2018–19 Sunshine Tour

2018–19 Sunshine Tour season
Duration	12 April 2018 – 24 March 2019
Number of official events	26
Most wins	J. C. Ritchie (3)
Order of Merit	Zander Lombard
Rookie of the Year	Benjamin Follett-Smith
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Sunshine Tour was the 48th 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 2018–19 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
15 Apr	Zanaco Masters	Zambia	2,000,000	J. J. Senekal (2)	14
22 Apr	Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	2,000,000	Bryce Easton (3)	14
29 Apr	Mopani Redpath Zambia Open	Zambia	US$150,000	Rourke van der Spuy (2)	14
12 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Eswatini	1,200,000	Justin Harding (6)	14
20 May	Lombard Insurance Classic	Eswatini	1,000,000	Justin Harding (7)	7
7 Jun	Sun City Challenge	North West	800,000	Neil Schietekat (2)	7
22 Jul	KCB Karen Masters	Kenya	2,000,000	Michael Palmer (1)	14		New to Sunshine Tour
3 Aug	Royal Swazi Spa Challenge	Eswatini	800,000	Andre de Decker (1)	7		New tournament
10 Aug	Sun Carnival City Challenge	Gauteng	800,000	J. C. Ritchie (2)	7
18 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula	Limpopo	800,000	Zander Lombard (1)	7
25 Aug	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	800,000	Vaughn Groenewald (6)	7
1 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park	KwaZulu-Natal	800,000	Peter Karmis (6)	7
16 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	800,000	Neil Schietekat (3)	7
29 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis	Eastern Cape	800,000	Alex Haindl (2)	4
20 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys	Free State	800,000	Garth Mulroy (4)	4
26 Oct	Sun Sibaya Challenge	KwaZulu-Natal	800,000	Louis de Jager (4)	4
3 Nov	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Eastern Cape	800,000	Steve Surry (1)	4
2 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Kurt Kitayama (n/a)	17	ASA, EUR
9 Dec	South African Open	Gauteng	17,500,000	Louis Oosthuizen (8)	32	ASA, EUR	Flagship event
16 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,500,000	David Lipsky (n/a)	23	EUR
3 Feb	Eye of Africa PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,000,000	Louis de Jager (5)	14
10 Feb	RAM Cape Town Open	Western Cape	2,000,000	Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)	14
17 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Western Cape	5,050,000	Philip Eriksson (1)	14		Pro-Am
2 Mar	Team Championship	Gauteng	1,500,000	Jaco Prinsloo (2) and J. C. Ritchie (3)	n/a		Team event
10 Mar	Limpopo Championship	Modimolle	1,500,000	J. C. Ritchie (4)	14		New tournament
24 Mar	The Tour Championship	Gauteng	2,000,000	Jean-Paul Strydom (1)	14		Tour Championship

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	Zander Lombard	2,119,985
2	Justin Harding	1,467,795
3	Bryce Easton	1,361,129
4	Neil Schietekat	1,206,168
5	Philip Eriksson	1,059,234

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Benjamin Follett-Smith	^[4]^[5]

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

References

^ "2018/19 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ "2018/19 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Damgaard, Peter (26 March 2019). "Zander Lombard vandt Sunshine Tour Order of Merit 2018-19" [Zander Lombard won the 2018-19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ "2018/19 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Follett-Smith wins in Cape Town to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". Gulf News. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. In my first year on the Sunshine Tour I picked up a win and Rookie of the Year...

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.

[3] ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

[1] "2018/19 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[4] "2018/19 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[5] Damgaard, Peter (26 March 2019). "Zander Lombard vandt Sunshine Tour Order of Merit 2018-19" [Zander Lombard won the 2018-19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[6] "2018/19 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[7] "Follett-Smith wins in Cape Town to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". Gulf News. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. In my first year on the Sunshine Tour I picked up a win and Rookie of the Year...

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v t e Sunshine Tour seasons
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1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Duration	12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) – 24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	J. C. Ritchie (3)
Order of Merit	Zander Lombard
Rookie of the Year	Benjamin Follett-Smith
← 2017–18 2019–20 →