2008 Sunshine Tour

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf season The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the 38th 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 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	WinnerTemplate:Efn	OWGR points	Other toursTemplate:Efn	Notes
13 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,100,000	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (3)	20	EUR
27 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	1,800,000	Template:Flagicon James Kamte (2)	14		Pro-Am
3 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Marc Cayeux (9)	14
10 Feb	Africa Open	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Shaun Norris (1)	14		New tournament
17 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,400,000	Template:Flagicon James Kingston (8)	14
24 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,500,000	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen (5)	14
2 Mar	Mount Edgecombe Trophy	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Mark Murless (4)	n/a
30 Mar	Chainama Hills Zambia Open	Zambia	750,000	Template:Flagicon Tyrone Ferreira (1)	n/a
4 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein	Free State	440,000	Template:Flagicon Dion Fourie (2)	n/a
25 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	440,000	Template:Flagicon Tyrone van Aswegen (1)	n/a
10 May	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	700,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (6)	n/a
17 May	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	500,000	Template:Flagicon Keith Horne (3)	n/a
30 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	440,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (7)	n/a
8 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	400,000	Template:Flagicon Merrick Bremner (1)	n/a
23 Aug	SAA Pro-Am Invitational	Western Cape	500,000	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee (2)	n/a
29 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	440,000	Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy (1)	n/a
5 Sep	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	400,000	Template:Flagicon Merrick Bremner (2)	n/a
13 Sep	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Jake Roos (1)	n/a
19 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood	Eastern Cape	440,000	Template:Flagicon George Coetzee (3)	n/a
4 Oct	Seekers Travel Pro-Am	Gauteng	440,000	Template:Flagicon Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)	n/a
12 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	500,000	Template:Flagicon Doug McGuigan (3)	n/a		New tournament
19 Oct	Metmar Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	600,000	Template:Flagicon James Kamte (3)	n/a
24 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Western Cape	440,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (2)	n/a
1 Nov	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Template:Flagicon Thomas Aiken (7)	n/a
9 Nov	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Tongoona Charamba (2)	n/a
27 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	550,000	Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy (2)	n/a
3 Dec	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	550,000	Template:Flagicon Tyrone van Aswegen (2)	n/a
7 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$4,385,000	Template:Flagicon Henrik Stenson (n/a)	34		Limited-field event
14 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (4)	24	EUR
21 Dec	South African Open Championship	Western Cape	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (5)	40	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
9 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	Template:Flagicon Sergio García	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 Richard Sterne	5,999,265
2	Template:Flagicon Garth Mulroy	1,442,351
3	Template:Flagicon Thomas Aiken	967,378
4	Template:Flagicon Mark Murless	885,056
5	Template:Flagicon James Kingston	775,903

Awards

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

External links

• Template:Official site