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2010 Sunshine Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2010 |
| tour | Sunshine Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 28 |
| most_wins | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (4) |
| honor1 | Order of Merit |
| honoree1 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel |
| honor2 | Players' Player of the Year |
| honoree2 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl |
| honor3 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree3 | ZAF Anthony Michael |
| prevseason | [2009](2009-sunshine-tour) |
| nextseason | [2011](2011-sunshine-tour) |
The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 40th 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 2010 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (R) | Winner | OWGR | |||||
| points | Other | ||||||
| tours | Notes | ||||||
| 10 Jan | Africa Open | Eastern Cape | €1,000,000 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel (3) | 20 | [EUR](2010-european-tour) | |
| 17 Jan | Joburg Open | Gauteng | €1,300,000 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel (4) | 22 | [EUR](2010-european-tour) | |
| 14 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 3,000,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (10) | 14 | Pro-Am | |
| 21 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Gauteng | 3,000,000 | ZAF Michiel Bothma (3) | 14 | ||
| 28 Feb | Vodacom Championship | Gauteng | 2,650,000 | ZAF Hennie Otto (9) | 14 | ||
| 16 Apr | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Gardener Ross | Gauteng | 510,000 | ZAF Jean Hugo (8) | n/a | ||
| 24 Apr | Africom Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 1,200,000 | ZAF Jbe' Kruger (2) | 14 | ||
| 30 Apr | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen | Free State | 510,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (6) | n/a | ||
| 8 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 750,000 | ZAF Keith Horne (4) | n/a | ||
| 15 May | Nashua Golf Challenge | North West | 500,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (7) | n/a | ||
| 6 Jun | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 700,000 | ZAF Grant Muller (2) | n/a | ||
| 30 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood | Eastern Cape | 510,000 | ZAF Ulrich van den Berg (6) | n/a | ||
| 20 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne | KwaZulu-Natal | 510,000 | ZAF James Kingston (9) | n/a | ||
| 29 Aug | Zambia Open | Zambia | 850,000 | BRA Adilson da Silva (6) | n/a | ||
| 3 Sep | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | Gauteng | 500,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (8) | n/a | ||
| 11 Sep | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st) | Gauteng | 500,000 | ZAF Tyrone Ferreira (2) | n/a | ||
| 18 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Stellenbosch | Western Cape | 510,000 | ZAF Jean Hugo (9) | n/a | ||
| 25 Sep | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd) | Western Cape | 500,000 | ZAF Jaco van Zyl (9) | n/a | ||
| 2 Oct | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) | KwaZulu-Natal | 500,000 | ZAF Michiel Bothma (4) | n/a | ||
| 15 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 510,000 | ZAF Justin Harding (1) | n/a | ||
| 24 Oct | Suncoast Classic | KwaZulu-Natal | 500,000 | BRA Adilson da Silva (7) | n/a | ||
| 30 Oct | Platinum Classic | North West | 705,000 | ZAF Jean Hugo (10) | n/a | ||
| 7 Nov | Nashua Masters | Eastern Cape | 1,200,000 | ZAF Warren Abery (7) | 14 | ||
| 14 Nov | BMG Classic | Gauteng | 550,000 | ZAF Brandon Pieters (4) | n/a | ||
| 18 Nov | Coca-Cola Charity Championship | Western Cape | 550,000 | ZAF Branden Grace (1) | n/a | ||
| 5 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | North West | US$5,000,000 | ENG Lee Westwood (n/a) | 34 | Limited-field event | |
| 12 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,000,000 | ESP Pablo Martín (n/a) | 20 | [EUR](2011-european-tour) | |
| 19 Dec | South African Open Championship | KwaZulu-Natal | €1,000,000 | ZAF Ernie Els (15) | 32 | [EUR](2011-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 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel | 5,097,914 |
| 2 | ZAF Thomas Aiken | 1,959,543 |
| 3 | ZAF Keith Horne | 1,904,950 |
| 4 | ZAF Jbe' Kruger | 1,768,632 |
| 5 | ZAF Louis Oosthuizen | 1,392,835 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | ZAF Jaco van Zyl | |||||||
| Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | ZAF Anthony Michael | url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/2011-01-12-sun-shines-on-charl-schwartzel/ | title=Sun shines on Charl Schwartzel | newspaper=TimesLIVE | location=Johannesburg, South Africa | date=13 January 2011 | access-date=18 April 2023 | quote=The Bobby Locke Trophy for the rookie of the year was won by Anthony Michael... The players' player of the year was Van Zyl.}} |
Notes
References
References
- "2010 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour.
- "2010 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour.
- (20 December 2010). "Schwartzel wins BMW for ace". News24.
- (13 January 2011). "Sun shines on Charl Schwartzel". TimesLIVE.
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