Duration | 11 January 2007 – 16 December 2007 |
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Number of official events | 28 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 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.
The following table lists official events during the 2007 season. [1]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner [lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points | Other tours [lower-alpha 2] | Notes |
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14 Jan | Joburg Open | Gauteng | €1,000,000 | ![]() | 20 | EUR | New tournament |
28 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | North West | 1,600,000 | ![]() | 14 | Pro-Am | |
4 Feb | Nashua Masters | Eastern Cape | 1,200,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
18 Feb | Vodacom Championship | Gauteng | 2,200,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
25 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Gauteng | 2,250,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
11 Mar | Mount Edgecombe Trophy | KwaZulu-Natal | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
1 Apr | Finance Bank Zambia Open | Zambia | 750,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
15 Apr | Eskom Power Cup | North West | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
20 Apr | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella | Western Cape | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
5 May | Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open | Swaziland | 600,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
11 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria | Gauteng | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
19 May | Suncoast Classic | KwaZulu-Natal | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
10 Jun | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 350,000 | ![]() | n/a | New tournament | |
15 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne | KwaZulu-Natal | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
30 Jun | Nashua Golf Challenge | North West | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | New tournament | |
3 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein | Free State | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
24 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt | Western Cape | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
31 Aug | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | Gauteng | 350,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
8 Sep | Seekers Travel Pro-Am | Gauteng | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
28 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Eastern Cape | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
7 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Mpumalanga | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
20 Oct | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Namibia | 700,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
27 Oct | Platinum Classic | North West | 705,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
22 Nov | Coca-Cola Charity Championship | Western Cape | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
28 Nov | Nedbank Affinity Cup | North West | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | New tournament | |
2 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | North West | US$4,385,000 | ![]() | 34 | Limited-field event | |
9 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,000,000 | ![]() | 22 | EUR | |
16 Dec | South African Airways Open | Western Cape | €1,000,000 | ![]() | 32 | EUR | Flagship event |
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 [lower-alpha 2] | Notes |
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11 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | US$5,000,000 | ![]() | 52 | ANZ, ASA, EUR | Limited-field event |
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) |
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1 | ![]() | 1,980,689 |
2 | ![]() | 1,596,846 |
3 | ![]() | 1,387,475 |
4 | ![]() | 1,331,376 |
5 | ![]() | 966,547 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | ![]() | [4] |
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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 McGowan was named the 2007 Bobby Locke Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season on the Sunshine Tour.