2023 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2023 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
Duration1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) – 29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)
Number of official events7
Order of Merit winner Flag of England.svg Lily May Humphreys
2022
2024

The 2023 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 10th 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 consisted of 7 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, had its purse significantly bumped to R2.5m.

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

DateTournamentVenueWinnerPurse
(ZAR)
Notes
3 Feb SuperSport Ladies Challenge Gary Player Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Alexander 1,300,000
12 Feb Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am Fancourt Country Club Flag of Sweden.svg Moa Folke
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Napoleaová & Ngwako Ramohlale (a)
2,500,000
100,000
17 Feb Cape Town Ladies Open Atlantic Beach Links Flag of England.svg Hayley Davis 400,000
24 Feb Jabra Ladies Classic Glendower Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Alexander 1,000,000
4 Mar Joburg Ladies Open Modderfontein Golf Club Flag of England.svg Lily May Humphreys €300,000Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
11 Mar Investec South African Women's Open Steenberg Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai €320,000Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
29 Apr Standard Bank Ladies Open Royal Johannesburg &
Kensington Golf Club
Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman 1,100,000

Order of Merit

This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Lily May Humphreys 2,681
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Alexander 2,171
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Moa Folke 2,121
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Kaleigh Telfer 1,517
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 1,363

Source: [3]

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References

  1. "Sunshine Ladies Tour celebrates decade with exciting 2023 schedule". The Independent Online. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. "2023 Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. "2023 Order of Merit". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 11 March 2023.