
28 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	500,000	Template:Flagicon Mark Murless (3)	n/a		New tournament
2 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$4,385,000	Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman (5)	34		Limited-field event
9 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon John Bickerton (n/a)	22	EUR
16 Dec	South African Airways Open	Western Cape	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon James Kingston (7)	32	EUR	Flagship event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner	OWGR points	Other toursTemplate:Efn	Notes
11 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson	52	ANZ,Template:Efn ASA,Template:Efn EUR	Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Template:Flagicon James Kingston	1,980,689
2	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen	1,596,846
3	Template:Flagicon Andrew McLardy	1,387,475
4	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto	1,331,376
5	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne	966,547

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Template:Flagicon Ross McGowan

External links

• Template:Official site