2009 Sunshine Tour

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf season The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the 39th 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 2009 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	WinnerTemplate:Efn	OWGR points	Other toursTemplate:Efn	Notes
11 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,100,000	Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen (1)	20	EUR
18 Jan	Africa Open Golf Challenge	Eastern Cape	5,000,000	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen (6)	18
25 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	1,800,000	Template:Flagicon Deane Pappas (2)	14		Pro-Am
1 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt (7)	14
15 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,650,000	Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen (2)	14
22 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,750,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (3)	14
3 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein	Free State	480,000	Template:Flagicon Trevor Fisher Jnr (4)	n/a
2 May	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st)	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Adilson da Silva (5)	n/a
9 May	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	750,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (4)	n/a
16 May	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	500,000	Template:Flagicon Doug McGuigan (4)	n/a
22 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	480,000	Template:Flagicon Brandon Pieters (1)	n/a
7 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	500,000	Template:Flagicon Peter Karmis (2)	n/a
25 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt	Western Cape	480,000	Template:Flagicon Brandon Pieters (2)	n/a
8 Aug	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Louis de Jager (1)	n/a
14 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale	Western Cape	480,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco Ahlers (1)	n/a
21 Aug	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	450,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (5)	n/a
30 AugTemplate:Efn 28 Mar	Zambia Open	Zambia	800,000	Template:Flagicon Jbe' Kruger (1)	n/a
5 Sep	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd)	Gauteng	500,000	Template:Flagicon Ryan Tipping (1)	n/a
18 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	480,000	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt (8)	n/a
3 Oct	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd)	Western Cape	500,000	Template:Flagicon Prinavin Nelson (1)	n/a
9 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Western Cape	480,000	Template:Flagicon Brandon Pieters (3)	n/a
18 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	500,000	Template:Flagicon Graham DeLaet (1)	n/a
25 Oct	Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	600,000	Template:Flagicon Lindani Ndwandwe (2)	n/a
31 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt (9)	n/a
15 Nov	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto (8)	14
26 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	550,000	Template:Flagicon Christiaan Basson (1)	n/a
2 Dec	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	550,000	Template:Flagicon Jake Roos (2)	n/a
6 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$4,385,000	Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby (n/a)	30		Limited-field event
13 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Pablo Martín (n/a)	20	EUR
20 Dec	South African Open Championship	Western Cape	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Richie Ramsay (n/a)	32	EUR	Flagship 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 Anders Hansen	4,286,038
2	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel	2,315,188
3	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt	1,475,026
4	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl	1,333,023
5	Template:Flagicon David Drysdale	1,184,733

Awards

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

External links

• Template:Official site