2010 Sunshine Tour

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf season The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 40th 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 2010 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	WinnerTemplate:Efn	OWGR points	Other toursTemplate:Efn	Notes
10 Jan	Africa Open	Eastern Cape	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (3)	20	EUR
17 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,300,000	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel (4)	22	EUR
14 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Western Cape	3,000,000	Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt (10)	14		Pro-Am
21 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	3,000,000	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma (3)	14
28 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,650,000	Template:Flagicon Hennie Otto (9)	14
16 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Gardener Ross	Gauteng	510,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (8)	n/a
24 Apr	Africom Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Jbe' Kruger (2)	14
30 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen	Free State	510,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (6)	n/a
8 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	750,000	Template:Flagicon Keith Horne (4)	n/a
15 May	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	500,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (7)	n/a
6 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	700,000	Template:Flagicon Grant Muller (2)	n/a
30 Jul	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood	Eastern Cape	510,000	Template:Flagicon Ulrich van den Berg (6)	n/a
20 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	510,000	Template:Flagicon James Kingston (9)	n/a
29 Aug	Zambia Open	Zambia	850,000	Template:Flagicon Adilson da Silva (6)	n/a
3 Sep	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	500,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (8)	n/a
11 Sep	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st)	Gauteng	500,000	Template:Flagicon Tyrone Ferreira (2)	n/a
18 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Stellenbosch	Western Cape	510,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (9)	n/a
25 Sep	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd)	Western Cape	500,000	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl (9)	n/a
2 Oct	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd)	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Michiel Bothma (4)	n/a
15 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Western Cape	510,000	Template:Flagicon Justin Harding (1)	n/a
24 Oct	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Template:Flagicon Adilson da Silva (7)	n/a
30 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Template:Flagicon Jean Hugo (10)	n/a
7 Nov	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Template:Flagicon Warren Abery (7)	14
14 Nov	BMG Classic	Gauteng	550,000	Template:Flagicon Brandon Pieters (4)	n/a
18 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	550,000	Template:Flagicon Branden Grace (1)	n/a
5 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$5,000,000	Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood (n/a)	34		Limited-field event
12 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Pablo Martín (n/a)	20	EUR
19 Dec	South African Open Championship	KwaZulu-Natal	€1,000,000	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els (15)	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 Charl Schwartzel	5,097,914
2	Template:Flagicon Thomas Aiken	1,959,543
3	Template:Flagicon Keith Horne	1,904,950
4	Template:Flagicon Jbe' Kruger	1,768,632
5	Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen	1,392,835

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Template:Flagicon Jaco van Zyl
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Template:Flagicon Anthony Michael

External links

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