2007 Sunshine Tour

2007 Sunshine Tour season
Duration	11 January 2007 – 16 December 2007
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Louis Oosthuizen (3)
Order of Merit	James Kingston
Rookie of the Year	Ross McGowan
	← 2006–07 2008 →

The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the 37th 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 2007 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
14 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,000,000	Ariel Cañete (n/a)	20	EUR	New tournament
28 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	1,600,000	Louis Oosthuizen (2)	14		Pro-Am
4 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Jean Hugo (5)	14
18 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,200,000	Richard Sterne (2)	14
25 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,250,000	Louis Oosthuizen (3)	14
11 Mar	Mount Edgecombe Trophy	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Steve van Vuuren (7)	n/a
1 Apr	Finance Bank Zambia Open	Zambia	750,000	Steve Basson (3)	n/a
15 Apr	Eskom Power Cup	North West	400,000	Chris Swanepoel (1)	n/a
20 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	400,000	Andrew Curlewis (1)	n/a
5 May	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	600,000	Des Terblanche (7)	n/a
11 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	400,000	Hennie Otto (7)	n/a
19 May	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	400,000	Adilson da Silva (3)	n/a
10 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	350,000	Peter Karmis (1)	n/a		New tournament
15 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	400,000	George Coetzee (1)	n/a
30 Jun	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	400,000	Warren Abery (6)	n/a		New tournament
3 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein	Free State	400,000	Ulrich van den Berg (5)	n/a
24 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt	Western Cape	400,000	Adilson da Silva (4)	n/a
31 Aug	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	350,000	Michiel Bothma (2)	n/a
8 Sep	Seekers Travel Pro-Am	Gauteng	400,000	James Kamte (1)	n/a
28 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Eastern Cape	400,000	Titch Moore (6)	n/a
7 Oct	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	400,000	Marc Cayeux (8)	n/a
20 Oct	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	700,000	Keith Horne (2)	n/a
27 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Louis Oosthuizen (4)	n/a
22 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	500,000	Titch Moore (7)	n/a
28 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	500,000	Mark Murless (3)	n/a		New tournament
2 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$4,385,000	Trevor Immelman (5)	34		Limited-field event
9 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	John Bickerton (n/a)	22	EUR
16 Dec	South African Airways Open	Western Cape	€1,000,000	James Kingston (7)	32	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 tours^[b]	Notes
11 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	Phil Mickelson	52	ANZ,^[c] ASA,^[d] 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.^[2]^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	James Kingston	1,980,689
2	Louis Oosthuizen	1,596,846
3	Andrew McLardy	1,387,475
4	Hennie Otto	1,331,376
5	Richard Sterne	966,547

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Ross McGowan	^[4]

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event
^ Asian Tour unofficial event

References

^ "2007 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "2007 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ Winter, Grant (17 December 2007). "Final 71 nets extra R2m for Kingston". Independent Online. Retrieved 9 September 2023. This victory for Kingston is huge. Not only is it worth R1.6m in prizemoney, but it means he has finished No 1 on the 2007 Order of Merit.
^ "Ross has a lot of Shine". Daily Mirror. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Ross McGowan was named the 2007 Bobby Locke Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season on the Sunshine Tour.

External links

Official website

[totals-2] 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.

[tours-3] ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

[4] PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event

[5] Asian Tour unofficial event

[1] "2007 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[6] "2007 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[7] Winter, Grant (17 December 2007). "Final 71 nets extra R2m for Kingston". Independent Online. Retrieved 9 September 2023. This victory for Kingston is huge. Not only is it worth R1.6m in prizemoney, but it means he has finished No 1 on the 2007 Order of Merit.

[8] "Ross has a lot of Shine". Daily Mirror. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Ross McGowan was named the 2007 Bobby Locke Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season on the Sunshine Tour.

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Duration	11 January 2007 (2007-01-11) – 16 December 2007 (2007-12-16)
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Louis Oosthuizen (3)
Order of Merit	James Kingston
Rookie of the Year	Ross McGowan
← 2006–07 2008 →