2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
DurationJanuary 2020 (2020-01) – October 2020 (2020-10)
Number of official events9
Most wins2:
Flag of South Africa.svg Leján Lewthwaite
Order of Merit winner Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit
2019
2021

The 2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 7th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa.

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Schedule

The season consisted of 9 events, all held in South Africa, played as a block between January and March, with one event in October. [1] Seven events counted towards the Investec Order of Merit, the Canon Serengeti Par-3 Challenge was a new event on the schedule. [2]

DateTournamentVenueWinnerPurse
(ZAR)
Notes
Jan 29 Cape Town Ladies Open King David Mowbray Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 200,000
Feb 4 SuperSport Ladies Challenge Gary Player Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Leján Lewthwaite 400,000
Feb 14 Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am George Golf Club (R1 & R2)
Fancourt - Outeniqua (R3)
Flag of South Africa.svg Leján Lewthwaite
Flag of India.svg S Nicollet & N Taylor
700,000
100,000
Feb 19 South African Women's Masters San Lameer Country Club Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Turner 250,000
Feb 22 Canon Serengeti Par-3 Challenge Serengeti Par-3 Course Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Garcia 150,000Limited field event;
unofficial money [lower-alpha 1]
Feb 26 Joburg Ladies Open Soweto Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit 500,000
Mar 4 Jabra Ladies Classic Glendower Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 600,000
Mar 12 Investec South African Women's Open Westlake Golf Club Flag of England.svg Alice Hewson €200,000Co-sanctioned with the LET
Oct 28 Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) Gary Player Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Hall 200,000Limited field event;
unofficial money [lower-alpha 2]
  1. Field of 24.
  2. Field of 6 compete alongside the men in this Sunshine Tour event for a separate purse.

Order of Merit

This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Monique Smit 2,207
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman 1,965
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Leján Lewthwaite 1,761
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Turner 1,392
5 Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini 1,168

Source: [3]

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References

  1. "2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. "Sunshine Ladies Tour poised for glorious run in 2020". Investec. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. "2020 Order of Merit". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.