2013 Sunshine Tour
Year2013
TourSunshine Tour
Regular season22 January 2013 – 14 December 2013
No of events28
Most winsJacques Blaauw (3)
Jaco van Zyl (3)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1Dawie van der Walt
Honor 2Players' Player of the Year
Honoree 2Darren Fichardt
Honor 3Rookie of the Year
Honoree 3Dylan Frittelli
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The 2013 Sunshine Tour was the 43rd 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 2013 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
25 JanTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng600,000Oliver Bekker (3)4
10 FebJoburg OpenGauteng€1,300,000Richard Sterne (6)22EUR
17 FebAfrica OpenEastern Cap€1,000,000Darren Fichardt (13)20EUR
24 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape4,000,000Jaco van Zyl (11)14Pro-Am
3 MarTshwane OpenGauteng€1,500,000Dawie van der Walt (1)20EURNew tournament
17 MarTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng3,750,000Jaco van Zyl (12)14
24 MarInvestec CupNorth West1,000,000Jaco van Zyl (13)14New tournament
21 AprGolden Pilsener Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,650,000Jake Roos (6)14
4 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,000,000James Kingston (10)14
19 MayZambia Sugar OpenZambia1,200,000Adilson da Silva (11)14
2 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland900,000Merrick Bremner (3)6
7 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at SimolaEastern Cape600,000Jacques Blaauw (1)4
15 JunPolokwane ClassicLimpopo500,000Dean Burmester (1)4New tournament
28 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne ParkKwazulu-Natal600,000Jacques Blaauw (2)6
5 JulSun City ChallengeNorth West600,000Adilson da Silva (12)6
9 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at EuphoriaLimpopo600,000Heinrich Bruiners (1)6
23 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at LangebaanWestern Cape600,000Jean Hugo (14)6
29 AugWild Waves Golf ChallengeKwazulu-Natal600,000Andrew Curlewis (2)4
13 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at ParysNorthern Cape600,000Andrew Curlewis (3)4
21 SepPlatinum ClassicNorth West500,000Neil Schietekat (1)4
11 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalEastern Cape600,000J. J. Senekal (1)4
20 OctBMG ClassicGauteng600,000Ulrich van den Berg (7)6
3 NovLion of Africa Cape Town OpenWestern Cape2,000,000Tjaart van der Walt (1)14
7 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West700,000Jacques Blaauw (3)4
24 NovSouth African Open ChampionshipGauteng€1,100,000Morten Ørum Madsen (n/a)32EURFlagship event
1 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,500,000Charl Schwartzel (7)22EUR
8 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$6,500,000Thomas Bjørn (n/a)46EURLimited-field event
14 DecNelson Mandela ChampionshipKwazulu-Natal€1,000,000Dawie van der Walt (2)20EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (R)
1Dawie van der Walt5,094,333
2Darren Fichardt4,518,495
3Jaco van Zyl3,027,749
4Hennie Otto2,475,830
5Jbe' Kruger2,045,405

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearDarren Fichardt[4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)Dylan Frittelli[5][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.

References

  1. ^ "2013 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived 17 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ Bisset, Fergus (15 December 2013). "Dawie van der Walt wins Nelson Mandela Championship". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 8 September 2023. ...whose victory also saw him claim the co-sanctioning Sunshine Tour's Order of Merit for 2013.
  4. ^ "Walters named Award winner". The Citizen. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2023. Darren Fichardt won the approval of his peers as he took the Players' Player of the Year award.... Winner Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year 2013: Dylan Frittelli
  5. ^ "2013 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived 18 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 April 2023.