2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
DurationApril 2013 (2013-04) – March 2014 (2014-03)
Number of official events9
Most wins3:
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon
Order of Merit winner Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace
2015

The 2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the inaugural season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. [1]

Contents

The season featured six 36-holes stroke play tournaments with no cut, each with a purse of R100,000. The leading players on the Order of Merit competed for Investec Cup for Ladies in March, with a purse of R300,000. [2]

Schedule

The season consisted of 10 events, nine in South Africa and one in Zambia, played between April 2013 and March 2014. [3]

DateTournamentVenueWinnerPurse
(ZAR)
Notes
Apr 21 South African Women's Open Southbroom Golf Club Flag of Norway.svg Marianne Skarpnord €290,000Co-sanctioned with the LET
Feb 14 Chase to Investec Cup Houghton Houghton Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Kim Williams 100,000
Feb 17 Sun International Ladies Challenge Lost City Golf Course Flag of South Africa.svg Tandi von Ruben 100,000
Feb 23 Dimension Data Ladies Challenge Oubaai Golf Club &
Fancourt - Outeniqua
Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit 150,000
Feb 28 Chase to Investec Cup Glendower Glendower Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon 100,000
Mar 3 Ladies Tshwane Open Els Club, Copperleaf Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon 100,000
Mar 7 SuperSport Ladies Challenge Observatory Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit 100,000
Mar 14 Chase to Investec Cup Blue Valley Blue Valley Golf Estate Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon 100,000
Mar 23 Investec Ladies Cup Millvale Private Retreat Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 300,000Limited field event [a]
Mar 30 Zambia Ladies Open Flag of Zambia.svg Ndola Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman 400,000
  1. The leading 10 players on the Order of Merit competed for the Investec Ladies Cup.

Order of Merit

This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.

RankPlayer
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Tandi von Ruben
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Garcia

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References

  1. "Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies kicks off Sunshine Ladies Tour". LET Access Series. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. "Sunshine Ladies Tour primed for sizzling summer". Boksburg Advertiser. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. "2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.