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2009 Sunshine Tour

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.

2009 Sunshine Tour season
Duration8 January 2009 (2009-01-08) – 20 December 2009 (2009-12-20)
Number of official events30
Most winsSouth Africa Darren Fichardt (3)
South Africa Brandon Pieters (3)
South Africa Jaco van Zyl (3)
Order of MeritDenmark Anders Hansen
Rookie of the YearCanada Graham DeLaet
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2010 →

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

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

Order of Merit edit

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   Anders Hansen 4,286,038
2   Charl Schwartzel 2,315,188
3   Darren Fichardt 1,475,026
4   Jaco van Zyl 1,333,023
5   David Drysdale 1,184,733

Awards edit

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)   Graham DeLaet [6]

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ Postponed from its original date in March.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Zambia Open Golf Championship Postponed". Lusaka Times. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Zambia Open back on Sunshine Tour calendar". Sunshine Tour. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  4. ^ "2009 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Hansen wins Sunshine Tour". News24. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. ^ Sunshine Tour [@Sunshine_Tour] (11 October 2018). "This week in 2009" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 April 2023 – via Twitter. Graham DeLaet of Canada won the BMG Classic on the Sunshine Tour on his way to the Rookie of the Year title.

External links edit

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