2024 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2024 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
Duration16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) – 28 April 2024 (2024-04-28)
Number of official events8
Order of Merit Winner Flag of England.svg Gabriella Cowley
2023
2025

The 2024 Sunshine Ladies Tour is the 11th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa. [1]

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Schedule

The season consists of 8 events, all held in South Africa, played between February and April. [2]

The Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am, played concurrent with the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour's co-sanctioned Dimension Data Pro-Am, keeps its elevated R2.5m purse.

The Investec South African Women's Open and the Joburg Ladies Open are again co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour.

DateTournamentVenueWinnerPurse
(ZAR)
Notes
18 Feb Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am Fancourt Country Club Flag of Scotland.svg Kylie Henry 2,500,000
23 Feb SuperSport Ladies Challenge Lost City Golf Club Flag of India.svg Tvesa Malik 1,300,000
8 Mar Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge Blue Valley Golf Estate Flag of Germany.svg Helen Kreuzer 250,000
15 Mar Cape Town Ladies Open Royal Cape Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Gabrielle Venter 600,000
6 Apr ABSA Ladies Invitational Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Alexander 1,200,000
12 Apr Jabra Ladies Classic Glendower Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Cara Gorlei 1,000,000
21 Apr Joburg Ladies Open Modderfontein Golf Club Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Chiara Tamburlini €300,000Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
28 Apr Investec South African Women's Open Erinvale Golf Estate Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Manon De Roey €320,000Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

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References

  1. "Sunshine Ladies Tour unveils a season of opportunity". SuperSport. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. "2024 Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2023.