2011 Sunshine Tour

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2011 Sunshine Tour season
Duration6 January 2011 (2011-01-06) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events29
Most wins Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo (3)
Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto (3)
Order of Merit Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy
Players' Player of the Year Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Africa.svg Allan Versfeld
2010
2012

The 2011 Sunshine Tour was the 41st season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

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OWGR points adjustment

In July, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the "Winter Series" events would be awarded points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season. [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
9 Jan Africa Open Eastern Cape€1,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen (6)22 EUR
16 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng€1,300,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel (5)20 EUR
30 Jan Africom Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe1,250,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Theunis Spangenberg (1)14
20 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape3,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto (10)14Pro-Am
27 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng3,250,000 Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee (4)14
20 Mar MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia1,200,000 Flag of South Africa.svg J. G. Claassen (1)14
7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland750,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Walters (2)14
14 May Nashua Golf Challenge North West500,000 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (8)n/a
27 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at PretoriaGauteng540,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo (11)n/a
5 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland850,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding (2)n/a
10 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape540,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Swanepoel (2)n/a
29 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at SimolaEastern Cape540,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo (12)n/a
12 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast SunKwaZulu-Natal540,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt (11)n/a
2 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at SishenNorthern Cape540,000 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (9)n/a
9 Sep Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng500,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl (10)n/a
17 Sep Northern Cape Classic Northern Cape600,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker (1)n/aNew tournament
23 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Limpopo600,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo (13)n/a
8 Oct Platinum Classic North West500,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto (11)n/a
15 Oct KCM Zambia Open Zambia1,200,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan (5)14
22 Oct Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal500,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt (12)n/a
30 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng600,000 Flag of South Africa.svg James Kamte (4)n/a
6 Nov Nashua Masters Eastern Cape1,200,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris (2)14
10 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West600,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Abery (8)n/a
20 Nov Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga€1,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy (3)20 EUR
27 Nov SA Open Championship Gauteng€1,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto (12)32 EUR Flagship event
4 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North WestUS$5,000,000 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood (n/a)38Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand. [3] [4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (R)
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy 3,464,463
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto 2,806,214
3 Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee 1,586,587
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken 1,569,896
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl 1,231,134

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the Year Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo [4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Flag of South Africa.svg Allan Versfeld [4]

See also

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.

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References

  1. "Official World Golf Ranking Board announces adjustments to ranking system". Official World Golf Ranking. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. "2011 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. "2011 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "World at a glance". The Star. Johannesburg, South Africa. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2023 via Pressreader. Garth Mulroy, winner of last year's Alfred Dunhill Championship, was handed the Sid Brews Trophy for winning the 2011 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, earning R3,464,463... Allan Versfeld received the Bobby Locke Trophy... The Players' Player of the Year was Jean Hugo.