2014 Sunshine Tour

2014 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	6 February 2014 (2014-02-06) – 11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Louis de Jager (2) Keith Horne (2) Titch Moore (2) Daniel van Tonder (2)
Order of Merit	Thomas Aiken
Rookie of the Year	Haydn Porteous
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The 2014 Sunshine Tour was the 44th 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 2014 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
9 Feb	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,300,000	George Coetzee (5)	20	EUR
16 Feb	Africa Open	Eastern Cape	€1,000,000	Thomas Aiken (8)	20	EUR
23 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Western Cape	3,750,000	Estanislao Goya (n/a)	14		Pro-Am
2 Mar	Tshwane Open	Gauteng	€1,500,000	Ross Fisher (n/a)	20	EUR
23 Mar	Investec Cup	North West	1,000,000	Trevor Fisher Jnr (8)	14
6 Apr	Telkom Business PGA Championship	Gauteng	3,750,000	Titch Moore (8)	14
13 Apr	Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	1,800,000	Jbe' Kruger (3)	14
10 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	1,000,000	Daniel van Tonder (1)	14
18 May	Mopani Copper Mines Zambia Open	Zambia	US$250,000	Wallie Coetsee (2)	14
25 May	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	900,000	Christiaan Basson (3)	6
8 Jun	Zambia Sugar Open	Zambia	1,200,000	Lyle Rowe (1)	14		New tournament
27 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria	Limpopo	600,000	Daniel van Tonder (2)	6
4 Jul	Sun City Challenge	North West	700,000	Dean Burmester (2)	6
25 Jul	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella	Western Cape	600,000	Jean Hugo (15)	4
1 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis	Eastern Cape	600,000	Keith Horne (6)	6
29 Aug	Wild Waves Golf Challenge	Kwazulu-Natal	700,000	Colin Nel (1)	6
5 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun	Eastern Cape	600,000	Louis de Jager (2)	7
3 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace	Free State	600,000	PH McIntyre (1)	4
10 Oct	Sun Boardwalk Golf Challenge	Eastern Cape	600,000	Titch Moore (9)	4		New tournament
19 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	800,000	Merrick Bremner (4)	7
31 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Western Cape	650,000	Keith Horne (7)	4
6 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	750,000	Louis de Jager (3)	4
30 Nov	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	Western Cape	1,500,000	Jaco Ahlers (2)	14
7 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$6,500,000	Danny Willett (n/a)	38	EUR	Limited-field event
14 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,500,000	Branden Grace (4)	22	EUR
11 Jan	South African Open Championship	Gauteng	14,500,000	Andy Sullivan (n/a)	32	EUR	Flagship event

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	Thomas Aiken	4,057,642
2	Daniel van Tonder	3,900,386
3	George Coetzee	3,339,251
4	Charl Schwartzel	2,081,444
5	Trevor Fisher Jnr	2,052,708

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Haydn Porteous	[4] [5]

See also

• 2014 Big Easy Tour

Notes

1. 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.
2. EUR − European Tour.

References

1. "2014 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
2. "2014 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
3. Winter, Grant (12 January 2015). "Aiken captures Order of Merit". Cape Times. Cape Town, South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2023– via Pressreader.
4. "2014 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
5. Titleist South Africa [@TitleistAfrica] (13 January 2015). "RT & join us in congratulating Titleist loyalist @HaydnPorteous" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 April 2023– via Twitter. Winner of the '14 Sunshine Tour Rookie of the year!

External links

• Official website