2016–17 Sunshine Tour

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The 2016–17 Sunshine Tour was the 46th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2016–17 Sunshine Tour season
Duration7 January 2016 (2016-01-07) – 5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)
Number of official events31
Most winsSouth Africa Jaco Ahlers (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Brandon Stone
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2015

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2016–17 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
10 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15,000,000   Brandon Stone (2) 32 EUR Flagship event
17 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng 16,500,000   Haydn Porteous (1) 19 EUR
14 Feb Tshwane Open Gauteng 18,500,000   Charl Schwartzel (9) 19 EUR
21 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,000,000   George Coetzee (8) 14 Pro-Am
28 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1,200,000   Jaco van Zyl (14) 14
12 Mar Investec Cup North West 10,000,000   Haydn Porteous (2) n/a
17 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000   Lyle Rowe (2) 14
24 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,500,000   Christofer Blomstrand (1) 14
7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,400,000   Titch Moore (10) 14
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000   Wang Jeung-hun (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
22 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,200,000   Merrick Bremner (5) 4
5 Jun KCM Zambia Open Zambia 2,000,000   Jaco Ahlers (4) 14
30 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun KwaZulu-Natal 700,000   Madalitso Muthiya (1) 4
6 Aug Sun City Challenge North West 700,000   Oliver Bekker (4) 7
20 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 700,000   Vaughn Groenewald (5) 4
26 Aug Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000   Jaco Ahlers (5) 4
10 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 700,000   Jacques Blaauw (4) 4
23 Sep Sun Carnival City Challenge Gauteng 700,000   Ruan de Smidt (3) 4 New tournament
1 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Western Cape 700,000   Justin Harding (5) 4
8 Oct Sun Boardwalk Challenge Eastern Cape 700,000   Ruan de Smidt (4) 4
14 Oct Sun Fish River Challenge Eastern Cape 700,000   Christiaan Bezuidenhout (1) 4
22 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria Gauteng 700,000   Jaco Ahlers (6) 7
28 Oct Sun Sibaya Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 700,000   Peter Karmis (3) 7
5 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 700,000   Mark Williams (1) 4
27 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,500,000   Jacques Kruyswijk (1) 14
4 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,200,000   Brandon Stone (3) 32 EUR Flagship event
15 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15,000,000   Graeme Storm (n/a) 26 EUR
12 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1,500,000   Erik van Rooyen (1) 14
19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,050,000   Paul Lawrie (n/a) 14
26 Feb Joburg Open Gauteng 16,500,000   Darren Fichardt (15) 19 EUR
5 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng 18,500,000   Dean Burmester (7) 19 EUR

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1   Brandon Stone 7,384,889
2   Dean Burmester 5,955,793
3   Darren Fichardt 3,303,541
4   Haydn Porteous 3,277,711
5   Zander Lombard 3,021,640

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)   Christiaan Bezuidenhout [4][5]

See also

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Notes

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  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. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2016/17 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2016/17 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Stone wins Sunshine Tour order of merit". Reuters. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ "2016/17 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Christiaan Bezuidenhout". ISPS Handa. Retrieved 17 April 2023. He was 'Rookie of the Year' on the Sunshine Tour in 2017...
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