The 2012 Sunshine Tour was the 42nd 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 2012 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes8 JanAfrica OpenEastern Cape€1,000,000 Louis Oosthuizen (7)20EUR15 JanJoburg OpenGauteng€1,300,000 Branden Grace (2) 22EUR19 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape3,200,000 Oliver Bekker (2)14Pro-Am26 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng3,500,000 Keith Horne (5)1424 MarPlatinum ClassicNorth West500,000 Jake Roos (3)422 AprGolden Pilsener Zimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,250,000 Chris Swanepoel (3)65 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,000,000 Christiaan Basson (2)611 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at SimolaEastern Cape600,000 Ryan Cairns (1)826 MaySun City ChallengeNorth West550,000 Bryce Easton (1)43 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland900,000 Jake Roos (4)48 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at ZebulaLimpopo600,000 Bryce Easton (2)417 JunIndo Zambia Bank Zambia OpenZambia1,200,000 Justin Harding (3) 627 JulVodacom Origins of Golf at De ZalzeWestern Cape600,000 Allan Versfeld (1)624 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne ParkKwaZulu-Natal600,000 Adilson da Silva (10)431 AugWild Waves Golf Challenge KwaZulu-Natal600,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (5)4New tournament7 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at SishenNorthern Cape600,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (6)428 SepVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape600,000 Branden Grace (3) 1021 OctBMG ClassicGauteng600,000 Teboho Sefatsa (1)427 OctSuncoast ClassicKwaZulu-Natal600,000 Ruan de Smidt (1)64 NovISPS Handa Match Play ChampionshipGauteng2,000,000 Doug McGuigan (6)14New tournament8 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West650,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (7)418 NovSA Open ChampionshipGauteng€1,000,000 Henrik Stenson (n/a)32EURFlagship event25 NovLion of Africa Cape Town OpenWestern Cape2,000,000 Jake Roos (5)14New tournament2 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$5,000,000 Martin Kaymer (n/a) 30Limited-field event9 DecNelson Mandela ChampionshipKwaZulu-Natal€1,300,000 Scott Jamieson (n/a)20EURNew tournament16 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,500,000 Charl Schwartzel (6) 28EUR
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
Position Player Prize money (R)1 Branden Grace 2,760,3192 George Coetzee 1,930,5653 Jaco van Zyl 1,655,9874 Trevor Fisher Jnr 1,502,0935 Tjaart van der Walt 1,464,182
Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Trevor Fisher Jnr Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Daniel van Tonder
See also 2012 Big Easy Tour
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