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2008 Sunshine Tour

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2008 Sunshine Tour season
Duration10 January 2008 (2008-01-10) – 21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)
Number of official events30
Most winsSouth Africa Richard Sterne (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Richard Sterne
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Louis Moolman
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The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the 38th 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
13 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng €1,100,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (3) 20 EUR
27 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,800,000 South Africa James Kamte (2) 14 Pro-Am
3 Feb Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,200,000 Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (9) 14
10 Feb Africa Open Eastern Cape 1,200,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (1) 14 New tournament
17 Feb Vodacom Championship Gauteng 2,400,000 South Africa James Kingston (8) 14
24 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 2,500,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (5) 14
2 Mar Mount Edgecombe Trophy KwaZulu-Natal 500,000 South Africa Mark Murless (4) n/a
30 Mar Chainama Hills Zambia Open Zambia 750,000 South Africa Tyrone Ferreira (1) n/a
4 Apr Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein Free State 440,000 South Africa Dion Fourie (2) n/a
25 Apr Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Gauteng 440,000 South Africa Tyrone van Aswegen (1) n/a
10 May Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 700,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (6) n/a
17 May Nashua Golf Challenge North West 500,000 South Africa Keith Horne (3) n/a
30 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne KwaZulu-Natal 440,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (7) n/a
8 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 400,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (1) n/a
23 Aug SAA Pro-Am Invitational Western Cape 500,000 South Africa George Coetzee (2) n/a
29 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 440,000 South Africa Garth Mulroy (1) n/a
5 Sep Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 400,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (2) n/a
13 Sep Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 500,000 South Africa Jake Roos (1) n/a
19 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood Eastern Cape 440,000 South Africa George Coetzee (3) n/a
4 Oct Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 440,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (3) n/a
12 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng 500,000 Scotland Doug McGuigan (3) n/a New tournament
19 Oct Metmar Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 600,000 South Africa James Kamte (3) n/a
24 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 440,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (2) n/a
1 Nov Platinum Classic North West 705,000 South Africa Thomas Aiken (7) n/a
9 Nov MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 1,000,000 Zimbabwe Tongoona Charamba (2) n/a
27 Nov Coca-Cola Charity Championship Western Cape 550,000 South Africa Garth Mulroy (2) n/a
3 Dec Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 550,000 South Africa Tyrone van Aswegen (2) n/a
7 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$4,385,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (n/a) 34 Limited-field event
14 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (4) 24 EUR
21 Dec South African Open Championship Western Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (5) 40 EUR Flagship event

Unofficial events

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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
9 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Spain Sergio García 52 ANZ,[c] ASA,[d] EUR Limited-field event

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 South Africa Richard Sterne 5,999,265
2 South Africa Garth Mulroy 1,442,351
3 South Africa Thomas Aiken 967,378
4 South Africa Mark Murless 885,056
5 South Africa James Kingston 775,903

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Louis Moolman [4]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ Winter, Grant (22 December 2008). "Sterne proves he's a true diamond". Independent Online. Retrieved 19 April 2023. That win at Leopard Creek, incidentally, sealed 2008 Sunshine Order of Merit honours for him with earnings of just over R3.8-million. Now he's added a further R2.15-million, bringing his seasons earnings to almost R6-million.
  4. ^ "Louis Moolman". European Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023. The same year, he won the Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year award following ten top 20 finishes.
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