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2009 Sunshine Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2009 |
| tour | Sunshine Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 30 |
| most_wins | ZAF Darren Fichardt (3) |
| ZAF Brandon Pieters (3) | |
| ZAF Jaco van Zyl (3) | |
| honor1 | Order of Merit |
| honoree1 | DEN Anders Hansen |
| honor2 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree2 | CAN Graham DeLaet |
| prevseason | [2008](2008-sunshine-tour) |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-sunshine-tour) |
ZAF Brandon Pieters (3) ZAF Jaco van Zyl (3) 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.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (R) | Winner | OWGR | |||||
| points | Other | ||||||
| tours | Notes | ||||||
| 11 Jan | Joburg Open | Gauteng | €1,100,000 | DNK Anders Hansen (1) | 20 | [EUR](2009-european-tour) | |
| 18 Jan | Africa Open Golf Challenge | Eastern Cape | 5,000,000 | ZAF Retief Goosen (6) | 18 | ||
| 25 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | North West | 1,800,000 | ZAF Deane Pappas (2) | 14 | Pro-Am | |
| 1 Feb | Nashua Masters | Eastern Cape | 1,200,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (7) | 14 | ||
| 15 Feb | Vodacom Championship | Gauteng | 2,650,000 | DNK Anders Hansen (2) | 14 | ||
| 22 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Gauteng | 2,750,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (3) | 14 | ||
| 3 Apr | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein | Free State | 480,000 | ZAF Trevor Fisher Jnr (4) | n/a | ||
| 2 May | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st) | KwaZulu-Natal | 500,000 | BRA Adilson da Silva (5) | n/a | ||
| 9 May | Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open | Swaziland | 750,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (4) | n/a | ||
| 16 May | Nashua Golf Challenge | North West | 500,000 | SCO Doug McGuigan (4) | n/a | ||
| 22 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria | Gauteng | 480,000 | ZAF Brandon Pieters (1) | n/a | ||
| 7 Jun | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 500,000 | ZAF Peter Karmis (2) | n/a | ||
| 25 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt | Western Cape | 480,000 | ZAF Brandon Pieters (2) | n/a | ||
| 8 Aug | Suncoast Classic | KwaZulu-Natal | 500,000 | ZAF Louis de Jager (1) | n/a | ||
| 14 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale | Western Cape | 480,000 | ZAF Jaco Ahlers (1) | n/a | ||
| 21 Aug | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | Gauteng | 450,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (5) | n/a | ||
| 30 Aug | |||||||
| 28 Mar | Zambia Open | Zambia | 800,000 | ZAF Jbe' Kruger (1) | n/a | ||
| 5 Sep | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd) | Gauteng | 500,000 | ZAF Ryan Tipping (1) | n/a | ||
| 18 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne | KwaZulu-Natal | 480,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (8) | n/a | ||
| 3 Oct | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) | Western Cape | 500,000 | ZAF Prinavin Nelson (1) | n/a | ||
| 9 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 480,000 | ZAF Brandon Pieters (3) | n/a | ||
| 18 Oct | BMG Classic | Gauteng | 500,000 | CAN Graham DeLaet (1) | n/a | ||
| 25 Oct | Highveld Classic | Mpumalanga | 600,000 | ZAF Lindani Ndwandwe (2) | n/a | ||
| 31 Oct | Platinum Classic | North West | 705,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (9) | n/a | ||
| 15 Nov | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Namibia | 1,000,000 | ZAF Hennie Otto (8) | 14 | ||
| 26 Nov | Coca-Cola Charity Championship | Western Cape | 550,000 | ZAF Christiaan Basson (1) | n/a | ||
| 2 Dec | Nedbank Affinity Cup | North West | 550,000 | ZAF Jake Roos (2) | n/a | ||
| 6 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | North West | US$4,385,000 | AUS Robert Allenby (n/a) | 30 | Limited-field event | |
| 13 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,000,000 | ESP Pablo Martín (n/a) | 20 | [EUR](2010-european-tour) | |
| 20 Dec | South African Open Championship | Western Cape | €1,000,000 | SCO Richie Ramsay (n/a) | 32 | [EUR](2010-european-tour) | Flagship event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DNK Anders Hansen | 4,286,038 |
| 2 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel | 2,315,188 |
| 3 | ZAF Darren Fichardt | 1,475,026 |
| 4 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl | 1,333,023 |
| 5 | SCO David Drysdale | 1,184,733 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | CAN Graham DeLaet |
Notes
References
References
- "2009 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour.
- (10 March 2009). "Zambia Open Golf Championship Postponed". Lusaka Times.
- (23 July 2009). "Zambia Open back on Sunshine Tour calendar". Sunshine Tour.
- "2009 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour.
- (20 December 2009). "Hansen wins Sunshine Tour". News24.
- Sunshine Tour. (11 October 2018). "This week in 2009".
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